In The Giver, everything and everyone within the community look the same, and everything revolves around sameness. At the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas receives the assignment as the next Giver, which represents the most honored assignment in the Community. Jonas learns the “rules” of the Receiver, and begins receiving memories of the past, such as weather and feelings. Jonas begins to experience pain and suffering, and learns that the last receiver, Rosemary asked to be released. A new child comes to live with Jonas, and Jonas transmits memories to him so he can sleep. Jonas starts to see colours red and skin colour, The Giver then starts to transmit colour to Jonas. Jonas keeps getting memories from The Giver, and eventually finds out that release
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Society and Jonas vs. Himself. Jonas receives conflicts between the society because no one in the community has any memories and from the release of the twins. Jonas has conflicts with himself because of leaving the community, from all the different memories he received from The Giver, and not letting everyone is the community have memories. For example, “ But why can’t everybody have memories? I think it would seem a little easier if the memories were shared. You and I wouldn’t have to bear so much by ourselves, if everybody took part “(146). The Giver and Jonas have always had troubles with holding memories and with receiving them. All the different thing that Jonas never knew about and not letting the community know about the different thing. For example, “The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual . The life without colour, pain, or past “(207) . Everything in the community was never different everyday everyone did the same thing. Everyone lived the same and never expected anything else they always lived the same for years. In The Giver, the theme becomes visible that sameness does not always work. At the end of the book Jonas, The Giver, and the community figure out that sameness is not all good. When Jonas leaves the community he wishes he was back at the community where sameness was until he reached the town that was celebrating Christmas. For example, “ I …show more content…
They have never had weather. For example: sunlight, winter, and sunburns. The community has never known what releasing was. Which was getting a needle stabbed into you and you got killed. You only got released if you are a twin, if you broke 3rules you're an elder, or if you're a baby not developing. Last of all the community has never felt feelings. Once the community went to sameness everyone lived the same and that gives them no feelings. Well, since Jonas was selected as The Receiver of Memory he got the most honored position in the community, but it requires Intelligence, Integrity, Courage, Wisdom, and Capacity to see beyond. In the book some of the characters are Lilly - Jonas’s sister, Asher, and Gabriel. Also the antagonist is sameness/ releasing because sameness has made people blind about the community and does not let anyone have feelings. Releasing is an antagonist because it is killing
Society and Jonas vs. Himself. Jonas receives conflicts between the society because no one in the community has any memories and from the release of the twins. Jonas has conflicts with himself because of leaving the community, from all the different memories he received from The Giver, and not letting everyone is the community have memories. For example, “ But why can’t everybody have memories? I think it would seem a little easier if the memories were shared. You and I wouldn’t have to bear so much by ourselves, if everybody took part “(146). The Giver and Jonas have always had troubles with holding memories and with receiving them. All the different thing that Jonas never knew about and not letting the community know about the different thing. For example, “The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual . The life without colour, pain, or past “(207) . Everything in the community was never different everyday everyone did the same thing. Everyone lived the same and never expected anything else they always lived the same for years. In The Giver, the theme becomes visible that sameness does not always work. At the end of the book Jonas, The Giver, and the community figure out that sameness is not all good. When Jonas leaves the community he wishes he was back at the community where sameness was until he reached the town that was celebrating Christmas. For example, “ I …show more content…
They have never had weather. For example: sunlight, winter, and sunburns. The community has never known what releasing was. Which was getting a needle stabbed into you and you got killed. You only got released if you are a twin, if you broke 3rules you're an elder, or if you're a baby not developing. Last of all the community has never felt feelings. Once the community went to sameness everyone lived the same and that gives them no feelings. Well, since Jonas was selected as The Receiver of Memory he got the most honored position in the community, but it requires Intelligence, Integrity, Courage, Wisdom, and Capacity to see beyond. In the book some of the characters are Lilly - Jonas’s sister, Asher, and Gabriel. Also the antagonist is sameness/ releasing because sameness has made people blind about the community and does not let anyone have feelings. Releasing is an antagonist because it is killing