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Guide ends as the giver does leaving the visitor to make a decision the remainder of the journey themselves. Lois lowry is a master and also making you turn the web pages. When jonas turns 12 he is singled out to receive special training from the giver. In kiras mind, her damaged leg should have haunted her at birth to exposure in the field, the place where the dead, deformed or seriously injured are brought. The giver is a hightech dystopia in which the people living in the community have traded away differences, history, and deep emotions for homogeneity, peace, and safety.
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