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This book is filled with life lessons, motifs and allegories. It is also about importance of memory, right and wrong, love, and determination. Since The Receiver is the only one who knows things from the past The Elders often seek advice from him. If everybody had memory then everybody would experience pain; if nobody had memory of the past then they would have no one to tell them what the outcome would be, therefore everyone would continue to repeat their mistakes. Jonas knew that it was wrong to leave the community but he also felt it wasn’t right to stay there and felt as though it was only right for the others to have memory as well. Jonas took Gabriel with him on his journey because he loved Gabe and he didn’t want him to be released. Jonas was determined to make it to “Elsewhere” because he loved Gabe and knew that he had to make it there so not only himself but also Gabe would be

Hook: Imagine living in a perfect society and hearing all of the jobs that the people would get, but if someone got the Receiver of Memory, they would receive a lot of the pain from the memories. Jonas’s assignment as the next Receiver of Memory is a punishment. The job as a Receiver of Memory caused a lot of pain. Jonas feels separate and different from his fellow peers when he became the Receiver of Memory. When The Giver became a little older, age showed a lot more when The Giver became the Receiver of Memory than if he had a regular job.

Memories can in a way define who we are and how we progress through life. Memories can be a pathway to either follow the straight and narrow or to have us decide which fork of the road to take. Past memories can help to identify a person and can effect the future that follows. Through the journy of self discovery, Marshall’s Praisesong for the Widow and Danticat’s Breath, Eyes, Memory suggest one must relive past and present memories to find their true identity in the future.

She'd reacted as hoped, and when her second hand lay over his, he felt the compassion and sympathy in that touch. "Thank you, Mirella." He'd whispered, with lips trembling, before he managed to shake off the memories of his lost beloved, and continued. Pickett's gaze didn't leave the young woman's for a second, and neither did his brain stop ticking. The man was curious to see her reaction to his revelation, expecting it to be dramatic, and he wasn't in the least

Likewise, to heighten the understanding and overall readability of this piece, the author echos key themes and concepts throughout the piece. For Black, repetition is subtly and precisely hinted at throughout each of the chapters, forcing the readers to draw connections without him directly instructing to do so. This adds greatly to the fluency of his book. While some may find the transitions abrupt at times, such as his jump from the formation of the Dendritic Vaccine to that of his patient Glenn Rhoades, the piece as a whole remains largely unfragmented and enhanced by his consistent recurrences of old information. this is appropriately demonstrated when in chapter eleven, which was supposed to be closure for Gerard Kelly, transitions to a closure of Scott Erdman. He wraps up Gerard Kelly's unfortunate ending by writing, “I have learned many important lessons from my patients, but one lesson i will always treasure is how one can live an entire life in a . . . [few] months . . .”(Black 213), and then introduces Scott Erdman. By going from a specific patient, and then a broad statement about patients, he cleanly transitions without the reader catching a glimpse of

The reader can use this connection to imagine what it would be like to lose the memories that mean the most to

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

For every memory must come a story, especially ones that even the most wisest of people can’t explain or comprehend. Some memories aren’t happy, the kind that you want throw away and never think about again. Ruth Fenton’s memories are the kind of memories I never want throw away, the kind I want to share and write a story about.

Compare and contrast the ways the authors made the themes of grief and trauma evident to the audience.

Have you ever thought about, if you focus on the past, it can affect the future and you can make bad decisions? Well, in this novel, The Giver by Lois Lowry, a 13 year old boy named Jonas lives in a perfect community, or what he thought so. There are many dark secrets, but once he finds out the truth, there is no going back. Jonas’ experiences develop a theme over the course of The Giver by teaching the reader, without memories, a subject can’t be understood fully. Although, some readers may believe that without memories, sometimes a subject could be understood. Jonas’ experiences show that he doesn’t fully understand the world until he learns about the memories.

Memory- The largest theme in this book is memory. Without memory you feel no pain of life. Memory connects to feelings, in The Giver the whole community can’t feel sympathy, love, happiness, or pain. Of course there is one special person who must know all so that

In The Giver, there is a dystopian community and there is a person responsible to hold the memories of the community, joyful and painful ones.They are called receiver of memory. They get heavily weighted and they feel stressed out because of this. It is inconsiderate that they have to hold memories for everyone in the community. Every person should be aware of what is happening and understand their past. They should also be able to decide things for themselves. Instead of having the chief elder deciding everything for them.

The outcome of the individual citizens receiving their own memories would make them a stronger human being. If the memory they had gotten was poor or alarming, they would learn from it and not do it again or prevent it from happening. An example was the war memory, “From the distance, Jonas could hear the thud of cannons. Overwhelmed by pain, he lay there in the fearsome stench for hours, listened to the men and animals die, and learned what warfare meant.” (p.151). If the memory was informative, the citizen would be able to learn from it. If they received a joyful memory, they would bring it back to the community and want to make it happen. An example is the Christmas memory, “ Jonas felt joy of it as soon as the memory began.” (p.154). The

Charles only possessed one thought on his mind: seeing Rose. On the bus ride over to Lasata, he formulated his thoughts and decided what to say when he saw her. When the bus arrived, Charles rushed into the residency as quickly as possible and sought out Rose. She sat alone in the exact same spot in which Charles left her. At this sight, Charles bore a degree of empathy for the lonely, old woman. Nevertheless, he pulled up a chair next to Rose and began conversing with her like an old friend, momentarily forgetting about her disability. After Rose made no acknowledgement of the amiable salutation, Charles forgot that he needed to simplify communication; therefore, he just spoke her name in a straightforward way. Rose turned her head and caught sight of the affectionate, youthful boy. As she stared at Charles, Rose exhibited no sense of recognition or realization that she encountered the boy just a week ago. At this sight, Charles’s heart shattered, and he felt an immense sensation of betrayal. Charles knew that Rose’s mental incapability prevented her from retaining information, but yet, he still felt stabbed in the back. For some reason, Charles figured that Rose’s memory of him might hold up to at least a certain degree from the previous week, but he clearly errored in his thoughts. For the rest of the time at the care center, Charles lifelessly went through the

Throughout life a person can recall a memory that basically shaped their lives. Often they recount important events that made them into the person they were meant to be. The selection this week is about a memory of a 15 year old young woman that is shaped by something that happened to her while working for a doctor and his wife. She tells about the events when she was 15 that ironically led to the introduction of her eventual husband into her life. Clugston (2010) shows us that “we all filter our relationship to literature through our individual experiences” (Section 7.1, para. 4). In other words,