In The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, a little boy finds out that his community gives him choices that will affect his life. In The Giver Jonas goes through a lot by learning about the true meaning of release, learning what love means, and even becoming Receiver of Memory. Jonas’ experiences develop a theme over The Giver by teaching the reader that everyone has to make a choice sometime in their life no matter how hard it may be on either you or someone else. Although some readers may believe that some people do not need to make choices, Jonas’ experiences show that he needs a choice in life no matter how hard or easy the difficulty of that choice is.
No matter how hard a choice is you or someone else has to make a choice no matter what the choices are. The text states, “What if he did dream-should he simply tell his family unit as he did so often, anyway, that he hadn’t? That would be a lie. (69)” This shows that his only choices are to tell the truth about if he does dream or lie about that he does dream. The text states, “Now,” he said, turning businesslike, “lie
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The text states, “... Do you want to see this morning's release?” “Alright then,” Jonas said. “Tell me how. (147)” This shows that Jonas had 2 choices, one was not to learn about release, and then the other was to learn about release and to see what his father really does in his job. The text states, “But don’t you want to come with me, Giver?” Jonas ask sadly… “I love you, Jonas,” he said. “But I have another place to go. When my work here is finished, I want to be with my daughter. (162)” This shows that The Giver had 2 choices, one was to go with Jonas and escape, and the other was to release himself to be with his daughter, Rosemary, but he choose to release himself to be with his daughter Rosemary because The Giver loved his daughter and it would’ve been hard not to be with someone that is in your