Examples Of Euphemism In The Giver

Writers use their craft to express the theme. The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a boy named Jonas who lives in the Community and is the new Receiver of Memory. Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the Community. When Jonas turns twelve, He is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now it's time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back. Lowry uses euphemisms that when deprived of knowledge, people can be easily manipulated

One euphemism Lois Lowry uses is stirrings to develop the theme when deprived of knowledge, people can be easily

In our world, people have to deal with death. We would say death, which means release in the “community”. People can apply or get released for certain reasons and die. These reasons are Old age, Twins, or application for release. People don’t know what released really means, so people can be happy or sad to be released. People in the “community” don’t know that after their injected. For example, on page 150 - 151, when his father injected a clear liquid into the newborn twin in his veins or in this case, his head because it was the only vein they could see so he could get released. He was released or dead. His father doesn't know this so he acts really silent as if the twin is sleeping and not to be disrupted after Jonas freaks out about how his father killed the baby and was asking about why he would do this. “They can’t help it, Jonas, they know nothing!” Said by the giver because the father killed it without the knowledge of knowing. This shows that when deprived of knowledge, people can be easily manipulated. His father is a person who cares about newborns and would never do that. But since they think that they're sending it to elsewhere, their getting manipulated to do things they wouldn’t ever do without the knowledge of what they’ve been doing. His father and the rest of the community “lied” without even knowing because, in the exposition, Lily was told that the smallest twin would go to elsewhere and live a happy