I loved the Giver.
Apr. 23rd, 2005 02:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conuly
Well, I did when I read it first. Eventually, I saw some serious logical problems with it - for example, it's implied that only one person can take a certain job every year. If that's the case, there can only be one Birthmother every year - and there's no way, if each Birthmother has three children, that they can have 50 children yearly. But really, I digress.
If you're going to complain about a book, do so logically. It does no good to complain that a book promotes euthanasia when, in fact, the main character decides to leave the safety of the village in order to protect somebody from this fate. And it certainly makes no sense to call it especially anti-male when women are shown in no special positions of authority.
If you're going to complain about a book, do so logically. It does no good to complain that a book promotes euthanasia when, in fact, the main character decides to leave the safety of the village in order to protect somebody from this fate. And it certainly makes no sense to call it especially anti-male when women are shown in no special positions of authority.
