In the novel The Giver, a young boy named Jonas one rule in particular poses him at a larger risk of contracting a disease and getting injured. As the job assignment ceremony began, slowly the numbers were called, but once they arrived at Jonas´s number, he had been skipped past. His heart had sank. Later, it was discovered that a mistake was made and that he was not chosen, but selected to be the new receiver of memory. Once assigned, the envelope with his job information had been given to him. Most peopleś were very thick with much paper, but Jonasś was a single sheet. The paper had contained the rules that he must follow as the new receiver of memory. Rule number six stated, “Except for illness or injury unrelated to your training, do not
