The Chief Elder Analysis At some point in time, we've all wanted everyone and everything to be the same. We wanted life to be perfect because we are scared of failures. For one particular character, this is the only way they know: be perfect, be the same, and be strong. In Lois Lowry's The Giver, we meet the Chief Elder, the “ruler” of a broken utopia. The Chief Elder pretends to be a strong, all knowing character, but in the end, she's just like everyone else: ignorant and scared of pain and failure. It isn't necessarily the Chief's fault she is like this, however. It's all she has ever known/ one might argue that she's been brainwashed. Look at it this way. The person you are today has been molded by the people around you. If you were raised around people who believed that every blond hair, green eyed person was evil, you would be very susceptible to believe all blond hair, green eyed people are evil. Likewise, the Chief Elder had been brought up in a community that believed all people should …show more content…
In the movie, the Chief and the Giver are discussing Jonas' “reckless” behavior of trying to share memories with his friend (and love interest) Fiona. The Giver reminds her about how he tried too to share memories as well, and asks if she remembered. The Chief gives him a solemn, grave look, as if she regret this conversation and tried to steer it away from his previous actions. I took this a bit deeper and wondered if the Giver and the Chief had a possible friendship, if not a relationship. Another little hint I had read is when Fiona was about to be released, the Chief was referring to the Giver's daughter Rosaline, but using “she/her” pronouns rather than her name, and the Giver screams “Her name was Rosaline! She has a name!”, to which the Chief replies “ I know, don't you think I know that!?” Could she perhaps be hinting Rosaline was her daughter, if not like a daughter to her? That's for you to