tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33818852.post7200954950937249516..comments2023-10-21T23:57:46.155-04:00Comments on Wheat Among Tares: The Giverterrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399706958844399216noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33818852.post-72678158178506197712010-03-31T08:49:13.542-04:002010-03-31T08:49:13.542-04:00Yes...I enjoyed the book and thought it was a good...Yes...I enjoyed the book and thought it was a good read....even if some of the devices could be picked apart.<br /><br />The idea of Collective memory was probably the best part of the book.<br /><br />I thought the part where Jonas is given permission to lie was done rather well. As he looks around at his family he wonders if they too have been given permission to lie.....and if they have...would they lie about it?<br /><br />That revelation is the first step towards his loss of innocence and naivete.terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12399706958844399216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33818852.post-13400192388608349512010-03-30T18:45:49.736-04:002010-03-30T18:45:49.736-04:00The one device of collective memory was powerful e...The one device of collective memory was powerful enough to keep me involved despite the book's flaws.<br /><br />Also, the growing gulf between the hero and his girl-friend from youth, as she embraces the dystopia and he recoiled from it, was moving.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.com