The Giver

by Lois Lowry
Immensely Popular Book
 science fiction?
 Presents the dilemma of
defining “fiction”.
 Most science fiction
gives us an
exaggeration of a
current problem.
 Makes us think in more
abstract ways (instead
of merely concrete).
Judge a Book by its Cover?
 Look at the cover on
the previous slide, the
cover on this slide,
and the cover you
have on your desk.
 What can you decide
based on this novel’s
cover? How? Why?
Lois Lowry
 Why do people write
books?
 Why do people read
books?
 How does
communicating well
help you get what you
want; how can reading
help you be a better
thinker and person?
Conversate
People all
over the
world use
writing to
stimulate
their minds—
and their
conversations