Jonas lives in a community with no feeling and emotions what so ever. There is no pain, love, fear, or anything that will lead to a choice. When Jonas is selected as the new receiver of memory for his community, all of the emotions and feelings flood back to him from the world's past. In addition to Jonas now receiving all of these memories, he now learns to understand how important memory is to his community. To clarify, the theme of the book The Giver by Lois Lowry is that memory is important for human life.
The feeling of pain and struggle can help someone and many people to learn to understand each other. ¨Jonas felt a ripping sensation inside himself, the feeling of terrible pain clawing his way forward to emerge in a cry¨ (Lowry 151).
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¨We know that they once felt things like pride, and sorrow, and - and love¨ (Lowry 154). All of these feelings are critical for human life. It means that everyone can experience the different emotions that will help people grow and understand more as a real person in Jonas’ community. As well as having the feelings of memories, meaning how they make people feel looking back on them as well as knowledge by experiencing them. Whether it's embarrassing, painful, happy, or sad the feelings of memory is one of the most important parts for a person's life. ¨If you get away, it will mean that the community has to bear the burden themselves, of the memories you have been holding for them¨ (Lowry 155). When the author states how The Giver is telling Jonas about the struggle that would happen if he were to disappear, the memories could have been distributed throughout their community. To show how important memories are to not only feel but to acknowledge them. Memories are supposed to make people want to feel. Instead of having to hide the fact that everyone had feelings and forget about them. Everyone should be able to be aware of real emotions the way you're supposed
Despite the fact that he could be killed if he was caught. Jonas also wanted to release the memories into the community to make it a better place. Jonas looked to The Giver for advice, and The Giver was almost like a father to him. Jonas normally followed the rules of the community for what was right and what was wrong except when he ran away. Jonas learned that the rules of the community were harsh, once he had his knowledge he got from The Giver, he kind of made his own rules. The Giver shows lots of moral courage because he helped Jonas run away despite the potential consequences of getting released. Also the Giver took the risk of giving Jonas the memories when the previous receiver ran away because the memories were too much and then those memories were lost. The Giver has all the knowledge from the previous generations so he uses that to decide what is right and
Jonas and The Giver are two important characters in this story. The Giver is someone who transmits the memories and passes them on to the Receiver of Memory which is Jonas. Jonas’s community is dystopia because only two people are able to have the memories, lives are taken away from people with no choice (released) and also only
The Giver is a story about a city that is cut off from all memories from the past and is strictly controlled by the government or the so-called “Elders”. There is only one person in the community called the “Receiver of Memory” who has the role of holding all the memories of the past and giving advice to the government when they need it. When Jonas gets chosen for the Receiver of Memory position, he realizes that there is and was much more to this world than the people in the community know about. Jonas soon starts to see colors(which only the person who had the memories could see) and comes to the conclusion that the other people need to know about and have the memories. He goes to the Giver(the person who gives Jonas the memories) and asked him for a way he could return all the memories to the citizens. The Giver said he was proud of the courage that Jonas had; that he was proud he had the courage to rebel against the government to get what he thinks is right. The Giver gives Jonas more memories of courage so that he will be able to survive through the harsh conditions outside the city. Jonas goes to the outside of the city and is faced by many harsh conditions and also troops from the government. But he doesn’t give up. He has the courage to get what he wants. In the end, Jonas makes it to the Boundary of Memory and releases all the memories to every citizen in the city. Therefore, courage can be
Moving towards the ending of the story, Jonas asks The Giver about the previous Receiver of Memory which then allowed him to know more about previous receiver and her pain which was unfortunately, loss. “” But I gave her loneliness. And gave her loss. I transferred the memory of a child taken away from its parents.”
When Jonas and the Giver decided on their plan for escape to Elsewhere they knew that Jonas could,“ never return… It was the terrifying part" (194). This quote shows just how little the people of the Community know about Elsewhere. It also points out how reluctant Jonas was to leave the Community. Once Jonas leaves the community he faces many challenges. The most terrifying one was the planes, “when the planes came he wished that he could have received the [memories of] courage" (211). Jonas was afraid of the planes because he knew that if the planes captured him he would be killed. The planes searching for Jonas also signify how important the Receiver of Memory’s job is to the Community. Although Jonas was afraid, his fear that the Community would stay the same, was the only emotion that kept him going on his long journey to
Mary Radmacher once said, “courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow. ”In The Giver jonas gets selected to be the Receiver Of Memory. So the community don’t have to feel the pain, just jonas.
Being the receiver of memory was a very important job in the community, however the citizens have no idea what the receiver actually does. While citizens have a very simple life with nothing to worry about, the receiver and giver of memory take on a very emotional life filled with pain. They have so much knowledge from memories that they can’t share with anyone, and this can be painful in itself. The Giver tell Jonas, “The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared” (Lowry 33). This pain comes from living a meaningful life, so it can be considered beautiful compared to others in the dystopia who feel nothing, nevertheless it still hurts as shown by the
“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” This quote shows that although it hurts to know that the outside world is very different compared to Jonas’ community, Jonas is the only one receiving and keeping these memories. Therefore, he is the only one who knows about the distorted society in which he lives in.
To do this, he had to run out of the community to the memory tree in the lands of nowhere. This place was a place no one went, and if a person were to go they would not come back. Jonas runs away from security so he can release the memories to the community: “[...] He would shed the memories and leave them behind for the people” (Lowry 169). He wanted to share all the memories he has learned from the Giver to the community.
The memories are of everything from the past such as warfare, hunger, color, feelings, family, animals, and so on. The receiver is the only person in the community that has access to the memories. The people of the community are brainwashed robots. As the Giver says countless times throughout the book “They know nothing.”(pg 99) Without the memories, the community members cannot learn from their mistakes, and they cannot become better. Also, someone else dictates every choice they make. The memories belong to everyone and should not be hidden. As the Giver says on page 145, “Memories need to be shared.” By leaving the community Jonas gives the memories back to the people. The people will get to experience emotions such as joy and love, and they will also be able to see color and hear the music. By giving the memories back, Jonas is giving them a chance for freedom. Eventually, the community could possibly become like Elsewhere. In life, you cannot ignore history because, without it, you cannot learn from the past and you cannot
“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared. (Lowry, Goodreads). In other words it’s saying the pain Jonas is feeling is mental and emotional but not physical. The giver is making Jonas feel these memories and they're coming back to his head. And by sharing memories it lets you get help or makes you feel good because people can help you. My Thesis is comparing and contrasting modern day to the Giver.
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