Library / Emotional Suppression
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The Giver
Imagine a world with no pain... and no color, no music, no love. Still want it? 🛷
Who it's for
Jonas's world of 'Sameness' is a vivid metaphor for emotional suppression: no pain, but also no real joy, colour or love.
Numb→Awe / Wonder
Feelings it meets
What it is
Lois Lowry's novel follows Jonas, a twelve-year-old in a tightly controlled community that has done away with pain through 'Sameness,' at the cost of colour, climate and emotional depth. At the Ceremony of Twelve, where children are assigned their life roles, Jonas is unexpectedly chosen as the next Receiver of Memory.
Where to find it
In print; widely available from libraries (Libby/Hoopla where licensed) and as an ebook and an unabridged audiobook.
Before you start
Heads up: Infant euthanasia and a past suicide.
Age: Ages 12+
My sad thoughts tease me asking me their own names.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 216
