The Giver won the 1999 Newbery Medal and has sold more than 10 million copies. Sameness emphasizes the utopian qualities of the Community. The Community lacks any color perception, climate variation, or terrain depth variation (such as hills and valleys) all terrain is completely flat. Jonas learns the truth about his utopian society and struggles with its weight. Jonas is selected to inherit the position of Receiver of Memory, who stores all of the past memories of the time before Sameness, in case the memories that the others lack are ever needed to aid the community leaders, or Elders, in their decisions. The society has eliminated pain and strife by converting itself to 'Sameness,' a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives.

The novel follows a boy, Jonas, in his twelfth and thirteenth years. In conclusion, there are some flashbacks and foreshadowing mentioned in Messenger, and it all helps you understand and want to read the novel.The Giver is a 1993 American children's novel, generally for young adults or older, which is set in a society that is at first presented as a utopian society but gradually appears more and more dystopian. In the text it says, 'It was a tangled knots of fears and deceit and dark struggles for power that had disguised itself and almost destroyed everything.' (Lowry, chapter 21). Later on, specifically in the last chapter, it is revealed that Forest is an illusion. This is when Seer says that Forest is an illusion, ' No, its an illusion.' (Lowry, chap 1). Now, in chapter 1 there is also foreshadowing.

Later on in the novel, it is explained on what Matty was scared of, his new powers. In the book Matty's life is explained and it shows him preparing supper with Seer, just like he would do any other day. Waiting just made it worse.' (Lowry, chap 1). This is because the text says, 'There was something he needed to do, a thing that scared him. Now, chapter one of Messenger was a flashback.

In the Messenger by Lois Lowry, there were a few small flashbacks and a good amount of foreshadowing.

Messenger by lois lowry