1.The Giver的作品赏析
The Giver is a novel written by Lois Lowry and published on April 16, 1993. It is set in a future society which is at first presented as a utopian society and gradually appears more and more dystopian; therefore, it could be considered anti-utopian. The novel follows a boy named Jonas through the twelfth year of his life. The society has eliminated pain and strife by converting to Sameness, a plan which has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives. Jonas is selected to inherit the position of Receiver of Memory, the person who stores all the memories of the time before Sameness, in case they are ever needed to aid in decisions that others lack the experience to make. As Jonas receives the memories from his predecessor-the Giver-he discovers how shallow his community’s life has become.Despite controversy and criticism that the book’s subject material is inappropriate for young children, The Giver won the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold more than 5.3 million copies. In Australia, the United States and Canada it is a part of many middle school reading lists, but it is also on many banned book lists. The novel forms a loose trilogy with Gathering Blue (2000) and Messenger (2004), two other books set in the same future era.Plot Summary Where Jonas lives, life is safe, orderly, and predictable. Rules are strictly adhered to; every aspect of a person’s life is carefully planned. People rarely make choices on their own; everything is decided for them by the community. There is no snow or sunshine, no colors or music, no animals or nature.People in the community take special care to avoid doing or saying anything different. In the community, one must not say anything that causes discomfort to others, and one must use language precisely. Husbands and wives are matched as couples by a Committee of Elders who reviews each individual to see if a person’s characteristics will be compatible with those of his mate. Exactly two children-one male and one female-are assigned to each family unit. The elderly live at the House of the Old. Those whose children have grown to have families of their own live with other Childless Adults. Newborn infats are nurtured at the Nurturing Center until they become Ones and are assigned to family units.When Jonas and other Elevens become Twelves in December, they receive their Assignments that assign them to their particular fields of profession. As someone with intelligence, integrity, courage, and a certain special capacity, Jonas is selected for the most honored and respected Assignment in the community. He is assigned to become a Receiver of Memories who will succeed the current Receiver. A Receiver of Memories is the one person in the community who has access to all the memories of the past. He must keep these memories within himself until he can train a new Receiver to whom he can pass them. Thus, the Receiver has knowledge of things that no one in the community has access to, but the Receiver also has the responsibility to shoulder the burden of sorrow and pain that the memories bring.Jonas begins his training with the Receiver whom he calls The Giver. At first, The Giver gives Jonas happy memories of the past-memories of things Jonas has never known. Jonas is eager and excited to be able to experience new things. But The Giver must also give Jonas memories of loneliness, fear, grief, rage, and pain-all of which he has never felt in the community. Gradually, through the memories he receives from The Giver, Jonas comes to realize the various truths about the community. He realizes that it is unfair to deprive people of ever being able to make choices for themselves about their own lives. He understands that the people of the community have no genuine feelings. Feelings have never been a part of their lives. He also learns that there are different ways to live. Through the memories, he sees people in the past living differently, and feels that the community must change.Together with The Giver, Jonas comes up with a plan to change the entire community. He decides to flee the community for the Elsewhere, a place he has only heard about that lies far beyond. If Jonas leaves, the memories he has received from The Giver will be let loose. They will find their way back to the community and to the people. The people will have ready access to the memories that will, in turn, give them knowledge about things that have been missing in their lives. They will come to the same kind of awakening that Jonas did when he was given memories of the past from The Giver.Jonas departs for the long and difficult journey during which he 。
2.如何评价《the giver》这本书
The Giver，翻译为赐予者，这本200页不到的小书描述了一个乌托邦社会，以及对它的反思。作为一个完美的社会，没有失业，邻里和睦，家庭美满，总之是一个不能再和谐的社会了。下面是这个社区的简介：
人口方面，这个社会就像一个精确运行的机器，每年都会有50名新出生的小孩，是不是比计划生育政策还要严格？这些小孩从小到大编号，没有姓名，也不知道自己的亲生父母是谁。开始几年由”培养者”养育，如果达到一定体检要求，就可以在四岁加入正式的家庭，否则被“释放”，被“释放”的人，将不会再回到这个社区。
教育方面，小孩从小接受统一的严格的教育，期中比较重要的一项就是言行举止，基本上属于在思想上进行彻底的改造，孩子从小就会因为“不精确的言语”而受到惩罚，这是为了保持整个社会在语言沟通层面可以保持一致。在学校就读的孩子都很懂礼貌，知道做错了事情需要进行道歉，并且大家会异口同声地进行道歉。除此以外，每周都会有志愿者服务时间，每个孩子都可以根据自己的兴趣选择志愿服务的种类。
法制方面，会有一个响彻整个社区的广播，“发言人”通过它通知社区里发生了什么事情，并要求肇事者到某处报道，当然广播中不会报出其姓名，但听到这个和听到全国通缉的感觉应该差不多。每个人只要违反规定超过三次，应该是指情节较为严重，认错态度不佳者，直接“释放”。
3.the giver 给予者 这个电影想表达什么
《the giver》译为赐予者或授者，洛伊丝·洛利的作品.《The Giver》描述了一个作者想像出来的理想乌托邦世界。在这个“大同世界”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，这些社团都帮你做好了决定。而这个世界也没有记忆、感情，颜色，及音乐，他们只拥有最基本的生活需求。但是却有一个人例外，他一个人承担了整个社团该有的记忆，他必须独自承受痛苦、恐惧、和孤单，而他也同时知道什麽是温暖、幸福和爱。他被称为记忆接收机（也就是The Giver）。当12岁的男主角Jonas成为记忆接收机的接班人后，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，他选择了逃出这个社区，并将记忆还给社区里其他的人。
“大同世界”看似和谐、无忧无虑，可是从另一角度来看，也可认为单调，无趣，这里的人们没有真正的感情，他们不懂得痛苦，同样也不懂得真爱，他们的生活中没有真正的色彩，这样的生活有缺少了很多乐趣。作者通过生动的描述，指出这种社会存在的不合理，倡导人性的回归。
4.the giver chinese
the giver 译为赐予者或授者，洛伊丝·洛利的作品.是她最著名的也是最受争议的作品.《The Giver》描述了一个作者Lois Lowry自己想像出来的理想乌托邦世界。在这个community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community都帮你做好了决定。而这个世界也没有记忆、感情，颜色，及音乐，他们只拥有最基本的生活需求。但是这个community里面，却有一个人例外，他一个人承担了整个community该有的记忆，他必须独自承受痛苦、恐惧、和孤单，而他也同时知道什么是温暖、幸福和爱。他被称为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，于是最后他选择逃离……
整本小说有个让我最被震撼甚至于全身起鸡皮疙瘩的布局，而作者安排的极为巧妙。书中Jonas拥有一个能力，他可以sees beyond，一开始我们完全不了解sees beyond是什么，包括Jonas。这能力的第一次出现在苹果身上，Jonas和他朋友Asher玩丢苹果时，Jonas隐约发现苹果出现了变化，而我们不知道那变化是什么，也无法想像；再来这变化当Jonas站在台上望着底下一大群人时又出现了，但我们仍不知道这变化是什么，直到Jonas去找The Giver。当The Giver让Jonas进入了回忆的世界中，Jonas发现他在雪地上踩的雪橇也发生了变化，但这变化却不是一闪而逝，而是持续存在时，The Giver知道这变化是什么了。
原来Jonas看到的东西，这一开始总是一闪而逝的变化是“红色”，原来Jonas生活的世界没有颜色。我想光是这个安排，就值得看这本小说，也让我深感佩服Lois Lowry的创意。而另一个更神奇的地方则是，The Giver当年的能力不是sees beyond，而是hears beyond，他可以听得到“音乐”。一个没有爱没有恨没有痛苦没有快乐没有颜色没有音乐的世界，而这全部都要由The Giver承担时，难怪Jonas会想要逃离了，虽然逃亡的地点未知，是生是死也无法掌握……
5.the giver 的译文
the giver
我看过，是加拿大ESL C/D （英文外语补习C/D级别） 的书..
题目意思是 “给予者”
而这个 “给予者” 指的是书内提及的 老者（封面上面的老人）。
他是 那个平行世界的 记忆持有者，
身上承载了人类 历代的 悲伤回忆： 战争， 痛觉
亦拥有快乐的权利： 老者可以看到 颜色， 记得圣诞节的温馨，懂得什么叫”爱”
这些都是 平行空间 的政府， 为了所谓”人类的社会安全” 所丢弃的种种。
而且政府很残忍， 一旦发现有人违背了 它的指示， 上面会派人来把 违背者捉走，
然后release。这release，读到后面你会发现，原来是变相的 对违背者进行 安乐死！
书里的主人公 是个小男孩，
从刚开始发现自己的异像， 到后来 跟从老者–“给予者”学习， 去利用，适应他所拥有的”荣誉”。
结局是什么..基于你没问到，我也不好说了。
自己看吧，这样会比较有意义！
6.the giver
Jonas – the protagonist, an eleven year-old when the novel opens, who is selected to become Receiver of Memory at his Ceremony of Twelve. He is intelligent, brave, caring, sensitive, and determined. The Giver – the incumbent Receiver of Memory, who stores human experiences from the time before Sameness. The Community’s Elders rely upon his “wisdom” in the event of emergencies; because no one wants the pain that comes with keeping the necessary memories, this “honor” is restricted to one individual. He is frusutrated at the Elders for only consulting him during emergencies instead of all of the time, and seems somewhat disgusted by the actions of the community’s people, though he tells Jonas that they “know nothing” and therefore cannot be blamed. His real name is not known. Jonas’s Mother – an intelligent, practical woman who serves her Community as a judge. Jonas’s Father – a caring man, something of the ideal father figure, who works as a Nurturer for children in their first year of life. Later, Jonas learns that his father is, sometimes, responsible for the Release of defective children. Lily – Jonas’s talkative, curious, enthusiastic and outgoing younger sister. Asher – Jonas’s closest friend, a clumsy and easygoing boy who is assigned the position of Assistant Director of Recreation. Fiona – Female friend of both Jonas and Asher. Her red hair represents a failure of genetic engineering, as the Giver notes: “We never completely mastered Sameness. The genetic scientists are still。
trying to work the kinks out. Hair like Fiona’s must drive them crazy.” She works as a Caretaker for the Old. Despite her kind demeanor, she is adept at Releasing the elderly without emotion. She is referred to as Jonas’s ‘favorite female’ as a result of his sexual emotions for her. Gabriel – an infant from the Nurturing Center whom Jonas’s father takes home for extra care. Slow in development and highly emotional, Gabriel is at risk of Release. Jonas takes him on his journey to Elsewhere. Gabriel is able to Receive memories from Jonas. He is also one of the only people other than Jonas and a female Six to have pale eyes. Rosemary – the Elders’ previous selection to be the new Receiver of Memory, when Jonas was a Two. Her training failed, in a way which impacted the entire Community: defeated by the memories of loss and hurt which the Giver was forced to transfer, she asked for Release. Once she was released, the memories given her had no place to go, so they floated freely. The Giver reveals that Rosemary was his daughter, though some readers believe the Giver uses the term “daughter” metaphorically. Caleb – A child who drowned in the river near the town. Because of release, “natural” or accidental death is not known, so this shocks the community. They chant his name all day in a “Ceremony of Loss” until it fades from their memories.。
