Today we learned that when an author writes a novel, she often has two purposes: create an interesting story, and reveal a theme (or message) to the reader.
In Lowry's novel The Giver, one of her themes is that choice is important, and even if we make errors when we choose something, we gain important experience that will help us in our lives. She also reveals another important theme, and that is that painful memories are important because they help make us stronger and, like the other theme mentioned, help us learn from the past.
Several students still have to hand in their paragraphs on careers from last class: Chase, Brooke, Angus, Jayden, Curtis.
Homework: read to the end of chapter 15 for next class (Thursday morning).
