The GiverIntroduction

• Science fiction stories take place in a fantasized place or time. They can be set on another planet or on Earth in the past, present, or future.

• Science fiction stories have some element of science in their plot.

• The Giver is a science fiction story.

What is Science Fiction?

Utopia

• The Giver is set in a utopian society.• A utopia is a society in which

everything is supposed to be perfect. No problems ever occur, and there is no pain.

• Often these types of societies take away the rights of the people in the society in order to control their actions.

About the Author

• Lois Lowry is the author of The Giver, and this novel was her first science fiction novel.

• When writing this novel, Lowry wanted to create a safe, comfortable world that would cause her readers to think about their own lives.

• Lowry won a Newberry Award for this book.

About the novel

• In this novel, a young man named Jonas lives in a “perfect” society.

• At the age of twelve, all children are given their life assignments. Jonas is given the job of the Receiver of Memory.

• During his training, Jonas learns that his community is not as perfect as he had once thought.

• Jonas begins to question everything he has ever known.

Freedom of Choice

My Choice Some Choice

No Choice