Lea Vilna Santos Mrs. English, 7th September 1st, 2015 The Giver, by: Lois Lowry Log Entry 4: Chapters 7-8: Question 2: In chapters 7 and 8, Jonas is assigned the job of Receiver of Memory and although the Chief Elder calls it the greatest honor,it might give him more hardship and pain than fortune. She explains that the selection is rare and his role is very important because there is only one Receiver and it takes integrity, intelligence, courage, wisdom, and the capacity to see beyond to be that person. At first he wants to tell he has no idea what she means and that he doesn’t have it until he notices a change in the crowd that was quick but he knows that he isn’t dreaming because it’s happened before but to his apple. Then he realizes
At first The Giver warns Jonas that this process of receiving memories “will be painful”(Lowery 85). This pain comes in the form of both the joyful and the terrifying memories. The positive memories that he receives cause him pain because they make him see how much happier the people in his community could be. “Jonas’s realizations about the constraints of this rigidly organized life come gradually", but they begin to weigh on him (Chamberlain). Everytime he learns something new about the past he is overcome by the will to share all of his mental experiences with the rest of the population, but he knows he is not able to do this.
He also commented that people had said that she asked for release, the memories were transmitted to the citizens, leaving them with pain and anger, also the giver was left with a little sadness and anger too. Jonas thought that he would never disappoint the giver, also he would never ask for release, but still he felt lonely
He didn’t want the memories, didn’t wan the honor, didn’t want the wisdom, didn’t want the pain. H wanted his childhood again,his scraped kneesand ball games” (121). Instead of focusing on this doubt however, Jonas picked himself back up and went back to The Giverto continue doing his job. The Giver was the one who assisted Jonas’ journey as he was receiving memories.
Of love.” (119) These are a lot of the memories that The Giver has that give Jonas emotion. Without him getting these memories it wouldn’t make him leave in the first place, so it is a good thing that he suffered through the bad, and enjoyed good memories. A quote that proves against this point is, “Then he went limp, His head fell to the side, his eyes half open.
On chapter 18, page 143, the giver tells Jonas about the previous receiver, it says that , “Rosemary left here that day, left this room and did not go back to her dwelling. I was notified by the speaker that she had gone directly to the chief elder and asked to be released.” the Giver told Jonas that once Rosemary got released, and the memories were released too. So Jonas thought that if Rosemary released the memories, he thought that he could too, to make the memories go back to the people, so he asked the giver. On chapter 21, page 163, it says that, “ That night, Jonas was forced to fee.
The Giver’s job is to show Jonas all the memories from the past and to teach him how to guide the Council of Elders using the memories that the Giver passes to him. Throughout the
The outstanding novel “The Giver” written brilliantly by Lois Lowery is a book about a young boy who lives in a dystopian society. The boy, Jonas, is selected to be the next Receiver of Memory for his job assignment. The giver, the old Receiver of Memory, has to train Jonas for his assignment, by giving him memories. Along with these memories come emotions Jonas never even knew were a thing. Some of the emotions were anguish, love, and happiness.
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.
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
This connects to my claim because the Giver struggles to give Jonas dreadful memories. Also, it connects to my claim because Jonas has a hard time processing what he had just received. This
One memory change that. Jonas saw the Giver’s favorite memory. The memory was about Christmas. It showed love, warmth, and grandparents. At the end of the book Jonas became affectionate.
The Giver and Jonas were tired of being the only ones who have to keep the memories and feel the pain. Therefore, does Jonas leave the community so the memories will bit by bit, come back to the citizens of the community. Firstly, I would point out that the community in “The Giver” has a lot of resemblance with the political ideology we call communism. When we look at the history of the word, Karl Marx’s ideology has been an inspiration to a lot of political party’s throughout the centuries, for instance communism.
There are differences between modern life, and "The Giver.'' In a modern family you are allowed to have as many kids as you want, but if the family units in "The Giver," wants to have children then they have to choose either one or two children of each gender, only if they apply for a spouse. Modern family units don't have to apply for a spouse, because they are allowed to mate with each other, unlike the family units. When the family units apply for a spouse the have to go to the head of the community and ask them.
In Jonas’s society memories are held by one person, The Giver. The Giver is selected by The Committee of Elders after being observed very closely; The Giver is the one who holds all the pain so the people of the community don't have to feel them. According to the novel, the narrator states, “‘Jonas was identified as a possible Receiver many years ago. We have observed him meticulously. There were no dreams of uncertainty”’(Lowry 62).
