Question about the book "The Giver"?

Question

When I was in 8th grade, my english class read "The Giver" and nobody except me and the teacher seemed to understand it. Who else has read it and understood it? If you have, do you know why other people might not understand it? It seemed easy for me to understand. Also, does anyone know if there is a sequel to it??

Answer 1

I read it and I understand. Others probably don't understand it because they weren't focusing on the main point and such.

Answer 2

I read it and understood. I don't think other people understand it because most of the people who went to my school are C students. I myself am an A student and I always strive to get A's. The people who I go to school with aren't at the reading level I'm at, yes, I am at a high reading level for my grade level. By 6th grade I was reading at a high school reading level. The people I know only come to school because they have to and when they had to read the book the just skimmed through it. I am not sure if there is a sequel.

Answer 3

The Giver by Lois Lowry

I have found 6 summaries for you to look at, via the links below.

http://litsum.com/giver/

http://www.freebooknotes.com/book.php3?id=1061

http://www.antistudy.com/search.php?title=The+Giver+by+Lois+Lowry+

These links will give you a summary of the book, character analysis, plot and much more, so that you will be able to answer literary questions. A short extract is included as an example of what you can expect from the summary.

Lowry narrates The Giver in third person (“He said,” as opposed to “I said,” which is called first person), using a limited omniscient viewpoint (only Jonas’ thoughts and feelings are revealed). Through Jonas’ eyes, his community appears to be a utopia—a perfect place—that is self-contained and isolated from Elsewhere, every other place in the world. More……..

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-113,pageNum-3.html

Good luck.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 4

I read it and understood it. A lot of students in my class in 8th grade didn't understand it, but I think it was because they weren't really paying attention to the book. They were just reading words rather than actually reading the book.

I heard there was supposed to be a sequel to it, but I'm not sure of the title.

Answer 5

I understood and everyone i know understood it, so i can't really answer why people don't. Perhaps your classmates could not get around the cliff hanger ending. I don't know if there is a sequel, but im guessing no. Just google "the giver-sequel"

Answer 6

Hey I was given the same book in 8th grade too! It was part of this reading circle programme, and I LOVED IT! But no one in my class (apart from me) bothered to read it. Maybe it was the due to unappealing front cover?

Anyway i checked Wikipedia and it states "The novel forms a loose trilogy with Gathering Blue (2000) and Messenger (2004), two other books set in the same future era."

Here's the website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giver

I'm glad i found someone who can appreciate the book! :)

Cheers!

Answer 7

Because we were in eighth grade, would be my main response. And it's a lot easier to delve into the meaning of a book if you're interested in the overall concept. Not the case with most middle-schoolers.

Answer 8

no i have not but i need help