Suspense In The Giver

in this world, no one can choose anything different or how to die, his clothes or his choose what they like to. No one in the community celebrate individual birthday, no one knows his or her actual birthday. All children turn to the next age with their group mates at special ceremonies (Ferris 10-11). Honesty is another major theme. Rules and order is highly important in the community. People become angry and nervous when the rules are violated. Jonas receives the rules and instructions of his Assignment that he must follow. Something shocks him and makes him worried as he notices the final rule saying you may lie. He knows after that that his father lies to him about releasing the baby. Family is another theme that shows how dissimilar this community is. In the novel, …show more content…
When Jonas’s name is skipped, he becomes nervous. The planes that are flying over the community are foreshadowing too, it is a hint that the story will face more planes. Jonas sees changes in the apple and the audience’s face which foreshadows the major changes in the community. Gabriel cannot sleep when the father brings him home because he feels that he is going to be released (Baccolinio15- 17). She uses suspense to get the readers’ attention. Lowry creates suspense when Jonas is skipped in the ceremony, the reader wonders what is wrong why this happened and then he or she discovers that he has the most honored assignment in the community. Another instance is when The Giver asks Jonas to wait to show him how pain feels like (Sanderson 35). The flashback is obvious when Jonas remembers at the very beginning that he is feeling apprehensive like the day he sees a plan fly over the community (Booker 12). Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago