The Giver

The Giver is a fiction book about a boy named Jonas as well as his life in an ideal world of “Sameness”. The society was controlled by the Committee of Elders and took place in a ceremonious way. There was the Matching of Spouses and the Naming and Placement of new children. (Rosen, p. 19)There was also a ceremony of Nines where all the Nines received their bikes and the Ceremony of Twelve's where they received their life long occupations. In the beginning of the story, Jonas was a normal boy who was nervous about the upcoming Ceremony of Twelve's. ...