Freddie deBoer

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The Giver, Introductory Post

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Freddie deBoer
Aug 03, 2022
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I have a weird relationship with The Giver, Lois Lowry’s abstract and imagistic portrayal of a very particular dystopia. There’s no reason why I shouldn’t like it, and there are things that I admire about it very much. That abstraction is one big one. While I recognize that George Orwell’s 1984 is an important book, I have read it twice and never enjoye…

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