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Music In Lois Lowry's 'The Giver'

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As Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once said, “Music is the universal language of mankind.” It is quite true that music can be very powerful, and can convey strong messages and represent many things and ideas. Linkin Park “Somewhere I Belong” has a pleasant rhythm, ut its narrator also strongly mentions the pain that they’ve experience in the past. His desire to heal and experiencing pain, and the fact that he felt that there was a certain place where he belonged is very easily conveyed to the audience. This message is also displayed in Lois Lowry’s The Giver, especially during the parts when Jonas and The Giver were in great pain. Let’s begin with the following lyric: “I want to heal, I want to feel… I want to let go of the pain I’ve held so …show more content…

The group is trying to say that there is a place where they should go, a perfect place where they “belong”(and it is also a place where they can heal from their pain) This powerful quote can connect to Jonas and his mentor, The Giver. The reason for this is actually quite simple; When Jonas receives the memories, he wishes that he could “heal” from the pain because he doesn’t want the painful memories. Instead, he wanted his emotionless childhood where he was safe from all feelings (Although later on he realizes how important the emotions are). More importantly though, he dreamed of a perfect place, a place Elsewhere with a sled; “Somewhere he belongs”. Towards the ending of the book, Jonas actually gets to Elsewhere, and to the place where he “belongs”, though the reader is not told whether or not Jonas dies when he gets there. However, Jonas does realize that his emotionless community is not “something real”, and this motivates his journey Elsewhere. The Giver also believes that there is a place like this: with Rosemary, his former student who decided to release herself. And (of course) by releasing himself, he can do just that. This is all very similar to some of the lines in Linkin Park’s

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