The Giver

Synopsis

At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out to receive special training from The Giver, who alone holds the memories of the true joys and pain of life.

Ideas Explored

• Collective Ancestral Memory Bearer
• Conscience as Engineered Constraint
• Cultural Engineering and Control
• Rationally Designed Society
• Engineered Happiness Dystopia
• Utopian Community Experiment

Metadata

Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: Social controlControl (Psychology)Juvenile fictionFictionScience fictionMemoryEthicsDystopiasBlindBraille language materials

isfdb_id: 8238

openlibrary_id: OL1846076W

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