Imagine what it is like to live in a community with no color, no feeling, and no music. Lois Lowry’s novel, The Giver, shows the life of a boy, Jonas who lives in a place where color, feeling, and music do not exist. In his whole life, Jonas has no idea what it is like to feel something. However, Jonas soon learns about the community’s deep secret as he spends time with the Giver. He has experienced the real world, the one with true color, feeling, and music. This novel reveals that the memory of music is important because music is special; it also represents hope and a new life.
The memory of music is really important and special. “I began to hear something truly remarkable, and it is called music" (pg. 157). This is a quote from the Giver who has experienced music before and understands how music is very special. The Giver first wanted to keep this memory to himself. Discovering the memory of music has affected the Giver. This proves that because the memory of music is special, it is why Lowry has saved music to be the very last memory that Jonas will receive. Not only music is special, but music represents hope. …show more content…
“Suddenly he was aware with certainty and joy that below, ahead, they were waiting for him; and that they were waiting, too, for the baby” (pg. 179-180). Jonas struggles to live. He was super close to giving up. The cold is bothering him; Jonas is slowly freezing to death. When he hears the music coming from the house up ahead, it gives him hope, the hope that there are other people in the house waiting. This new hope gives Jonas energy and the will to continue fighting back the cold snow. Music has affected Jonas by giving him the energy to keep going. Music lets Jonas know the happiness in that
The memory of music is really important and special. “I began to hear something truly remarkable, and it is called music" (pg. 157). This is a quote from the Giver who has experienced music before and understands how music is very special. The Giver first wanted to keep this memory to himself. Discovering the memory of music has affected the Giver. This proves that because the memory of music is special, it is why Lowry has saved music to be the very last memory that Jonas will receive. Not only music is special, but music represents hope. …show more content…
“Suddenly he was aware with certainty and joy that below, ahead, they were waiting for him; and that they were waiting, too, for the baby” (pg. 179-180). Jonas struggles to live. He was super close to giving up. The cold is bothering him; Jonas is slowly freezing to death. When he hears the music coming from the house up ahead, it gives him hope, the hope that there are other people in the house waiting. This new hope gives Jonas energy and the will to continue fighting back the cold snow. Music has affected Jonas by giving him the energy to keep going. Music lets Jonas know the happiness in that