The Giver of Lois Lowry and Holes by Louis Sachar are both based on certain societies and how the main characters on each book made decisions to solve the main problem.

The two stories contain a lot of dillemas for the main characters to decide on. They both also contain great adventure and inspiring stories for the reader to enjoy. These two John Newberry Awarded books will definitely prove themselves why they deserved their award. THEME The two books gave the importance of fate or destiny. The Giver's Jonas and Holes' Stanley both had their own fate.

Jonas' community was passive. They had their fate decided by the “Elders” who practically runs the whole community. The children until the grow up can be designated as a Nurturer, Birthmother, a Laborer, Instructor, Caretaker and more but Jonas' was selected as a Receiver of Memory which was different from the rest of the other children. Jonas had no idea what he will be going through until he chose a different path thinking he would have a better life. Stanley's fate was rather harder since he had to deal with his bad luck which included hard labor until the end of the story.Stanley and Jonas both didn't accept their fate but they made their own choices and paths to walk on.

They didn't care what other people say but they decided on what was the right choice. It also showed that for every decision they would make could affect their future. Jonas from The Giver made a decision to run away because for two main reasons Firstly, Jonas wanted to run away from the pain and loneliness of their community. Secondly, he wanted to save a baby named Gabe from being killed innocently. As a result, both Gabe and Jonas suffered severely during their daring escape.

On the other hand, Stanley from Holes ran away from Camp Green Lake because he wanted to save his friend Zero from dying of hunger and thirst in the desert. Stanley found Zero and they both succesfully survived the vast desert. However, the protagonists of the the two books weren't the same. The end of The Giver had a sad ending since Jonas and Gabe were having difficulty surviving their escape.

It was described that both of them were feeling cold because of the snow and left the story hanging for the readers thinking Jonas and Gabe died.Stanley on the other hand was healthy and alive despite all the harships and deadly paths he has taken which includes dying in the middle of the desert, dying of thirst and hunger, and worst of all being killed by yellow spotted lizards. Stanley had a good life ahead of him. PLOT The Giver and Holes had some similarities with their plot. Both stories had someone to determine the fate or role of Stanley and Jonas.

Stanley and Jonas both had to decide whether they had to follow and accept their fate or make their own paths.The stories contained a lot of dillemmas which either choice they make will definitely be a hard and struggling path. The differences of the two is that the community in Jonas' society accepted him but on Stanley's society didn't. Jonas' had an emotionless society which was cold on his part. Only the “Giver” and Jonas could feel such emotion.

Stanley was often teased becaused of his obesity while Jonas was living in a community of “Sameness” where no one is better nor less than anyone. Stanley's society could be best describe as today's society, the real world.The third person point of view was both used by Louis Sachar and Lois Lowry. The authors both show and narrated the story in an omniscient like manner. The narration was cleary shown to give the readers a better understanding of what was going on in the story. On the other hand, the differences are the style of writing of the authors.

Louis Sachar's Holes was easier to comprehend. Lois Lowry's The Giver was a bit vague since it mostly rely on the imagination of the reader. The reader wouldn't expect the kind of uniqueness of writing of Lois Lowry with her extraordinary imagination. The mind of thereader must work and imagine what is happening during the story that would be like just watching a movie.

“He felt only the light touch of the old man's hand on his back . . . Then he shivered. He realized that the touch of the hands felt, suddenly cold. At the same instant, breathing in, he felt the air change, and his very breath was cold .

. . He opened his ordinary eyes and saw that he was still on bed, that he had not moved at all. ” - Page 80 - 82 Chapter 11 This is an example where the imagination of the readers must work. If the text has been taken literally, then the intention of Lois Lowry's will not be shown.Louis Sachar's writing style was common but the unique thing about it is that his book, Holes, has a very interesting twist that could make the readers' “minds blown away” because the reader will definitely ask questions about the book while reading it and the all the answers will be answered at the end.

The quote, “Everything has its reasons” was deeply emphasized my Louis Sachar. The minor details of the story was actually a big and important part of the story which answered questions of the reader. “The great - great – grandson of Elya Yelnats carried the great - great – grandson of Madame Zeroni up the mountain” - Page 229 Chapter 50The great - great – grandson of Elya Yelnats was Stanley Yelnats IV whose great - great – grandfather is Stanley Yelnats I who was in a curse and his successors unless he does his promise to take Madame Zeroni, a witch doctor, up in the mountain to drink the water. Unfortunately she died and was cursed to have bad luck.

At the end of the story, Stanley Yelnats IV who didn't know that Zero, the great - great – grandson of Madame Zeroni, was the one he carried and drink the water on top of the mountain when they were thirsty. This is how Louis Sachar showed his style of writing.