The major theme in The Giver is the importance/need of memory because without memories the people didn’t have pain and without pain there is no pleasure. In the movie there seemed more pleasurable moments. The previous receiver had to keep all the painful memories from the lives of the Community. To do that they had to give up the happy memories. Not only did this lead them to forget all the pain there had been throughout human history, it also stopped them from doing activities or having relationships. They took away those activities because they can become a problem. Memories may bring wisdom, but they also bring pain. If one cannot remember physical pain, one might as well not have experienced it, and can not grief if there is no memory
