Bridges originally envisioned his father, the late Lloyd Bridges, in the title role. Now, at sixty-one, the junior Bridges feels ready for The Giver. The 1993 Newbery Award-winning novel by Lois Lowry tells the story of a boy named Jonas, afloat in a utopian society where all appears perfect – until he inherits the lifelong position of “Receiver of Memory.” Young Jonas is tasked with spending his twelfth year with The Giver, a man who holds all memories of the way things were prior to the society’s utopian switch, and who, in his wise, old way, will train Jonas to do the same, disillusioning him once and for all.

This is a film I’d like to see made. I remember borrowing it from a friend when I was a child and enjoying it immensely.

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SELF-CONCEPT

[noun]

(also called self-construction, self-identity or self-perspective); a multi-dimensional construct that refers to an individual’s perception of “self” in relation to any number of characteristics, such as gender roles and sexuality, racial and cultural identity, etc. Each of these characteristics is a research domain within the larger spectrum of self-concept although no characteristics exist in isolation as one’s self-concept is a collection of beliefs about oneself. While closely related with self-concept clarity (which “refers to the extent to which self-knowledge is clearly and confidently defined, internally consistent, and temporally stable”), it presupposes but is distinguishable from self-awareness, which is simply an individual’s awareness of their self. It is also more general than self-esteem, which is the purely evaluative element of the self-concept.