How do symbols in The Giver help the reader better understand the meaning of the novel? Provide at least 2 examples of text evidence to support your answer.
The symbols in The Giver by author Lois Lowry help us greater comprehend the meanings she portrays in the novel. These symbols help us understand the individual characters and other plot elements in the novel, as well as the setting as well. For example, the symbol that Jonas, a boy in the age group of Twelve years of age, and Gabriel, a small male new child still not in the age group of One yet, being two of the few people that have light eyes shows their difference and uniqueness in a futuristic utopian community that values sameness, rigidness, and barely any individuality. Most of the people in this community have dark …show more content…
The family unit cares for the child in their own dwelling. The Nurturing Center is a place where all new children are cared for during their development stages before being assigned their family units when they are in the age group of One in the Naming Ceremony, which takes place in December. However, Gabriel is growing at an alarmingly slow rate, according to the Nurturers’ observation, and the family is given permission to care for him until he is mature enough to go to a respective family unit. Gabriel is not maturing and gaining enough weight and strength, and the community’s Elders are talking about releasing him, which is the most sorrowful statement of failure for the Nurturers and community itself when a newchild is labeled “Inadequate” and released. Gabriel represents innocence because these factors of growth and maturity are in the Nurturers’ hands, not his own, and he cannot do anything about it since he is too young and is just a small newchild doing nothing
The symbols in The Giver by author Lois Lowry help us greater comprehend the meanings she portrays in the novel. These symbols help us understand the individual characters and other plot elements in the novel, as well as the setting as well. For example, the symbol that Jonas, a boy in the age group of Twelve years of age, and Gabriel, a small male new child still not in the age group of One yet, being two of the few people that have light eyes shows their difference and uniqueness in a futuristic utopian community that values sameness, rigidness, and barely any individuality. Most of the people in this community have dark …show more content…
The family unit cares for the child in their own dwelling. The Nurturing Center is a place where all new children are cared for during their development stages before being assigned their family units when they are in the age group of One in the Naming Ceremony, which takes place in December. However, Gabriel is growing at an alarmingly slow rate, according to the Nurturers’ observation, and the family is given permission to care for him until he is mature enough to go to a respective family unit. Gabriel is not maturing and gaining enough weight and strength, and the community’s Elders are talking about releasing him, which is the most sorrowful statement of failure for the Nurturers and community itself when a newchild is labeled “Inadequate” and released. Gabriel represents innocence because these factors of growth and maturity are in the Nurturers’ hands, not his own, and he cannot do anything about it since he is too young and is just a small newchild doing nothing