Lois Lowry Quotes
For a contributing citizen to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment, an overwhelming statement of failure.
Lowry, Lois. The Giver. Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
She had been accused of having religious meetings and “instructing” men and women.
She was tried by the Puritan religious and civil court for heresy. She started with Bible Study classes in her home and drew a substantial following. The clergy at the time were threatened and outraged. It was one thing for a woman to teach Bible Study to other women, but to also have men with the women was too much. The decision of the court was that she was banished from the colony. John Winthrop, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, presiding, answered: "Say no more. The Court knows wherefore, and is satisfied." See {584754}. In 1987, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis pardoned Anne Hutchinson, revoking the order of banishment by Governor Winthrop 350 years earlier.
Christie was a Tory—a British supporter, but what he did that was so offensive was that he had requested that British Troops come to Maryland to control the rebellion.
Lois Lowry is an American writer. She is the author of several books for children and young adults, including The Giver Quartet, Number the Stars, and Rabble Starkey. She is known for writing about difficult subject matters, dystopias, and complex themes in works for young audiences.
