Giver
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The entire world and its people are all different, and everyone can feel affection or anguish. But is it possible to live in a world where everything is the same, where no one can feel emotions? In the novel, The Giver, a community had made its world all equal, until one day, a boy thought that this was wrong. Jonas, the main character of the novel, discovers the emotional growth possible in the memories long suppressed by his community. The climax is when the plan to escape the society is being conceived and the actual escape itself. The conflict of the story is definitely man vs. society because nearing the end he struggles with the community's rules and its entire way of life.
Jonas is a pale-eyed twelve who is chosen to become the next Receiver of Memories in the community. His assignment is the most important one and Jonas has the intelligence and courage needed to become the Receiver. Jonas is very intelligent because he understands the memories and concepts the Giver gives to him very quickly...