Feeling and emotion with Jonas and The Giver in The Giver In the fictional novel, The Giver The author Lois Lowry’s message to the audience is feeling and emotion is the theme. For example The Giver talks about one of his memories and his feelings for the failed receiver: Rosemary. “It had that wonderful feeling with it. You told me it was love. You can understand then, that was what I felt for Rosemary. I loved her and I feel it for you to.” (pg. 132-133) This helps prove that feeling and emotion is the theme because it shows a blatant example of emotional feelings for another person and the feelings that The Giver has for Rosemary, and the release of Rosemary plays an important role in the plot in the later half of the story, so feeling