The Giver Analysis

The character in the story that I was most fascinated by was the Giver. This character has many admirable qualities. He is resilient against the painful and hard memories he has seen and he is loving. He and Jonas are the only two characters in the story that are even capable of loving. While reading this story, I felt as though the Giver and Jonas were lucky because they get to understand and feel love, but on the other end of the spectrum, they experience pain and great sadness. The other characters in the story get to be blissfully unaware of the pain and suffering of the past. The first trait that I mentioned above, resilience, is why I like the Giver’s character so much. The quote that exemplifies this is, “The worst part of holding memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” “I’ve shared them with you,” Jonas said, trying to cheer him up. “That’s true. And having you here with me over the past year has made me realize that things must change. For years I’ve felt that they should, but it seemed so hopeless. “Now for the first time I think there might be a way (Lowry 1993 Ch. 20 p. 154-155 para. 9-11).” This shows the Giver’s resilience. He has been lonely because he had these memories, some that were very painful, and no one with which to share them. He saw pain and love and somehow lived with the burden of this knowledge. He continued to carry the burden of being the Receiver while

In The Giver, everyone is equal. There is only equality. If you were to compare the society of The Giver to our own society, there is a big difference. Their society is almost perfect there is no poverty or wars. Our society is very far from perfect. In The Giver, there is freedom, but not freedom of choice. This is the difference between our society and theirs. In The Giver, people are equal, there is no discrimination of any kind; in our society we have discrimination of all sorts like racism, sexism, and ageism.

My thesis for the giver is that you have to make decisions in your life because if you don’t then there really is no purpose in life, what's the purpose to be alive if you're not going to do anything with it all they do is feed you and you go to work and your job isn't even your choice sure you can do volunteer work where you want but Jonas didn't get that choice.

“The community was so meticulously ordered, the choices so carefully made." (The Giver Ch. 6) By allowing one haircut and clothing style, assignment of spouses, and the rejection of sexual affinity, Jonas’s society has eliminated any differences between people. A strict regime with rules and order was put into place, withdrawing individualism. I believe that Lowry was communicating the importance of being an individual.

Parental involvement and input into their child education is paramount to their child’s success. However, parents are not always correct in their interpretations and opinions of the books that are provided to students. The Giver by Lois Lowers, is one of many books that parents have called to be banned from schools. It is understandable when the information is taking out of context that a parent would feel that the material is unsuitable for a child in the seventh grade. In this utopian book sameness is coveted and feelings are cured with a pill. The elders maintain there sense of peace through total regulation of marriages, jobs, births, and even deaths. One seen in particular that receives the most criticism it the “release of

Dystopian Life “The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” (Lowry) In the book The Giver, by Lois Lowry, life seems peachy keen.

Marcus Garvey once expressed, “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” The novel The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is about a boy, Jonas, who is given knowledge that has the power to change his beliefs and opinions about his society. Jonas is trusted with the information of those from generations before him, and cannot speak of his training to anyone besides the Giver himself. Knowledge is the power to know something and have the power to hold on to the information forever.

The novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry is about a fictional pace where members of the community are content and have little freedom of choice. Jonas, the main character, is a twelve year old boy chosen to be the communityś Receiver of Memories the one person in the community responsible for keeping painful and emotional memories. People often debate whether this ideal community is a utopia- a perfect society - or a dystopia - a place where everything seems perfect but is not. Through Jonas’ actions and words, the reader can tell that this community is, in fact, a dystopia. The Giver is a dystopia because the community got rid of feelings. In a utopia everyone is free and no one is judged, itś really perfect. In a dystopia they take away things you would usually have and try to become a

Lois Lowry’s paradoxical novel The Giver follows Jonas, a young boy living in the safety of his controlling community. Although his community appears to be perfect, it is soon revealed that the people of his community are living meaningless, controlled lives. This is shown as they have lost all compassion and knowledge of the past, there is no individuality in their lives and they do not feel any love. After receiving many memories of the world, Jonas discovers that there is more to his life than what his fellow Community members have been living. “They were satisfied with their lives which had none of the vibrance his own was taking on. And he was angry at himself, that he could not change that for them.” This leads the Community members to live like robots instead of human beings.

In the 1993 novel The Giver, written by author Lois Lowry, and the 2014 movie The Giver, directed by Phillip Noyce, the themes of Memory and the Past, Rules and Order are evident throughout. Throughout this essay, I will discuss the importance of both themes and how through the book and movie.

Written in 1993 by Lois Lowery, the Giver is a futuristic dystopian novel based on a young boy named Jonas. The Elders granted Jonas the tremendous burden of carrying the weight of generations of memories: good and evil. The book purely relies on Jonas' inner struggles and thoughts alone to develop characters and the plot. The killer angels rely deeply on the circulation of characters fighting in the battle of Gettysburg and their point of view. Would changing the point of view affect the development of the stories? It is my personal opinion that if the point of view changed, the change could help further the plot.

In the award winning novel, The Giver, Lois Lowry addresses. The theme that people must remember the pain and joy from their past in order to fully experience life. To begin, when Jonas first started his training he got his first memory of sledding in the snow. “The Ground was thick with furry now.” “How do you feel.” “Jonas sat up and tried to answer honestly. Surprise he said after a moment” (103). Thus, this wouldn’t impact Anyone in the community but Jonas felt surprise after his ride. Jonas realize he had been missing out on sledding in the past and it would be fun to do it again in the future. Secondly, Jonas watched a video of the private release and found out what It meant by watching his father killer baby. “He killed it! My

In the book “The Giver” Jonas is chosen to be the receiver of memory for the community. When he is chosen the chief elder states that Jonas must have 5 abilities in order to be the receiver. The five qualities are Intelligence, Integrity, Courage, wisdom and the Capacity to see beyond. Jonas experiences in the story prove that Jonas was correctly chosen to be the receiver. In The Giver Jonas was accurately chosen to be the receiver of memory.

To begin, The Giver is a flawed book, but, plot and writing style balance out the story’s issues. The story is set in an organized, futuristic utopia. In fact, most of the story’s action happens when Jonas finds out the truth about his community’s rituals. Following this, they live hundreds of years in the future. Reason being that the Giver explains how humans used to live in freedom and self-expression. More exactly, things that are seen, expressed and experienced in this day and age. The community has climate control, and no member of said community is able to see color. There is no question that Lowry creates this setting in order to deliver her plot coherently. By extension, without the perfect community in the picture, there would be no place for the story.

The most striking quote that I have read in the giver this far is, “There’s nothing we can do. It’s always been this way. Before me, before you, before the ones who came before you. Back and back and back” (Lowry 193). Jonas, the main character said this to The Receiver, after he found out what happens when someone is released. Jonas has the weight of the world upon his shoulders because the Chief Elder gave him the job of the receiver. The receiver can feel emotions and see colors unlike everyone else. It is a shame however that Jonas and The Giver are the only ones able to experience the wonder of humanity, it is worth it so they can make a utopia though right? Margaret Atwood once said “Every utopia - let's just stick with the literary ones