Dialectical Journal For The Giver

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Lea Vilna-Santos
Mrs.
English, 7th
September 1st, 2015

The Giver, by: Lois Lowry

Entry Log 9: Chapters 17-18: Question 5:

I chapters 17-18, The Giver goes back to the memory of the failure-Rosemary, and Jonas finally finds out what happened to her. Rosemary was like Jonas because she was curious and eager to receive more memories. The Giver gave her only good memories in the beginning, which I think was a bad idea because, then, all there is left are bad memories. He loved her and didn’t want to hurt her, but they both knew it was her job to receive all the memories- even the negative ones. So he started giving them to her even though it pained him to see her getting hurt. Even after he gave her very pleasant memories the bad ones had already