Analyzing The Film 'The Giver'

When Jonas is chosen to take the role of Receiver of Memories, he starts to learn how life

Lois Lowry’s The Giver is set in a futuristic, dichotomous society, one that is both utopian and dystopian. In response to the overwhelming destruction and chaos in the world, the Elders have attempted to create and maintain a peaceful and orderly utopia, but this security comes at a price. The citizens of the community have sacrificed their individuality and freedom. Although most adult members have some knowledge of the hypocrisies involved, they choose to perpetuate the deception, allowing the community, as a whole, to continue on blissful ignorance. When young Jonas is confronted with all the truths of the present and all the memories of the past, he must choose for himself

Starting the story, Jonas receives his assignment at the Ceremony of 12. He was chosen to be the receiver of memory. Jumping forward to his training, an old man named,¨The Giver¨ transmits memories for Jonas to cherish. He was told he will experience joy, happiness, loneliness and most importantly, pain. Beginning his training, Jonas lays on a couch for The Giver to lay his hand on his back to transmit Jonas´s first memory. It was very joyful. As an

In The Giver, Jonas’ world is turned upside down when he is chosen to be the next receiver of his community. The ceremony of twelves is the last ceremony of the day. Jonas waited anxiously for his name to be called; he never hears it. The chief elder has made a mistake. Jonas now has to learn that everything he has been taught was not always the same and it ages him years.

The theme conveyed through the Giver is that individuality should be valued. The story takes place in a utopian society where everything is the same. There are no choices, no color, and no love in the Community of Sameness. The novel starts out a month before the Ceremony of Twelve, where the 12 year olds each get assigned a job. Jonas gets the assignment of the Receiver of Memory, and he soon finds out that lying is permitted, and receives several memories of the past without sameness, with pain too. He has the ability to see beyond, and finds out that he and the Giver are the only people in the Community that have the ability to see, as well as hear beyond. Similar to the phenomenon of an apple changing quality and his friend Fiona’s hair doing the same

Newberry Medalist, Lois Lowry, reflects her fascination with the stages of life into her many novels that depict young adults coping with the challenges that come with growing up. And like many recognized authors Lowry has been asked again and again, “Where did you get this idea?” For each novel written by Lowry the inspiration arises from diverse occasions from her life. In The Giver Lowry explores the new territory of a fantasy realm of society that is free from pain, disorder, and overpopulation; but in a world without love, color, and memories the perfect society turns to dystopia. (Novels for Students) As an explanation for the origins of The Giver Lois Lowry, in her Newberry Medal acceptance speech, compares her inspiration for the novel to the river Jonas looks into, seeing the world differently for the first time. Her ideas started as a mere spring, trickling in from a glacier; and each of the tributaries came from memories, coming together to make the flowing current of the river. (Lowry)

Jonas was selected as the next Receiver of Memory. Upon his training, he discovered and felt things that not all people in their society know. He realized a lot of things about the world. He discovered there is something more with the world than what he has known of. And as he felt things, he realized the things that are wrong with their idealistic society.

Jonas begins to learn about his society by asking questions. At the ceremony of the twelves he receives his job, as the Receiver of Memory. Stirrings start

Jonas, like Tris, is placed in a very unknown yet confusing circumstance as he is given the “assignment” of The Receiver of Memory. Like Tris in Divergent, he becomes very confused why he was chosen to be “the chosen one”. The Receiver of Memory is a title that has a quite dirty past with the community, as The Receiver sometimes isn’t ready to perceive emotions, such as sadness and war. The Divergent and The Receiver of Memory are both very dangerous titles. Tris is given values of human identity, Jonas has given colours his eyes never shown before.

Jonas is selected as the Receiver of Memories, he has the responsibility to recall memories of society and is mentored

Jonas wants people to know what's really right and not like most people. Jonas is the Protagonist in the book "The Giver". In a community where no feelings and/or memories are felt. He's mostly twelve in the book. He has been selected to be the new "Receiver of Memory", which is a big honor and only he can have them.

Imagine being chosen a job for a lifetime, but this job had a lot of pain, and loneliness. Well that what it was like for Jonas. Which makes Jonas being selected to be the receiver of memory is more like a punishment than an honor. Jonas has to deal with the pain that comes from the memories. He is missing out on things others can do. Jonas knows things and he can't tell anyone about them.

But what happens when Jonas, the new Receiver of Memories, finds that it is unfair how they are treated? Jonas realizes that everything is not as he used to think, how his family doesn't love him, how he doesn't have any memories, and how he can't even see color - he realizes that he needs to change things around, and that is what he does. Jonas runs away, and in the end, all of the community gets the memories, and Jonas is in the real world. The three most important differences between Jonas’s society

To begin, the elders set apart Jonas and give him the prestigious job of “Receiver of Memory.”

I believe that Lois Lowry wrote this book because firstly, she wanted to make a difference and didn't write for money, secondly she wrote to show about her journey in life with a book, she also wrote to show that we are all different and special in each and every way.