Pain And Pain In The Giver

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“From the place he has left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo.” These are the last words by Jonas in the book The Giver by Lois Lori which is young adult non-fiction. Jonas's world is perfect and everything is under full control with no emotions or pain. When Jonas is about to enter the ceremony of twelves. Jonas was singled out to become the new receiver of memory and to be trained by the old receiver. Since they are in sameness they needed someone to hold all of the memories of pain and emotion. Jonas has to decide what he has to do even if it means breaking the rules. Jonas will feel great pain and emotion that no one in the community knows about. He must prepare for the truth about everything. All emotions

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