The Giver

The Giver won the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide as of 2014.  It is set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses. The novel follows a 12-year-old boy named Jonas. The society has taken away 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. The Community lacks any color, memory, climate, or terrain, all in an effort to preserve structure, order, and a true sense of equality beyond personal individuality.

（《授者》是一部人文科幻小说。作者洛伊丝·洛利，于1993年4月16日出版。小说开篇构建了一个类似乌托邦的未来社会。随着情节铺展，逐渐幻化成反面乌托邦。小说描述一个名叫乔纳斯的男孩在12岁那一年发生的故事。经过刻意同化，乔纳斯生活的社区没有痛苦，也没有冲突。乔纳斯被挑选出来接任“记忆接受者”这个职位，接受同化之前人类所有的记忆，以备在需要的时候使用。乔纳斯从他的前任——授者——获得了这些记忆，乔纳斯发现他所生活的社区极为浅薄封闭。