The giver biblical allusions...
Redeemed reader the giverI’m not sure why I missed seeing the movie, The Giver, but I will try to see it soon. I remember seeing the trailer in the theater and thinking I needed to see it. Meryl Streep, Jeff Bridges and Katie Holmes seemed like a promising cast, and I remembered that one or both of my sons had read the novel when they were in school.
Recently, I was in a bookstore looking for another book when I saw The Giver, by Lois Lowry, on the same table.
I picked up a copy and decided to purchase it.
The giver spiritual meaning
I read The Giver on a recent flight and barely noticed the four hours pass. If you have been reading my blog posts for a while, or if you know me, you know that I love a great book. A great book should be entertaining, but it should also cause a person to think.
Lois Lowry won the Newberry Award for The Giver because she wrote a great book.
After I finished reading the book, I did a little research. Spark Notes described Lowry’s inspiration to write her novel:
“She was insp