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“Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none,“ -Lois Lowry. The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is a science fiction novel that shows the struggles Jonas, who is a young boy, goes through while living in a community without suffering, hunger, war, color, music, and love. During Jonas’s twelfth ceremony, he was selected to be the new Receiver of Memory, and must receive memories from The Giver. The memories that Jonas receives help him learn the truth about his family and community, He comes to conclusion that he can no longer live like this, and there must be a change. Jonas and Gabriel, who is a sick baby that was planned to be killed with a lethal injection, go on a journey to elsewhere so they can find a better community to …show more content…

When Jonas was given the memories, it helped him gain more knowledge about himself, the past, and his community. The text states, “It was a game he had often played with the other children, a good game of good guys and bad guys, a harmless pastime that used up their contained energy and ended only when they all lay in freakish postures on the ground. He had never recognized it before as a game of war” (133). In this text evidence, the memories helped Jonas learn that the game the kids in his society are playing is known as a game of war. This helped Jonas learn that the people in his community are not aware of the memories and what the memories contain because they have never felt them before. Another example of the memories giving unlimited amounts of knowledge is, “They have never known pain, he thought. The realization made him feel desperately lonely and he rubbed his throbbing leg” (110). As well as in the first citation, in the second citation Jonas also realizes that his family has never felt the knowledge or feelings that memories give. One more example is, “Suddenlyhe perceived the word for it: (85). In this example, the memory of unshine is teaching Jonas about the past and what they do not have any more. Memories do not only give you knowledge, they also give you many

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In Document E no one has any memories of color which is one of the reasons of why Jonas was so upset about because since there was no color in the community people couldn’t decide. This also builds on the idea that people have no freedom because they don’t even get memories of color, they don’t get memories of feelings, they don’t get memories of anything besides what the community lets them know. The idea of them having no memories is also told in Document B where the Giver tells Jonas how he has to hold all of the painful memories and soon he will to. The other people in the community have no idea of any of these memories and sure some of the people who say that this could be good because they are protecting the people from anything painful, but this is also bad because that is the problem without them knowing what hurting yourself is they think they can do most things like jump off of high ledges or other cases where it will end in harm. Since they don’t know what pain is they wouldn’t know what hurts them and they will probably end up living dangerous lives just how they don’t know that release is actually where they kill

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He feels betrayed by his father and his community for lying to him. In this quote, he realizes that if his community lied to him about something super important like a release, they might be lying about other things too. I completely understand why Jonas feels hatred and resentment towards his father and his community because he just saw his father kill a newborn baby and lie to his face about how release works. I would feel the same way if someone did that to

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Lowry’s perception depicts the idea that the Giver’s memory opens up a new window of information. Jonas’s expression of the new feeling of love indicates that he wishes they still had it. Since the community withdrew their freedom, they also took away their love and the way they can express love. In their community they cannot love who they want to, they have chosen a spouse to live with them their entire life. In essence, Jonas has been given the honor of witnessing important memories that can help Jonas and the

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Even though some memories were so bad Jonas still strongly believed that memories have great meaning, and he believes they’re a part of life not just an image of the past. The elders believe that if The Giver transmitted memories to everyone, it would cause a different way of living, Jonas believes in a much better way, but the elders are insecure about it. Jonas implored The Giver to do something about memories being known to everyone that he and The Giver made a stealthy plan for Jonas to escape and hopefully the memories would be known to everyone. So one day Jonas defied the rules and escaped the community, he believed it was his destiny to escape the community and share memories of the past with everyone. Jonas endured the hard escape from the community passing expansive landscapes.

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(“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared”) I feel like this quote is pretty self explanatory, this quote talks about how it's very hard to not share the memories of the human race. This quote proteins to the story because the giver gives memories of the past to Jonas.

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The Giver is a 1993 dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry. The novel follows the main character Jonas as he struggles with emotions and concepts that he not accustomed to in the world around him. In 2014, a movie version of the novel was released, which used updated elements of the novel to suit contemporary audience. Compared to the novel the movie has some difference in the character changes and the ending of the story. The movie also shares similarities in the dystopian societies and the element of color and emotion.

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Memories make-up emotions, and give us the significance of understanding . Firstly , there is no pleasure without pain. This can be seen when the giver transmitted the memory of the sled to Jonas . Before and after he flew off . (The Giver p.80 )

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Jonas knows things and he can't tell anyone about them. Jonas has to deal with the pain that comes from the memories. According to the novel “The Giver”on page 104 it says, “Limping, Jonas walked home, pushing his bicycle , the evening. The sunburn pain had been so small, in comparison, and had not stayed with him. But this ache lingered.

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The Giver Literature essay I have read the dystopian novel “The Giver” (1993) which is written by the beloved American author Lois Lowry. “The Giver” is about a twelve-year-old boy with the name Jonas. Jonas lives a similar life as all the others in the community, until the Ceremony of Twelve when he got assigned the task as the Receiver of Memory. As The Receiver of Memory it is Jonas’ task to keep all the memories of the past so not everyone needs to keep this burden. Although Jonas received beautiful memories with a lot of colors and happiness he also felt grief, pain and anger.

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Literary Analysis: The Giver Imagine a world where everything seems perfect but truly it is not as pleasant as it appears. In The Giver by Lois Lowry shows us a community in the future with no feelings at all. Jonas a twelve year old boy knows his life as it is and one evening he learns the truth about the community. Jonas set’s off into a adventure to change it all. Character,conflict,and symbolism makes the reader see thru the eyes of a twelve year old in a place of slavery disguised without anyone knowing it.

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Jonas hates how his society decides to keep memories a secret from everyone. Jonas remarks: “The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared” (Lowry 154). Jonas feels that memories, whether it be good or bad, should be shared with everyone.

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Furthermore without memories, you can not make responsible decisions. On page 130 of The Giver explained that the Committee of Elders comes to him for advice because he has memories. Jonas asks if they ask for advice often and the Giver says, “Rarely. Only when they are faced with something they have not experienced before.” Without memories, Jonas can not make decisions because he has very little experience.

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Finally, it subsided as the memories were assimilated. But it certainly made them aware of how they need a Receiver to contain all that pain”(Lowry 104). This quote shows that there is a Giver. In Jonas’s society, there is one person who obtains all memories, people don't have their own memories, while in today's society, people make their own memories, and don't have someone else hold the memories for them. What would life be like if there was only one person to have all the good and bad

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“Ignorance is bliss.” This famous saying portrays ignorance positively, though this is a debatable fact. In the novel, The Giver, Jonas lives in a safe and tightly knit community where everything is closely regulated and everything is chosen for a citizen before hand, from their job assignment to their family unit. At the job ceremony, Jonas is assigned to be a Receiver of Memory, the person who keeps all the memories of life before. Because of this, the people in Jonas’s community Everyone but Jonas and the Giver do not know the truth about love and loss.

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He is under sameness and the influence of the community. Jonas is chosen to receive feelings, colors, and emotions from memories. As time goes by Jonas sees the community not as a utopia but a horrible place. Jonas wants to change

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