Jonas learns the truth about his utopian society and struggles with its weight. Jonas is selected to inherit the position of Receiver of Memory, who stores all of the past memories of the time before Sameness, in case the memories that the others lack are ever needed to aid the community leaders, or Elders, in their decisions.
The society has eliminated pain and strife by converting itself to "Sameness," a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives. The novel follows a boy, Jonas, in his twelfth and thirteenth years. (Sept.The Giver is a 1993 American children's novel, generally for young adults or older, which is set in a society that is at first presented as a utopian society but gradually appears more and more dystopian. And readers may well predict where several important plot threads are headed (e.g., the role of Kira's Guardian, Jamison her father's disappearance), while larger issues, such as the society's downfall, are left to readers' imaginations. But the narrative hammers at the theme of the imprisoned artist. The edifice and other settings, such as the Fen-the village ghetto-and the small plot where Annabella (an elder weaver who mentors Kira after her mother's death) lives are especially well drawn, and the characterizations of Kira and the other artists who cohabit the stone residence are the novel's greatest strength. She moves to the Council Edifice, a gothic-style structure, one of the few to survive the Ruin.
Instead, the society's Council of Guardians installs her as caretaker of the Singer's robe, a precious ceremonial garment depicting the history of the world and used at the annual Gathering.
Kira, a crippled young weaver, has been raised and taught her craft by her mother, after her father was allegedly killed by ""beasts."" When her mother dies, Kira fears that she will be cast out of the village. Having suffered numerous unnamed disasters (aka, the Ruin), civilization has regressed to a primitive, technology-free state an opening author's note describes a society in which ""disorder, savagery, and self-interest"" rule. After conjuring the pitfalls of a technologically advanced society in The Giver, Lowry looks toward a different type of future to create this dark, prophetic tale with a strong medieval flavor.
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