This story begins with Jonas being nervous about his Ceremony of Twelve. At
this ceremony he is assigned his lifelong job, the Receiver of Memory. When he goes to
his first day of training The Giver gives him the memory of snow and of the pain of a
sunburn. From here Jonas is given many other memories, some are horrible and others
are good. Jonas mostly enjoys receiving the memories until he finds out that released
really means being killed by a lethal injection. He also learns that his father lies and it
causes Jonas to wonder if everyone else is lying as well. As Jonas receives memories,
he also sees the hypocrisy that exists in his community. He sees how the elders control
everything by making the rules and decisions for everybody.
this ceremony he is assigned his lifelong job, the Receiver of Memory. When he goes to
his first day of training The Giver gives him the memory of snow and of the pain of a
sunburn. From here Jonas is given many other memories, some are horrible and others
are good. Jonas mostly enjoys receiving the memories until he finds out that released
really means being killed by a lethal injection. He also learns that his father lies and it
causes Jonas to wonder if everyone else is lying as well. As Jonas receives memories,
he also sees the hypocrisy that exists in his community. He sees how the elders control
everything by making the rules and decisions for everybody.