content: "The Giver" is a novel which deals with the problems boy named Jonas who lives in a totalitarian system.I this system,the habitants are genetically manipulated so that they are not able to feel.Only the "Receiver of Memories" has feelings and Jonas is chosen to be the next one. In his assignement he is able to get to know the whole truth about their society which reveals enormous cruelties.The author employs the third- person-point of view but she stays close to the protagonist's perspective,so that the reader is able to identify with Jonas.The novel is easy to read and to understand because she often uses hypotaxes.In regard to the content and the action, the text is diaphonous and the characters do not have uncommon personalities.I think,the novel is approciated for younger people from about 10 to 14 years because the plot is often flat and ordinary. So in my opinion,the text does not belong to high-quality-literature.