Imagine a world without religion, without deep emotion, without color. Imagine living in a house with assigned parents with no love or affection. The Giver by Lois Lowry is a novel about a controlled environment. It has gotten rid of war but also many other things.
The giver explains to us that the community is very controlling, but made sacrifices to have it their own way.“We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.” (120). In this, the giver tells us that with what the community decided to let go of there were side effects like loss of color, sameness took out land features and even races between others in the community. “If everything's the same, then there aren't any choices!” (123). Jonas is enraged by what the elders had done, he didn’t understand why they would take out so much in life. They took out almost every thing different because the elders strive for sameness. As the giver said they had to let go of others. …show more content…
“It's just that... without the memories it's all meaningless.”(133) Jonas finds no point in living without the memories, and the emotions. Love, compassion, those memories are what makes us feel alive, makes us happy. “The worse part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” (193). Jonas can feel deep emotion and he wants to share it with the community, to break the bonds, to release them. They feel as if the community is holding everyone back from full potential, although they solved some problems like war and hunger, they left out some of the most important
The giver explains to us that the community is very controlling, but made sacrifices to have it their own way.“We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.” (120). In this, the giver tells us that with what the community decided to let go of there were side effects like loss of color, sameness took out land features and even races between others in the community. “If everything's the same, then there aren't any choices!” (123). Jonas is enraged by what the elders had done, he didn’t understand why they would take out so much in life. They took out almost every thing different because the elders strive for sameness. As the giver said they had to let go of others. …show more content…
“It's just that... without the memories it's all meaningless.”(133) Jonas finds no point in living without the memories, and the emotions. Love, compassion, those memories are what makes us feel alive, makes us happy. “The worse part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” (193). Jonas can feel deep emotion and he wants to share it with the community, to break the bonds, to release them. They feel as if the community is holding everyone back from full potential, although they solved some problems like war and hunger, they left out some of the most important