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The Giver Passage Analysis
Reading chapters one through five of The Giver by Lois Lowry for the first time was a very strange experience. The community itself comes off as pretty creepy, odd, and extremely controlled by their own form of government, the Committee of Elders. The talk of release especially INTRIGUES me as the way people describe it for the older generation is very positive, and they seem happy to be released. However, it’s a bad thing to be released for younger individuals. Something mentioned about releasing that particularly stood out to me was “‘what happens when they make the actual release? Where exactly did Roberto go?’ She lifted her bare wet shoulders in a small shrug. ‘I don’t know. I don’t think anybody does, except the committee.’” (Lowry

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