The Giver Quote Analysis

There are too many rules and it would get annoying eventually. “Attention. This is a reminder to females under nine that hair ribbons are to be neatly tied at all times.” (Lowry 22) Tiny things like this could get someone in big trouble if it’s repetitive. “I apologize for inconveniencing my learning community.” (Lowry 5)Since he interrupted the class, he had to say a saying of their appreciation. “Attention. This is a reminder to male elevens that objects are not to be removed from the recreation area and that snacks are to be eaten, not hoarded.” (Lowry 23) The big speaker thing had pointed him out after he took an apple.

¨For the first time, he heard something that he knew to be music. He heard people singing. Behind him, across vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps, it was only an echo.” this quote means that Jonas hears the memories leaving his body and that he is hallucinating, or he hears a nearby concert, but there are many ways to interpret this quote. It pertains to the story because Jonas is hallucinating sound doesn't echo across vast distances. Sound doesn't even travel up to 20 miles he would have to be within a couple of miles of the nearest concert given he is in the snowy mountains I don't think there is any concert near him. At the end of the giver, Jonas and Gabriel die from starvation and hypothermia, and they never find the house that he sees in his memories, but he does find elsewhere

In the book, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, a young boy named Jonas lives in a community of Sameness, where all memories of color, joy, and sadness have been eliminated from the citizen’s daily lives, and where freedom of choice has been deemed, “definitely not safe”(Lowry 98). Suddenly, though, Jonas’s life spirals out of control when he becomes the Receiver of Memory. He is charged with the job of receiving all past occurrences, both good and bad. Finally, he decides that joy and love are emotions that need to be shared, and flees the community, resulting in the return of the memories. This dystopian setting puts many restrictions on available information, citizens’ personal lives, and changes the way deaths are handled, and is very different from the society in which we live.

In the book, the people of Jonas’s community does not experience emotions from the absence of certain memories that the officials decided to eliminate. This hinders the people of the community to feel any suffering in human history as well as the desire to engage in activities or relationships that could result in disorder or pain. Jonas is chosen to receive these hidden memories by The Giver to discover that the world he lives in is only the first layer to what is under beneath. The fact that the author made the storyline on how Jonas discovers these memories makes me cherish my own and how I am grateful for all that I have.

In Loris Lowry’s book “The giver”, the community Jonas live in appears to be a utopian society, which is a perfect world without any pain or sadness, but in reality, it is a dystopian world due to the creation of harsh restraints. Through the control of the elders, the people living in the community lose their ability to control and understand the world. They are unable to express their thinking, choose their life and are even restricted from building connections with other people. The author shows that the beautiful appearance of the community creates an illusion of freedom, however this does not translate into any real decisions in a world full of lies.

You cannot live without love and emotions, but when you have sameness, everything is the same and your emotions are stolen from you. Jonas, the Receiver of Memory, is the only one who has those memories. But everything changes when he gains certain knowledge. The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, has proven that knowledge does have the power to change a person's opinions and likes, but not your fears. In most cases, knowledge has the power to change most people's opinions of people in Jonas' community.

In the novel the Giver by Lois Lowry the main character Jonas has his personality and identity change all throughout the story. His personality starts off in the beginning being a very good kid who trusts everyone, and does everything he is tolled to do. In the middle of the story he starts to question things, that make him wonder if all these rules are meant to be. At the end of the story he decides what is right and decides to part from the communities rules and do what he thinks is right and what makes him feel like himself.

In the book the giver by Lois Lowry, on page 137-145 they use the word love a lot agian and agian. The giver uses it on page 141 he said ¨ You can understand then, that that's what i felt for rosemary… I loved her¨ This is showing the reader that when the giver is telling jonas that he loved her he's really saying that he loves too.

The Giver, a book by Lois Lowry that was published in 1993, was not like anything I had read before. The novel is set in the future, or maybe the past, it never really tells the reader when the book was set. The novel was focused on a young boy, twelve years old, named Jonas and an older man known as Giver and what Giver teaches Jonas about their society and everything that is kept from everybody else. The Giver shares information and feelings that nobody else knows or feels. A few examples of what Jonas’ society is keeping from everybody is: sadness, pain, worry, snow and sledding, rivers, sunshine, color.

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.

The book also talks about how different memories can change someone. Jonas reacted strongly when he realised how much he would prefer a life where he could make his own choices, using past memories and experiences to make the right decisions. Another situation involving Jonas was when the Giver had transmitted a memory of love to Jonas. He went back home and ask his parents ‘‘Do you love me?’’ (Lowry 162). His

In Lois Lowry’s “The Giver,” written 1993, Jonas lives in a perfect utopia. Everyone is assigned a job, takes their medication for “stirrings,” and no one goes hungry. The world is black and white, physically, and no one feels pain. Except for Jonas, who is assigned to be the Reciever of Memories. The Giver, who collects all the negative and non-utopic memories for the entire town, transfers memories to him through his touch. These memories include snow, sunburn, and pain. Until one day when Jonas’s father bring home a baby boy, Gabriel, without the knowledge of the council, whom Jonas noticed has the same light eyes he does. He then finds out that Gabe can receive memories the same way he can.

Imagine living in a world where everything is controlled. No emotions, love, choices, and color. There were no conflicts, but lives were completely controlled. This is how life is in the thrilling novel by Lois Lowry, The Giver in 1993. Once a young adolescent finds out what has been stolen from him and his community, through memories from the Giver. After finding this out, he devises a plan to save the community and escape. As the Giver helps him, Jonas escapes with his baby brother Gabe to Elsewhere. Lowry creates many themes in The Giver, not only on how good and bad memories are needed to grow, but also how you should be steadfast to do what you believe in even if it goes against society and government, and how perfection isn’t something to strive towards.

“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” This quote means when people feel lonely they need someone to comfort them to make them feel cared for and loved. This quote is pertains to the story by cause of the memories shouldn’t be held, it causes pain and suffering.

“The Giver” is a Utopian and Dystopian fiction ; Meaning that the book starts off in a community where everything is idealistic yet as the story progresses, the setting appears to be an environmentally degraded one. In this book, there is a boy named Jonas who lives in a community where everyone is assigned a role at “Twelve”. Jonas is selected for the role “Receiver of memory” and receives the memories of the past through his training to become the Receiver. During his training, he receives memories that reveal the truth about his community. Jonas dislikes the fact that his community is hidden from the truth and decides to change it by leaving so that since he is gone, all the memories of pain, color, love and choices