The Giver
The Book
Author:Lois Lowry
Publish Date: 1993
Synopsis: This haunting story centers on Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he's given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community.
Publish Date: 1993
Synopsis: This haunting story centers on Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he's given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community.
The Movie
Director:Phillip Noyce
Cast: Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Odeya Rush, Cameron Monaghan
Writer: Micheal Mitnick, Robert B. Weide
Release Date: 2014
Plot Summary: In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.
Cast: Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Odeya Rush, Cameron Monaghan
Writer: Micheal Mitnick, Robert B. Weide
Release Date: 2014
Plot Summary: In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.