The Giver, By Lois Lowry

The Giver teaches Jonas about color. “ Dumbfounded, he stared at it. This time it was not a fleeting impression. This time the sled had--and continued to have, as he blinked, and stared at it again--that same mysterious quality that the apple had so

Jonas’ has had a variety of interesting experiences throughout the book. The Giver by Lois Lowry is about Jonas and he goes through many changes in his life with some help from the Giver. Jonas’ experiences develop a theme over the course of The Giver by teaching the reader for every action there is a consequence. Although some readers may believe that there will not be a consequence, Jonas’ experiences show that there are good and bad consequences for everything you do.

The community has never seen color and for a long time Jonas has not either until he got his job as the receiver, and then about one year into his job he started he started see all of the colors, which brought a lot of conflict to his life, all because of sameness. For example, “ Things would change with Gabe,” Jonas went on. “ Things could be different. I don’t know how, but there must be some way for things to be different. There could be colors.” and grandparents,” he added, staring through the dimness towards the ceiling of his sleeping room.” And everybody would have memories” (164).Things changed with Jonas when Gabrielle moved into his house, they have many similarities including blue eyes. The community has never celebrated holidays and did not have any other relatives other than their parents and one sibling. For example, “ After a life of sameness and predictability, he was awed the surprises that lay beyond each curve on the road ” (215). There is never any surprises in any ones life because everyone is ruled or controlled. It is so easy to predict what is going to happen each day because of sameness. There would not be so much conflict if it was not

Through our society we are all raised up to be independent and unique individuals such as being ourselves and expressing who each of us are to the world. However, in the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, everyone is raised to count on one another and everyone must look and act the same. Our society differs from Jonas’s in many ways, such as the family units, birthdays, and the way we each learn about our past.

The book The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a kid name Jonas trying to live in a so called perfect union. Jonas experience develops a theme over the course The Giver by teaching the reader for every action there is a consequence. Although some readers may believe that for every actions there’s not a consequence, Jonas’ experience shows that once Jonas leaves the community he suffers from starvation and also pain.

The novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is an everlasting story that shows the importance of individuality. This novel is about a young boy named Jonas who was elected as the Receiver of Memories, a person who is given the memories from the world that existed before their current society, Sameness. In this society there is no individualism. People can not choose who to marry, or what they want to do for a living. Over time Jonas becomes more and more wise, and realizes that the supposedly perfect community actually has some very dark and negative aspects. The author, Lois Lowry is a 76-year-old writer who focuses her writing on helping struggling teenagers become individuals. Lowry had a very tragic childhood. After both of her parents were

He describes, “back in the time of the memories, everything had a shape and size, the way things still do, but they also had a quality called color.” (Lowery 94) Jonas cannot understand why he is beginning to see the color of red, although the Giver says there are a lot of colors. The Giver tells Jonas, “When you mentioned Fiona’s hair, it was the clue that told me you were probably beginning to see the red.” (Lowery 94) “Jonas looked at her. She was so lovely. For a fleeting instant he thought he would like nothing better than to ride peacefully along the river path, laughing and talking with his gentle female friend.” (Lowery 135) Jonas secretly likes Fiona. Jonas’s special emotion that he didn’t understand makes Jonas see red that represents love. So, the color of red symbolizes love. Now that he sees colors, he can experience all kinds of emotions.

Jonas states that “It was not as exciting through the ride of the snowy air; but it pleasurable and comforting” (107) The Giver transmitted many different good memories to Jonas including the one that was said above. Jonas had seen a birthday party, the night of Christmas, sledding, and many more. “He was in a room with people, and it was warm, with firelight glowing at the hearth. ”(154)

Jonas receives memories of color, something that is absent from his community. He realizes how absent his community really is. Jonas hurts inside to tell people in his community what they are missing. The only person that he can really open up to is The Giver. They grew really close, and it became like a grandfather, grandchild relationship.

In the story, the wise old man is the Giver. The Giver’s mind is filled with good and bad memories. He is in charge of holding the memories from the community to avoid pain or suffering. He is the only one that is allowed to break certain rules. His power cannot be “given” to anyone except for a special person selected by the Elders. Jonas is that special person, he is the “receiver of memory”. So, the giver’s mission is to “give” Jonas the power of receiving all the memories. Also, he must share all his knowledge with Jonas so he can become the new “giver” in the community.

The Hills Like White Elephants, by, Ernest Hemingway is a very interesting story. Although this story seems like it was written a long time ago the American and the girl who are the main characters in the story are going through a problem many teenagers or young adults are going through. The Literary Elements in this story are very important, especially symbolism because throughout the story the Hills Like White Elephants is mentioned which later on the reader will know the importance of the actual title of the story.

Jonas’s experience in The Giver molds him into the classic archetypal hero. The journey includes both positive and negative experiences from his call to duty, training, departure, and the return home. Through these experiences, Jonas grows into an archetypal hero.

However, during his process of receiving the memories, he experiences some changes in certain things. Moreover, Jonas decided to tell The Giver about the change in the apple and Fiona’s hair, “I think it’s what you call seeing-beyond” (Lowry 115). He is now beginning to see what the world could be like if it was filled with color. Likewise, he is upset that color is being kept from his society, “It isn’t fair that nothing has color!” (Lowry 122). Jonas enjoys being able to explore new color throughout the different objects in the

“’Memories are forever”’ (Lowry). People make new memories every day without even realizing it. Some good some bad, that’s just the way of life, but in The Giver nobody knows what happened before them. People barley remember what their childhood was like, they don’t understand the importance of memory and that memories are forever. Aspects of life, rules, and prosperities between our world and Jonas’ world are very different yet have some similarities. Things that are crucial to the characters in The Giver are not as meaningful to the people in our world.

The Giver is a morally driven and thought-provoking story about a young boy called Jonas who lives in a society free of crime, sadness, pain, death, music, color and love. The story follows Jonas as he receives the memories of the past, good and bad, from the current Receiver, who is called the Giver. The Giver transfers memories by placing his hands on Jonas 's forearms. The first memory he receives is of a thrilling sled ride, which he will remake in the end of the movie. Jonas discovers the dangerous truths of his community 's secret past. Armed with the power of knowledge, which he knew about from memories (Ways of Knowledge), Jonas realizes that he must release all the memories to the community to allow them to feel