Memory transmitter
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Book Introduction
Raising sharp questions about present and future society
Modern science fiction classics that teens should read
300,000 copies commemorative revised edition
Lois Lowry's novel, The Giver, which has been a steady seller for 17 years since its publication in Korea in 2007 and has established itself as a modern classic science fiction that young people must read, has been published in a revised edition to commemorate the cumulative domestic sales of 300,000 copies.
This work, which depicts a future society where everything, including childbirth, jobs, and emotions, is perfectly controlled, was recognized for its literary quality when it was published in 1993 and won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award in the same year, and the Newbery Medal in 1994. It has now established itself as a new classic that is considered a must-read for young people not only in the United States but also around the world.
In 2014, it was released as a film directed by Philip Noyce, which became a hot topic, and in 2020, it was also published as a graphic novel with Eisner Award-winning author Craig Russell adapting and illustrating it.
This revised edition not only features a new cover, but also includes the author's Newbery Medal acceptance speech.
The author's reflections, which compare the process of creating "The Giver of Memory" to the flow of small streams of memories into a river, are beautiful and moving in themselves.
This content can also serve as a good guide for those who wish to write.
Lois Lowry recalls in this article that whenever she lectures or meets with readers, the question she receives most often is about the open ending of The Giver.
And he answers this:
“The ending of the work depends on each person’s beliefs and hopes.”
The author's response is that "The Giver of Memory" continues to be read anew even in a changing world.
What kind of world do we live in now? What choices and attitudes will we take within that community? Following in the footsteps of the classics of futuristic fiction, "1984," "Brave New World," and "The Handmaid's Tale," "The Giver" poses profound and broad questions to readers, deeply intertwined with the present.
“If there is one thing I have learned from The River of Memory, it is that we cannot live in a world surrounded by walls, a world of ‘only us, only now,’ where we all feel safe in a state of ‘always the same.’” - From the Newbery Medal acceptance speech
Modern science fiction classics that teens should read
300,000 copies commemorative revised edition
Lois Lowry's novel, The Giver, which has been a steady seller for 17 years since its publication in Korea in 2007 and has established itself as a modern classic science fiction that young people must read, has been published in a revised edition to commemorate the cumulative domestic sales of 300,000 copies.
This work, which depicts a future society where everything, including childbirth, jobs, and emotions, is perfectly controlled, was recognized for its literary quality when it was published in 1993 and won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award in the same year, and the Newbery Medal in 1994. It has now established itself as a new classic that is considered a must-read for young people not only in the United States but also around the world.
In 2014, it was released as a film directed by Philip Noyce, which became a hot topic, and in 2020, it was also published as a graphic novel with Eisner Award-winning author Craig Russell adapting and illustrating it.
This revised edition not only features a new cover, but also includes the author's Newbery Medal acceptance speech.
The author's reflections, which compare the process of creating "The Giver of Memory" to the flow of small streams of memories into a river, are beautiful and moving in themselves.
This content can also serve as a good guide for those who wish to write.
Lois Lowry recalls in this article that whenever she lectures or meets with readers, the question she receives most often is about the open ending of The Giver.
And he answers this:
“The ending of the work depends on each person’s beliefs and hopes.”
The author's response is that "The Giver of Memory" continues to be read anew even in a changing world.
What kind of world do we live in now? What choices and attitudes will we take within that community? Following in the footsteps of the classics of futuristic fiction, "1984," "Brave New World," and "The Handmaid's Tale," "The Giver" poses profound and broad questions to readers, deeply intertwined with the present.
“If there is one thing I have learned from The River of Memory, it is that we cannot live in a world surrounded by walls, a world of ‘only us, only now,’ where we all feel safe in a state of ‘always the same.’” - From the Newbery Medal acceptance speech
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The author's response is that "The Giver of Memory" continues to be read anew even in a changing world.
What kind of world do we live in now? What choices and attitudes will we take within that community? Following in the footsteps of the classics of futuristic fiction, "1984," "Brave New World," and "The Handmaid's Tale," "The Giver" poses profound and broad questions to readers, deeply intertwined with the present.
“If there is one thing I have learned through the River of Memory,
We live in a world surrounded by walls,
That is, we all feel safe in a state of 'always the same'.
“We cannot live in a world where there is only ‘us, only now.’”
- From the Newbery Medal Acceptance Speech
◆ “What I want to convey to you is the memory of the entire world.”
A society where things remain the same, with no need to choose anything
The story of a boy who sets out to find the emotions that everyone has lost.
The work is set in a village in a future society where everyone grows up with the same type of family and receives the same education to minimize conflict among members of society and maximize efficiency.
The protagonist, a boy named Jonas, is given the title of 'Memory Keeper' on his twelfth birthday.
The Memory Holder is the only person in the village who has all of his past memories and is treated as the elder among elders.
It is the role of the memory keeper to advise the committee based on his memories.
The senior memory holder now becomes a 'memory transmitter', passing on memories of the past to Jonas.
In the process, Jonas experiences the true emotions that are sacrificed for the sake of a perfect society.
Through Jonas's struggle to realize the hidden truth, the author asks questions about what a truly happy society is and how far social control can be tolerated.
The author's writing style, which carefully selects each word and creates new words such as 'mission relief' and 'always the same state' to express a future society with a different structure from the present, makes the work shine even more.
◆ “We were able to control a lot of things.
“At the same time, many things had to be given up.”
Birth rates, euthanasia, state control, difference and equality, language that has lost its colorful expressions…
Problems of modern society revisited through the lens of the future society
In the town where Jonas lives, babies born with disabilities and elderly people who are too old are euthanized under the name of 'mission relief'.
The baby with the lower weight among the twins is also 'dismissed' for the reason of harming efficiency, and everyone is made color-blind, so that they cannot distinguish between colors.
Also, this is a society with perfect birth control, and to achieve this, people even take drugs that suppress their libido.
Love is naturally dismissed as inefficient.
Even memories of pain are simple and can be erased in an instant with just one pill.
Through the Memory Transmitter, Jonas learns not only the sensations of touch and color, but also the sensations of various pains.
And through suffering, Jonas finally understands love and realizes the colorful emotions that exist within his heart.
As the story progresses, the author uses more adverbs and adjectives, and through them we discover the message that colorful words expressing the heart are an important link that deeply understands and connects people with the world.
The language problem of today's generation, which is losing its colorful expressions due to abbreviations and omissions, can also be read in "The Giver of Memory."
The diverse topics covered in this book, including differences and equality, euthanasia, birth rates, and state control, offer an opportunity to examine, rather than ignore, the sensitive issues facing our society today.
What kind of world do we live in now? What choices and attitudes will we take within that community? Following in the footsteps of the classics of futuristic fiction, "1984," "Brave New World," and "The Handmaid's Tale," "The Giver" poses profound and broad questions to readers, deeply intertwined with the present.
“If there is one thing I have learned through the River of Memory,
We live in a world surrounded by walls,
That is, we all feel safe in a state of 'always the same'.
“We cannot live in a world where there is only ‘us, only now.’”
- From the Newbery Medal Acceptance Speech
◆ “What I want to convey to you is the memory of the entire world.”
A society where things remain the same, with no need to choose anything
The story of a boy who sets out to find the emotions that everyone has lost.
The work is set in a village in a future society where everyone grows up with the same type of family and receives the same education to minimize conflict among members of society and maximize efficiency.
The protagonist, a boy named Jonas, is given the title of 'Memory Keeper' on his twelfth birthday.
The Memory Holder is the only person in the village who has all of his past memories and is treated as the elder among elders.
It is the role of the memory keeper to advise the committee based on his memories.
The senior memory holder now becomes a 'memory transmitter', passing on memories of the past to Jonas.
In the process, Jonas experiences the true emotions that are sacrificed for the sake of a perfect society.
Through Jonas's struggle to realize the hidden truth, the author asks questions about what a truly happy society is and how far social control can be tolerated.
The author's writing style, which carefully selects each word and creates new words such as 'mission relief' and 'always the same state' to express a future society with a different structure from the present, makes the work shine even more.
◆ “We were able to control a lot of things.
“At the same time, many things had to be given up.”
Birth rates, euthanasia, state control, difference and equality, language that has lost its colorful expressions…
Problems of modern society revisited through the lens of the future society
In the town where Jonas lives, babies born with disabilities and elderly people who are too old are euthanized under the name of 'mission relief'.
The baby with the lower weight among the twins is also 'dismissed' for the reason of harming efficiency, and everyone is made color-blind, so that they cannot distinguish between colors.
Also, this is a society with perfect birth control, and to achieve this, people even take drugs that suppress their libido.
Love is naturally dismissed as inefficient.
Even memories of pain are simple and can be erased in an instant with just one pill.
Through the Memory Transmitter, Jonas learns not only the sensations of touch and color, but also the sensations of various pains.
And through suffering, Jonas finally understands love and realizes the colorful emotions that exist within his heart.
As the story progresses, the author uses more adverbs and adjectives, and through them we discover the message that colorful words expressing the heart are an important link that deeply understands and connects people with the world.
The language problem of today's generation, which is losing its colorful expressions due to abbreviations and omissions, can also be read in "The Giver of Memory."
The diverse topics covered in this book, including differences and equality, euthanasia, birth rates, and state control, offer an opportunity to examine, rather than ignore, the sensitive issues facing our society today.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: March 25, 2024
- Page count, weight, size: 340 pages | 386g | 133*203*20mm
- ISBN13: 9788949123554
- ISBN10: 894912355X
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