The Apocalypse in a Nutshell

The title may seem a bit misleading to the post, so I apologize in advance.

Anyways. In this post I was going to say some stuff relating to the book The Giver by Lois Lowry.



     This is a post-apocalyptic book. Like The Hunger Games. My text-to-text connection to clarify what I'm planning on discussing.

Comparing and contrasting is always a fun time.

     In The Hunger Games, they have a whole different government and law system than we do today, obviously. As do they in The Giver. Everything is different. The Capitol has complete control over Panem. As the Elders do. The Capitol has it's Districts, but the Elders live in different towns, with a Receiver as head of them all. The Receiver himself is like President Snow in The Hunger Games. But, one thing about the Receiver and Snow. Snow is more like a tyrant, while the Receiver is an advice-giver on big issues that the Elders cannot deal with themselves. 
     Also, Jonas in The Giver is like Katniss in The Hunger Games. They are both the protagonists, and the main characters. They both save the day, in some way. Except that Jonas doesn't quite save the day in the way that Katniss does. Katniss saves 12 Districts by giving them some leeway in rebelling against the Capitol. She was "the spark" that started the fire that was a rebellion. While Jonas frees the Receiver(who became the Giver when he started training Jonas) of some of his burdens. He runs off with the harsh and good memories that the Giver gives to him. So in their own ways do they save the day as the hero of the story.

     An ordinary person like Katniss or Jonas can be the hero, right? :D