The Giver译为“赐予者”或“授者”，是洛伊丝·洛利最著名的也是最受争议的作品。在The Giver里，作者描绘了一个想像出来的乌托邦世界。在这个社会里，人们的生活都被安排得好好的，人们不用决定工作，不用决定配偶，这些问题，社会都帮个人做好了决定。而这个世界也没有记忆、感情、颜色及音乐，人们只有最基本的生活需求。但有一个人例外，他一个人承担了整个世界该有的记忆，他必须独自承受痛苦、恐惧、和孤单，而他也同时知道什麼是温暖、幸福和爱。这个人被称为the receiver of memory，也就是the Giver。当12岁的男主角Jonas成为这个the receiver of memory的接班人后，他得到了他以前所不曾有过的经验，而当他知道愈多时，他愈发现这个世界的不合理，最后他选择了逃离……
作者简介
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Lois Lowry is known for her versatility and invention as a writer. She was born in Hawaii and grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, and Japan. After several years at Brown University, she turned to her family and to writing. She is the author of more than thirty books for young adults, including the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them th...
Lois Lowry is known for her versatility and invention as a writer. She was born in Hawaii and grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, and Japan. After several years at Brown University, she turned to her family and to writing. She is the author of more than thirty books for young adults, including the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader.s Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, NUMBER THE STARS and THE GIVER. Her first novel, A SUMMER TO DIE, was awarded the International Reading Association.s Children.s Book Award. Lowry now divides her time between Cambridge and an 1840s farmhouse in Maine.
A committee was studying the idea. When something went to a committee for study, the people always joked about it. Rules were very hard to change. Sometimes, if it was a very important rule, it would have to go, eventually, to The Receiver for a decision. The Receiver was the most important Elder. (查看原文)
是作为文学读本，读的过程中特别留意一些小词的用法，比如the air was thick with smoke that hung, hung这个词有点大漠孤烟直的意思。会再看，继续琢磨词。
故事的话，没看书评之前没意识到反乌托邦，倒是觉得很精神分析，人类为了逃避痛苦，逃避了一切感觉，而失去了感觉的人类，也失去了思考和智慧。
城里的人是被迫的阿茨海默综合征患者，不知危险，不谙死亡，无法分辨颜色与音乐，看不到崇山峻岭，闻不到鸟语花香，最重要的，没有爱的能力，所以当Jonas领略过这些后，他向elsewhere奔走了，既“我本可以忍受黑暗，如果我不曾见过太阳。”Jonas问爸爸“你爱我么”，爸爸说，"I take pride in your accomplishment "让我想起自己同样，在长大后再也没有receive,...城里的人是被迫的阿茨海默综合征患者，不知危险，不谙死亡，无法分辨颜色与音乐，看不到崇山峻岭，闻不到鸟语花香，最重要的，没有爱的能力，所以当Jonas领略过这些后，他向elsewhere奔走了，既“我本可以忍受黑暗，如果我不曾见过太阳。”Jonas问爸爸“你爱我么”，爸爸说，"I take pride in your accomplishment "让我想起自己同样，在长大后再也没有receive,也没有give过“我爱你”。记忆是最珍贵的礼物，是岁月的支点，是我看过黑暗后，继续超前的勇气，感谢生命中珍贵的记忆。(展开)
The end of this story, Jonas face to a serious question, he has to make a choice, ‘Lie or die.’ Keep living in that stable community, don’t have to worry about hunger, disease, everyday is similar, that is live in lie. Or he can escape, and start worr...
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"The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared." Various memories is filling our daily life. They could be gotten by experience or listening. And what is the exactly meaning of memories? ...
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1 有用 lost_ 2021-11-03 22:17:33
故事的转折略快，结局有点仓促全靠想象（真的想知道后来community里的人拥有回忆和选择的权利了吗？）。除此之外真的很适合青少年阅读了~ Community的设定细思极恐，又能看到一些熟悉的影子。
1 有用 莎伦酱 2009-03-26 14:41:00
前几日聊起乌托邦与反乌托邦，突然想起来10多年前看过的这本书。12，3岁的时候有段时间特别痴迷lois lowry，她的书基本都看过，但是现在已经记不起当时看完有怎样的感触。应该重新读一遍这本书，再去翻翻那时候的日记，一定会有不一样的发现
3 有用 estelle 2020-07-01 18:47:53
是作为文学读本，读的过程中特别留意一些小词的用法，比如the air was thick with smoke that hung, hung这个词有点大漠孤烟直的意思。会再看，继续琢磨词。 故事的话，没看书评之前没意识到反乌托邦，倒是觉得很精神分析，人类为了逃避痛苦，逃避了一切感觉，而失去了感觉的人类，也失去了思考和智慧。
3 有用 皮糙肉厚犬 2018-03-26 19:13:07
城里的人是被迫的阿茨海默综合征患者，不知危险，不谙死亡，无法分辨颜色与音乐，看不到崇山峻岭，闻不到鸟语花香，最重要的，没有爱的能力，所以当Jonas领略过这些后，他向elsewhere奔走了，既“我本可以忍受黑暗，如果我不曾见过太阳。”Jonas问爸爸“你爱我么”，爸爸说，"I take pride in your accomplishment "让我想起自己同样，在长大后再也没有receive,... 城里的人是被迫的阿茨海默综合征患者，不知危险，不谙死亡，无法分辨颜色与音乐，看不到崇山峻岭，闻不到鸟语花香，最重要的，没有爱的能力，所以当Jonas领略过这些后，他向elsewhere奔走了，既“我本可以忍受黑暗，如果我不曾见过太阳。”Jonas问爸爸“你爱我么”，爸爸说，"I take pride in your accomplishment "让我想起自己同样，在长大后再也没有receive,也没有give过“我爱你”。记忆是最珍贵的礼物，是岁月的支点，是我看过黑暗后，继续超前的勇气，感谢生命中珍贵的记忆。 (展开)
1 有用 PavanGalliard 2024-02-06 19:56:53 上海
平庸。