"The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world their shame," famous author Oscar Wilde once said. In Lois Lowry's controversial young adult novel The Giver, twelve-year-old protagonist Jonas lives in a dystopian world where citizens of the Community have careers, spouses, and children chosen for them by the Elders. The Community is dominated by the concept of Equality where individuality, emotion and color do not exist. In fact, everyone is assigned the same birthday. Once children turn twelve, they are assigned career paths. Jonas discovers that he has been selected to become the Receiver of Memory, an honorary role, as they call it. The Receiver is the person who retains all memories, good and bad, in order to maintain Unity in the community; In short; the Recipient carries with him the weight of everyone's emotions and memories. The previous Receiver, who is now known as the Giver, gives Jonas memories of pain and hope, loss and love during his formative years, which changes how Jonas sees his community. Over the course of its formative years, readers encounter conflicts of euthanasia, sexuality, and suicide that parents and schools find too inappropriate and immoral for their children, leading The Giver to become America's 11th most contested book. Library Association of the 1990s (“The Suicide Book Challenged in Schools”). Many things in the world are considered inhumane. In the novel there is a process known as “release”. It is only later in the novel that Jonas watches a tape recording of his father, a nurse, "freeing" the weaker of the twins. Like other citizens, Jonas imagines “being released” as the pleasant idea of ​​being transferred to… the middle of a sheet of paper… a book is often called immoral and inappropriate, its purpose is simply to show the world the own shame. Works Cited Baldassarro, R. Wolf. “Banned Book Awareness: The Giver by Lois Lowry.” World. 27 March 2011. Web. 3 April 2014. “The Donor”. Dangerous books. May 1, 2008. Web. April 3, 2014. .Lowry, Lois. The Giver. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. Print. Munley, Kyle. “Banned Books Week: The Donor.” Suvudu. 30 September 2010. Web. 3 April 2014. Ouvrard-Prettol, Elsa. “Banned Books Week 2013: Defending Lois Lowry's Donor.” Librarian's Toolbox for Teens. September 23, 2013. Web. April 5, 2014. Sova, Dawn B. Literature Suppressed for Social Reasons. 3rd ed. New York: Facts on File, 2011. Web. EBSCOHost. April 6, 2014. “The Suicide Book Challenged in Schools.” United States today. July 20, 2001. Web. April 4 2014.