Sometimes, these sacrifices come at the behest of totalitarian governments, such as when Gabe is taken away from Claire at the beginning of Book 1. Throughout the novel, characters must sacrifice various aspects of themselves or their happiness. This book deals with many important issues that may arise during a person’s lifetime, including the concept of sacrifice. In the first two books, the narrative is told exclusively from Claire’s third-person-limited point of view, whereas the last book is told from the third-person-limited perspectives of Gabe, Jonas, and Claire. The perspective also shifts throughout the novel. In this way, the settings are completely disparate from one another, although they are, in theory, located relatively close to one another geographically. Similarly, Books 2 and 3 also display magic: characters have special abilities, like Gabe and Jonas, and there are forces of evil with which these characters must contend-namely, the Trademaster. For example, in the first book, the totalitarian leaders use modern science and technology to oppress their community, whereas these problematic conveniences do not exist in either the seafaring village of Book 2 or the riverside village of outcasts in Book 3. Although Book 1 starts out in the dystopian stylings of The Giver, in which a modern community is oppressed by its totalitarian leaders, Books 2 and 3 evince more fantastical settings and technological reversions.
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