The Power of Love is Worth the Cost of Suffering and Pain
The Giver is a novel by Lois Lowry about a society that has made the choice of discarding all their memories and adopted a new way of living where things are all the same. In the beginning of the story, we find a flawless society where life is perfect but later learn that people have no freedom about their lives. The public accepts whatever the committee proposes; they are assigned jobs, spouses, and children by the elders. Grown-ups take medicine to stifle any feelings that may make them question their controlled living. The protagonist in the story Jonas is given the role of a receiver of memories in the society. In his training, he endures the pain that other people in the society …show more content…
Initially, Jonas admits that he likes the feeling of love but thinks the Elders are presumably appropriate to keep individuals away from experiencing love. ‘‘I like the feeling of love,’ he confessed… ‘Of course,’ he added quickly, ‘I do understand that it wouldn’t work very well. And that it’s much better to be organized the way we are now. I can see that it was a dangerous way to live” (126). However, before the end of, he cannot find a reason why the community should be kept away from experiencing affection and love. As Jonas learns the power of love, his soul is disturbed and feels that he cannot find a place in a society that does not have love. He tries to find out from his own father when he asks him whether he loves him. “Do you love me?” “There was an awkward silence for a moment. Then Father gave a little chuckle. Jonas. You, of all people. Precision of language, please” (127). Jonas is surprised to hear his parents say that the word love is meaningless yet to him that memory of the love he experienced was the most meaningful thing he had felt. From that moment he starts his plot of how he could change the situation. Towards the end of his journey, he was sure and delighted that a family was waiting for him and Gabriel and he is happy that he could enjoy it. The desire and …show more content…
The Giver tells Jonas that conveying memories is like riding a sled. ‘‘It’s like going downhill through deep snow on a sled…At first it’s exhilarating: the speed; the sharp, clear air, but then the snow accumulates, builds up on the runners, and you slow, you have to push hard to keep it going…” (78). He uses this likeness to explain to Jonas that learning about the world of emotions is at first thrilling but getting to understand torment and enduring it is difficult. The first memory of pain that Jonas gets as he continues to receive the memories comes from a mishap in the sled. It is clear that the sled causes both good and bad experiences. It is the same sled that Jonas uses to find comfort and love on the side of the world when he decides to run away from a life devoid of love. Lowry uses this symbol to show the reader what Jonas will have to go through in his quest to find love and restore memories to humanity so that they can be able to experience love. It is the power of love that leads Jonas to a journey of
The Giver is a novel by Lois Lowry about a society that has made the choice of discarding all their memories and adopted a new way of living where things are all the same. In the beginning of the story, we find a flawless society where life is perfect but later learn that people have no freedom about their lives. The public accepts whatever the committee proposes; they are assigned jobs, spouses, and children by the elders. Grown-ups take medicine to stifle any feelings that may make them question their controlled living. The protagonist in the story Jonas is given the role of a receiver of memories in the society. In his training, he endures the pain that other people in the society …show more content…
Initially, Jonas admits that he likes the feeling of love but thinks the Elders are presumably appropriate to keep individuals away from experiencing love. ‘‘I like the feeling of love,’ he confessed… ‘Of course,’ he added quickly, ‘I do understand that it wouldn’t work very well. And that it’s much better to be organized the way we are now. I can see that it was a dangerous way to live” (126). However, before the end of, he cannot find a reason why the community should be kept away from experiencing affection and love. As Jonas learns the power of love, his soul is disturbed and feels that he cannot find a place in a society that does not have love. He tries to find out from his own father when he asks him whether he loves him. “Do you love me?” “There was an awkward silence for a moment. Then Father gave a little chuckle. Jonas. You, of all people. Precision of language, please” (127). Jonas is surprised to hear his parents say that the word love is meaningless yet to him that memory of the love he experienced was the most meaningful thing he had felt. From that moment he starts his plot of how he could change the situation. Towards the end of his journey, he was sure and delighted that a family was waiting for him and Gabriel and he is happy that he could enjoy it. The desire and …show more content…
The Giver tells Jonas that conveying memories is like riding a sled. ‘‘It’s like going downhill through deep snow on a sled…At first it’s exhilarating: the speed; the sharp, clear air, but then the snow accumulates, builds up on the runners, and you slow, you have to push hard to keep it going…” (78). He uses this likeness to explain to Jonas that learning about the world of emotions is at first thrilling but getting to understand torment and enduring it is difficult. The first memory of pain that Jonas gets as he continues to receive the memories comes from a mishap in the sled. It is clear that the sled causes both good and bad experiences. It is the same sled that Jonas uses to find comfort and love on the side of the world when he decides to run away from a life devoid of love. Lowry uses this symbol to show the reader what Jonas will have to go through in his quest to find love and restore memories to humanity so that they can be able to experience love. It is the power of love that leads Jonas to a journey of