The Giver

The Giver is a 1993 American young-adult dystopian novel by Lois Lowry. It is set in a society which at first appears as a utopian society but is revealed to be a dystopian one as the story progresses. The novel follows a boy named Jonas through the 12th and 13th years of his life. The society has eliminated pain and strife by converting to "Sameness," a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives. Jonas is selected to inherit the position of Receiver of Memory, the person who stores all the past memories of the time before Sameness, as there may be times where one must draw upon the wisdom gained from history to aid the community's decision making. Jonas struggles with concepts of all the new emotions and things introduced to him, and whether they are inherently good, evil, in-between, and if it is even possible to have one without the other. The Community lacks any color, memory, climate and terrain, all in effort to preserve structure, order, and a true sense of equality beyond personal individuality.

The Giver (film)

The Giver is a 2014 Canadian-American-South African social science fiction drama film directed by Phillip Noyce, produced by Neil Koenigsberg, Nikki Silver and Walden Media, written by Michael Mitnick and Robert B. Weide with music by Marco Beltrami and based on the 1993 novel of same name by Lois Lowry. The film stars Brenton Thwaites, Odeya Rush, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgård, Katie Holmes, Cameron Monaghan and Taylor Swift.The Giver premiered on August 11, 2014 and was released theatrically in the United States on August 15, 2014 by The Weinstein Company to generally mixed reviews. The film earned $67 million on a $25 million budget. It received a People's Choice Award nomination for Favorite Dramatic Movie.

Plot

Following a calamity referred to as The Ruin, society is reorganized into a series of communities, and all memories of the past are held by one person, the Receiver of Memory. Since the Receiver of Memory is the only individual in the community who has the memories from before, he must advise the Chief Elder, and the other Elders, on the decisions for the community.

The Giver (Reprise)

"The Giver (Reprise)" is a single by British DJ and deep house producer Duke Dumont. It was released as a digital download in the United Kingdom on 14 June 2015. The song was written by Adam Dyment, Byron Stingily, Hal Ritson, Byron Burke, Kelli-Leigh Henry-Davila and produced by Duke Dumont. The song has peaked to number 32 on the UK Singles Chart. The original song was released in 2012.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "The Giver (Reprise)" was first released onto YouTube on 21 May 2015 at a total length of three minutes and twenty-two seconds. The music was filmed on the beach close to Marbella.

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