In The Giver, Lois Lowry utilizes imagery, shift, and tone to depict the giver’s self-destruction, sacrifice, and suffering to reveal his values.
Early on we learn that the elders continuously dismiss the giver’s advice as a feeble grab for power because they lack the experience they need to recognize the bleak future they will face without changing their actions as he repeatedly tries to establish. The pretentiousness, they show when he confronts them with this dismal truth only furthers the givers need to release the memories to Jonas who can in turn release them to the community.
Lowry’s use of imagery allows us to see into the giver’s mind and witness the interactions of the past receiver and himself. We can visualize the memories that …show more content…
It causes us to realize the suffering the giver endures for the community is not just emotional but also physical. We learn not all memories are jubilant. The memories of pain and tragedy leave him in crippling pain as he relives them, however, the only way to suppress them is to release them to Jonas. He fears if he releases them to Jonas he will lose the son he loves as he lost Rosemary because his intuition is telling him that the memories are too much for the novice receiver to withstand. By giving to them to Jonas he is taking the risk of losing Jonas which is another sacrifice. After the memories are shared we learn how resilient Jonas is and we see the reverence with which he is held by the giver.
The tone Lowry displays in the end of the novel is provocative. The elders learn the mistakes they continued to commit could have been avoidable if they had listened to the prudent advice of the giver. They realize that they have lived a mundane life with the absence of love.
The giver sacrifices everything he holds dearly so that the community can learn the truth about their existence and experience life the way it has always been meant to -with choices, mistakes, and adversity. By doing this he shows his true character. All he does is give even when the cost is staggering and
Early on we learn that the elders continuously dismiss the giver’s advice as a feeble grab for power because they lack the experience they need to recognize the bleak future they will face without changing their actions as he repeatedly tries to establish. The pretentiousness, they show when he confronts them with this dismal truth only furthers the givers need to release the memories to Jonas who can in turn release them to the community.
Lowry’s use of imagery allows us to see into the giver’s mind and witness the interactions of the past receiver and himself. We can visualize the memories that …show more content…
It causes us to realize the suffering the giver endures for the community is not just emotional but also physical. We learn not all memories are jubilant. The memories of pain and tragedy leave him in crippling pain as he relives them, however, the only way to suppress them is to release them to Jonas. He fears if he releases them to Jonas he will lose the son he loves as he lost Rosemary because his intuition is telling him that the memories are too much for the novice receiver to withstand. By giving to them to Jonas he is taking the risk of losing Jonas which is another sacrifice. After the memories are shared we learn how resilient Jonas is and we see the reverence with which he is held by the giver.
The tone Lowry displays in the end of the novel is provocative. The elders learn the mistakes they continued to commit could have been avoidable if they had listened to the prudent advice of the giver. They realize that they have lived a mundane life with the absence of love.
The giver sacrifices everything he holds dearly so that the community can learn the truth about their existence and experience life the way it has always been meant to -with choices, mistakes, and adversity. By doing this he shows his true character. All he does is give even when the cost is staggering and