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	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| LIFE & TIMES > Are you a giver or a taker?
		When two lovers who are more takers than givers join together, their love is doomed to fail because it isn’t sustainable.
		There are rich givers who are extremely generous with their time and money and there are the rich who are too busy getting to be anything but avaricious takers who can never seem to have enough, even if they have more than enough.
		There are the noble ones in every profession who are givers and who work alongside takers who take advantage and ride on the work of the givers.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2006/nov/23/yehey/life/20061123lif6.html (493 words)

	Lois Lowry's Newbery-winning 'Giver' still ignites debate
		But "The Giver," which won the 1994 Newbery Medal, also is among the most challenged books in the nation, according to the American Library Association.
		Lowry, 68, got the idea for "The Giver" years ago when she was traveling regularly to visit her parents, who were in a nursing home.
		In "The Giver," the characters live in a place that seems an ideal world, where there is no poverty, conflict or injustice.
	www.post-gazette.com /ae/20040218lowry0218fnp3.asp (1168 words)

	The Giver
		The Giver was challenged in 1995 by a parent in Franklin County, Kansas, on the grounds that it is "concerned with murder, suicide, and the degradation of motherhood and adolescence." The book was removed from elementary libraries but remained available for classroom use at teachers' discretion.
		In Johnson County, Missouri, complainants charged that The Giver desensitized children to euthanasia and asked that the book "not be read in class to children under high school age." The book remains in the high school section of the K-12 library.
		In 1994, The Giver was temporarily banned from classes by the Bonita Unified School District in LaVerne and San Dimas, California, after four parents complained that violent and sexual passages were inappropriate for children.
	www.northern.edu /hastingw/Giver.html (603 words)

	ClassZone.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Giver is a science fiction story about a 12-year-old boy who must choose between a world of sameness or one filled with both the intense joys and pains of life.
		As The Giver transfers to Jonas the memories of the world, Jonas begins to realize that his seemingly perfect world has many flaws.
		Write a comparison between that community and the one presented in The Giver, in which you consider the rules of conduct within the community as well as its relationship with the outside world.
	www.classzone.com /novelguides/litcons/giver/guide.cfm (538 words)

	The Giver
		The Giver is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a community that everything is the same.
		Jonas, the novel's protagonist, is chosen by the council to become the successor to the Giver, a man whose job is to mentally store the collective memories of society.
		The Giver gives us a picture of what the world could be like with a government that retains total control over thoughts.
	www.awardannals.com /detail/11099 (1241 words)

	The Giver & Taker
		The Giver is the part of you that follows the rule: do whatever you can to make the other person happy and avoid anything that makes the other person unhappy, even if it makes you unhappy.
		Either the Giver is in charge, and we give unconditionally to our spouses, or the Taker is in charge where we take what we want from our spouses without giving anything in return.
		When the Giver is in charge, we are loving and considerate.
	www.marriagebuilders.com /graphic/mbi3550_give.html (798 words)

	The Giver by Lois Lowry
		The Giver, by Lois Lowry is the story of a boy, named Jonas, who is the only one in his town that is given the ability to feel all the emotions of the townspeople.
		The lives of those in the society are indeed free from pain because of their lack of emotion and memory, but they are also devoid of joy as well.
		The Giver works in an instructional role passing on to the boy the emotions and memories of the town, much like our parents pass on to us the experiences they went through when they were in the adolescent period of their life.
	web.cortland.edu /classes/eng506/adlit/lowry2.html (523 words)

	Article: A Compassionate Woman
		It calls for the giver to be incarnated in his or her gift.
		The generous giver is present among those to whom he gives.
		Generous Giving is an educational stewardship ministry that seeks to encourage givers of all income levels—as well as ministry leaders, pastors and teachers and professional advisors—to fully understand and embrace what it means to live generously, according to God’s word and Christ’s example.
	www.crown.org /Library/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=169 (464 words)

	Random House \| The Giver
		The Giver is a gripping story that draws the reader into a unique world with disturbingly close echoes of our own.
		Diversity -- The Giver pictures a community in which every person and his or her experience is precisely the same.
		Perhaps Jonas is remembering his Christmas memory--one of the most beautiful that the Giver gave to him--as he and Gabriel are freezing to death, falling into a dreamlike coma in the snow.
	www.randomhouse.com /teachers/guides/give.html (1951 words)

	The Giver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Giver is a soft science fiction novel written by Lois Lowry and published on April 16, 1993.
		The suitability of The Giver for middle school students in the United States is periodically challenged.
		The Giver is currently in pre-production and is slated for release in 2007.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Giver (4319 words)

	David Rokeby : The Giver of Names
		If you spend some time with the Giver of Names, you tend to find that the peculiarities of its perceptions and its speech begin to coalesce into a tangible and coherent character.
		The first exhibition of part of the Giver of Names took place in the "Disembodied Mind" exhibition at InterAccess, in Toronto in January, 1997.
		The first presentation of "the Giver of Names" with visual perception was at the Macdonald-Stewart Arts Centre at the Guelph University, running from January 22, 1998 to March 1, 1998.
	homepage.mac.com /davidrokeby/gon.html (1152 words)

	Author Profile: Lois Lowry
		In this interview Lois Lowry discusses why she wrote MESSENGER, the difficult decision she made that impacts one of the main characters in the story and the universal appeal of her Newbery Award-winning novel THE GIVER.
		That has happened with THE GIVER and GATHERING BLUE, and I'm quite certain it will happen again with MESSENGER, perhaps to a greater degree because there is clearly a sacrificial element to it at the end.
		THE GIVER is unique as a community read because its appeal crosses generations; it is a book that eighty-year-olds can discuss with twelve-year-olds, and the issues it raises are relevant to them and everyone in between.
	www.teenreads.com /authors/au-lowry-lois.asp (3158 words)

	Book Review: THE GIVER
		This story is about a 12-year-old boy named Jonas who must choose between the world he has always known filled with sameness or one that is filled with emotions, including the joys and pains of life.
		Jonas's teacher, the present Receiver, a man named "The Giver," alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life.
		The Giver investigates the idea that people might freely choose to give up their humanity in order to create a more stable, controllable society.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/teen_books/111958 (420 words)

	Booktalks Quick and Simple
		The Giver gives Jonas memories of joy and of pain, memories of snow and of love and of colors, which the others can no longer see.
		Jonas and the Giver decide that they must return the memories to the people of the community, so they create an elaborate plan of escape.
		As he goes farther from the community, he begins to see things from his memories and eventually has memories of his own as he reaches a new community where there is color and music.
	nancykeane.com /booktalks/lowry_giver.htm (699 words)

	THE GIVER
		As The Giver transfers the memories, Jonas discovers the disturbing truths about his utopian world.
		Perhaps Jonas is remembering his Christmas memory - one of the most beautiful that the Giver gave to him - as he and Gabriel are freezing to death, falling into a dreamlike coma in the snow.
		Or perhaps Jonas does hear music and, with his special vision, is able to perceive the warm house where people are waiting to greet him.
	www2.franciscan.edu /webquests/thegiver (1382 words)

	Teenreads.com -- THE GIVER by Lois Lowry
		In her Newbery Award-winning science fiction novel, THE GIVER, Lois Lowry imagines a future without conflict, where everything, even fear and pain, are nonexistent.
		In his sessions with The Giver, a man he grows to love, Jonas soon learns his society's horrible secrets and must make one of the most important decisions of his young life.
		A gripping exploration of the meaning of life, THE GIVER is convincingly plotted and rich with contemplation.
	www.teenreads.com /reviews/0440237688.asp (170 words)

	The Giver
		Thematic connections, cross-curricular activities, and research assignments are all covered in these suggestions for student studies on Lowry's The Giver.
		A message from the author preludes the guide, and while Lowry speaks about not writing a sequel to "The Giver", it should be noted that a companion novel, "Gathering Blue", was very recently released.
		The second activity uses quick, spontaneous exercises with color to show how emotions are related to use of color and music.
	www.mcps.k12.md.us /schools/hooverms/staff_development/giver.htm (188 words)

	Amazon.com: The Giver: Books: Lois Lowry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		He comes to understand the price that has been paid by the community, The price the community doesn't even realize it is paying, as they have all forgotten what life, freedom, and choice are all about.
		The Giver puts the debate under a microscope, and it leaves room for no simplistic answers.
		It depicts the benefits of that society, the shortcomings of it, and the internal conflicts caused in the mind of the protagonist.
	www.amazon.com /Giver-Lois-Lowry/dp/0440237688 (2843 words)

	The Giver Webquest
		Under the guidance of an old man known as the Giver, he discovers the disturbing truth about his utopian world.
		The old man, the Giver, gives Jonas his favorite memory, sort of like how a grandparent may give grandchildren a happy or sad memory from their own childhood.
		Pretend that you are like the Giver and are passing on memories.
	www.nycsd.k12.pa.us /tchr/webquests/giver/default.html (1409 words)

	workshops
		Create a diorama of the community or of the Givers dwelling.
		Some people think The Giver is not suitable for young people to read because of some of the things the book deals with.
		List at least three reasons why the book might be a challenged, and then give at least three reasons why you think the book is good for students to read.
	www.help4teachers.com /giver.htm (516 words)

	CSU Libraries: Articles about The Giver
		"The Giver." Booklist 95.2 (Sep 15, 1998): 219.
		"Fiction--The Giver by Lois Lowry." Booklist 90.14 (Mar 15, 1994): 1358.
		"The Giver." Booklist 96.19/20 (Jun 1/Jun 15, 2000): 1874.
	lib.colostate.edu /research/english/Giverarts.html (1267 words)

	Lois Lowry - Books
		When his selection leads him to an unnamed man -the man called only the Giver -he begins to sense the dark secrets that underlie the fragile perfection of his world.
		THE GIVER At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out to receive special training from The Giver, who alone holds the memories of the true joys and pain of life.
		In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand.
	www.loislowry.com /giver.html (281 words)

	The Giver
		"The Giver" is a futuristic science fiction novel set in a utopian society.
		As he trains with the Giver, he realizes the truth of the community he lives in.
		With the help of the Giver, Jonas escapes from the community which will result in the release of all memories to the community.
	faculty.salisbury.edu /~elbond/giver.htm (801 words)

	The Giver
		These SparkNotes over The Giver are probably more reading than a lazy student would want to do, but the study questions might get you thinking.
		Here's a web quest on The Giver that requires you to re-write the ending, and think about what a "perfect world" would really be.
		The Giver is one of the most challenged and banned books currently taught in middle schools.
	www.tallmania.com /Giver.html (752 words)

	SCORE - The GIver
		The Giver presents a "today" world of sameness: no yesterdays (historical background), no differentiated human rights, no opportunity to exercise any freedoms.
		Since our world is not like that, this unit is designed in the hope that, upon completion, students will have a greater appreciation of the freedoms they have in the present and future and the importance of the past in the direction of that future.
		Many students are disappointed with the ending of The Giver and are curious about the author's actual intended ending.
	www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us /score/giver/givertg.htm (887 words)

	Lois Lowry's The Giver (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The 16 public libraries in the Waukesha County Federated Library System are collaborating with schools, businesses, government and community organizations to plan a wide range of activities to encourage teens and adults to read and discuss The Giver.
		She'll be talking about "The Giver" and will autograph books at a reception following her presentation.
		Through its young protagonist, 12 year-old Jonas, The Giver explores many important social and political issues involving family life and forms of government.
	www.wcfls.lib.wi.us /giver/giver.htm (222 words)

	IPL Kidspace: The Author Page
		Inspirations for THE GIVER are so varied that it would be tough to answer that question without writing reams, and I can't do that here.
		RABBLE STARKEY, for example, had to be in the first person because the voice was unique and it had to be told in that voice, not an authorial voice.
		In addition, THE GIVER, could not be written in the first person and retain the ambiguity of its ending.
	www.ipl.org /div/kidspace/askauthor/Lowry.html (1961 words)

	Training family care givers of people with dementia to think in a more clinical manner decreased depression and the ...
		Training family care givers of people with dementia to think in a more clinical manner decreased depression and the sense of burden
		Does training family care givers of individuals with dementia to view their role in a more clinical manner reduce adverse events associated with care giving?
		givers should care for their own needs as well as the care receiver's;
	www.tripdatabase.com /spider.html?itemid=223943 (896 words)

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