The Giver Quote Analysis

Jonas learns things he has never known.For example, on page 115 in The Giver, “By now Jonas had experienced countless bits of happiness, things he hadn’t known before.” Not a lot of people in the community show or experience practical happiness. Therefore, he knows more memories of happiness and emotions than the community

“’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.

Jonas saw his father kill a little baby and realizing that when people are released, it means that they are killed. This is important because the only people that can understand death are Jonas and The Giver. One day, The Giver showed Jonas a memory of love. “He felt such love for Asher and for Fiona. But they could not feel it back without the memories.

In the narrative it says,” ‘ I liked the feeling of love he confessed.’ “ (Lowry, ) Throughout the hardcover Jonas confessed to many thing one of whivh being love. This proves he is honest because he is willing not to push his feelings aside, and be truthfull. Lowry also write, “ ‘ I did dream last night.’ Jonas told the.” (Lowry, ) In the novel he is confessing to having a dream. This exibits the character trait, genuine because it would have been extremly easy to lie, and keep his dream to himself. Jonas reveals the character trait of honesty.

“Goodbye Jonas.” The Giver said back. Jonas could tell by the sound of the Givers voice that he too was sad to say farewell. And with that the giver turned away and walked into nothingness and he seemed to disappear. As Jonas watched his mentor and friend walk away he remembered what he had said. All you have to do is wake up Jonas and you will go back to your life. So Jonas closed his eyes but this time when he awoke he was in a different room.

When Jonas leaves the community, the farther he gets, the more distant and less precise his memories become. There is an idea that Jonas hallucinated before he died, giving him a false perception of reaching the village. Though Jonas did not hallucinate, in fact he did reach the village he described. In the book, the author states he saw a red sled at the top of a hill, one of his favorite memories. Since it was one of his most fond memories, he could hold on to that memory more than others. When he and Gabriel saw it, Jonas recognized it. And since he would only have fragments of his memory, there would

Favorable memories and experiences will bring out the happier side in people. On page 52 of the giver Jonas is having his first memory, “the sled, with Jonas himself on it began to move through the snowfall,(lowry). This memory had by Jonas is one of the more exceptional ones he will have. He is having a pleasant time in this memory, so much that it builds on his happy side and gives him a love for

As Jonas starts to get the memories, he sees all of the imperfections from his town and all the things his community tried to hide away such as, release, love, color, etc. He thought he should bring back the things that got pushed aside, but he had a lot of speed bumps. He had trouble looking at his dad and mother in the

Jonas is weak from his travels away from the community with Gabriel. As they settle on the sled, “Jonas felt himself losing consciousness and with his whole being willed himself to stay upright atop the sled...the wind whipped at his face as they sped in a straight line through an incision that seemed to lead to the final destination... the Elsewhere that held their future and their past” (178). The memory feels real to Jonas because “Until now, this action has been a sort of dream, someone else’s memory, someone else’s exhilaration, someone else’s difficulty and pain. But now all of these things are very much Jonas’ own” (Johnson).

Once Jonas turned twelve, during the ceremony he was singled out and given the most important role in their community by the elders. (who are in control of their society) To receive special training from the Giver. The Giver alone is the only one who holds the past memories of all the pain, fear and joy there is to behold. Now its Jonas’s task to receive the painful truth.

“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. The quote talks about how Jonas crosses the barrier. He thinks he can hear the memories going back to the people in his community and that he can hear music playing. In the end of “The Giver,” Jonas and Gabriel cross the barrier and return the memories because they had the strength, The Giver knew what he was doing the whole time and, Jonas thought he could hear the memories going back to the community.

Memories are timeless treasure of the heart. This quote I found is significant to the story because the people in the book “ The Giver” don't want the memories because they are to painful,but in our world our memories are charitable.  In the story “ The Giver” Jonas and Gabriel are walking and trying to get to the other side because their bike has rusted. The book says “ But my memories faded,leaving him colder than before.” I think that the harsh winds and the snow were so cold that they made the two bodys of Jonas and Gabe freeze to death. Then at the end Jonas and Gabe had a hallucination of them getting to the other side,but they were still on the ground almost dead.

“Being different is a talent. You illuminate what makes you special in the sea of sameness around you” -unknown. The message this quote is trying to bring into perspective is that being unique isn’t bad and it causes you become more and more special and beautiful. This saying pertains to The Giver because Jonas was different in a sea of sameness. In the end of “The Giver,” Jonas and Gabriel circle back to their community because he didn’t know where he was going, plus you see the memories Jonas released into the community in this destination, also it’s unlikely that the things he’s seeing are memories.

Having memories is an important part of life. Memories help everyone learn from immoral things that have happened in the past and relate to them. Memories also help us relate to the feelings fellow humans experience throughout their daily lives. When Jonas becomes the Receiver, he starts to realize what feelings actually are. The Giver had been transmitting the feelings to Jonas throughout his training, and he specifically transmits one that has to do with the feeling love. When Jonas finally realizes what love is from his memory about Christmas and family, he goes home to ask his parents if they love him. His mom says they do not use such “meaningless” words, they use real words and “take pride” in his presence. When Jonas goes to training one day in the office, the Giver is hunched over remembering a painful memory from the past, and Jonas decides to stay and take the

Jonas’s determination began to fade as the weather grew icier by the minute. At this point, Jonas was stumbling hopelessly and helplessly with a shivering Gabriel clinging to his chest. The hope for a new beginning had perished and he was trudging on like a horse plowing a field. Mindlessly, almost robotically. As Jonas continued, he began to hear a woman’s voice calling his name. The woman’s voice soft like summer rain, two things Jonas had experienced only in the memories the Giver had transferred to him. His head which once hung down was now held higher than it had been in ages. Jonas clung to Gabe with the ounce of strength that still remained within him. He began to trip and stumble over rocks, sticks, and other obstructions. “Jonas…”