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The Importance Of Memory In The Giver By Lois Lowry

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Lois Lowry shows The Importance of Memory in The Giver because without memory there is no pain as long as you cannot remember it. You might as well not have experienced it, if you cannot be plagued with regret, or grief if you cannot remember the events that hurt you. The Committee of Elders did not recognize the practical applications to memory, if you do not remember your mistakes, you may repeat them. There is no pain without memory there is also no true happiness. “Feelings are just meaning on the surface, but emotions are primal” the image representation is a thermal scan of the body, this is significant because it shows what is deep inside the body not the surface. For example happiness has bright colors, is full of energy and excitement.

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