Facts about The Giver

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   Beneath the surface of The Giver's seemingly perfect society lies the practice of euthanasia, called Release, which the community uses to remove citizens deemed unfit or elderly from their world permanently.

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   Color is completely absent from Jonas's world in The Giver, with citizens unable to see beyond black, white, and shades of gray until he begins receiving memories of the vibrant spectrum.

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   In The Giver, the community practices a ritual called the Ceremony of Twelve where children receive their life assignments at age twelve during a public celebration.

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   Twelve-year-old Jonas, the protagonist of The Giver, begins receiving memories from an Elder called the Giver through physical touch during their daily sessions.

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   Author Lois Lowry published The Giver in 1993, winning the Newbery Medal the following year in 1994.

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