In the novel The Giver Lois Lowry teaches us that sometimes it is okay to lie when it benefits the communities structure. In the story, Jonas’s community keeps the secret of what a release is and lies about it to the common people in the society. By this, Lowry shows that in order to keep sanity within the community the topic of release is not thoroughly discussed and much less understood. Therefore, in order to remain peaceful the community lies. During the ceremony of twelves jonas is given the assignment of receiver of memory. Until this point in jonas’s life he never knew this role in the community existed. Furthermore, the community leaders also keeps this important role in the community a secret also proving Lowry’s logic that sometimes
