The Giver Symbols In The Giver, the Newchild Gabe symbolizes hope and individual differences, as the story progresses, Gabe represents the symbols even further when Jonas decided to take him instead of going alone. The symbol of hope is represented by Gabe when Jonas took him and went to Elsewhere to attempt to restore the memories of the people in the community. For example, when Jonas and the Giver concoct a plan to save the people: “So if you escape, once you are gone-and, Jonas, you know that you can never return-”(ch.20, pg.194), and, the Giver also reminded: “If I go with you, and together we take away all their protection from the memories, Jonas, the community will be left with no one to help them. They’ll be thrown into chaos.
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The author, Jeanne DuPrau, described it as “old, and everything in it, including the power lines, was in need of repair" (ch.1, pg.4). By examining this quotation, we can see that Ember was apt to fall soon, people are running out of everything, to the point where they have to reuse things, like clothing for example. Lights flicker, the blackouts slowly get longer each time one happens, the mayor is not doing his job, and always talk about the specious "solution." Also, back in the beginning of the story, the author commented that “In the city of Ember, the sky was always dark”(ch.1, pg.4), which gave the idea that Ember is underground, through the fact that the sky that we're used to is only dark when we are in a tunnel, or when it's at night. Another imagery in Ember is darkness, it is normal, because the lights go out at night, but it also tells us something is wrong when the lights go out when it’s not supposed to. So darkness is both normal, and abnormal, in Ember, it represents the unknown, like the Unknown Regions in the book, so when darkness comes upon them suddenly, the people don’t know or understand why. Doon acknowledged this, that’s why he chose to trade jobs with Lina. But when he went down there, he was disappointed because of how bad the situation really is, and the fact that nobody is trying to fix it. That led to the idea that no matter how much of a …show more content…
For example, when the author informed that “every now and then someone fell into it, and was lost”(ch.1, pg.11). The irony of this is that the river kills people sometimes, but it is also the only way that the people of Ember can escape to the ground. This is significant because when Doon and Lina went through the river, they could’ve gotten killed, but they trusted in nature and reached the exit safe and sound. People in Ember were warned to stay away from the river at all cost because of safety issues, yet it means that they are trying to prevent the people from finding the exit. That’s the irony of the river, and it’s significant because, like how Lina knows that the river is there, even though she has never seen it, and like most people in Ember, they don’t either. The Builders had planned Ember so well, that everything was just given to them, that leads to them not know how to create those things for themselves. And like that, when the generator eventually breaks down, they won’t actually know the solution on how to survive in the city after that happens. So, the river is the source of life in Ember, but when it runs out or when the generator breaks down, they will probably die, if Doon and Lina hadn’t found the Instructions. That was the shortcoming of the Builders’
The author, Jeanne DuPrau, described it as “old, and everything in it, including the power lines, was in need of repair" (ch.1, pg.4). By examining this quotation, we can see that Ember was apt to fall soon, people are running out of everything, to the point where they have to reuse things, like clothing for example. Lights flicker, the blackouts slowly get longer each time one happens, the mayor is not doing his job, and always talk about the specious "solution." Also, back in the beginning of the story, the author commented that “In the city of Ember, the sky was always dark”(ch.1, pg.4), which gave the idea that Ember is underground, through the fact that the sky that we're used to is only dark when we are in a tunnel, or when it's at night. Another imagery in Ember is darkness, it is normal, because the lights go out at night, but it also tells us something is wrong when the lights go out when it’s not supposed to. So darkness is both normal, and abnormal, in Ember, it represents the unknown, like the Unknown Regions in the book, so when darkness comes upon them suddenly, the people don’t know or understand why. Doon acknowledged this, that’s why he chose to trade jobs with Lina. But when he went down there, he was disappointed because of how bad the situation really is, and the fact that nobody is trying to fix it. That led to the idea that no matter how much of a …show more content…
For example, when the author informed that “every now and then someone fell into it, and was lost”(ch.1, pg.11). The irony of this is that the river kills people sometimes, but it is also the only way that the people of Ember can escape to the ground. This is significant because when Doon and Lina went through the river, they could’ve gotten killed, but they trusted in nature and reached the exit safe and sound. People in Ember were warned to stay away from the river at all cost because of safety issues, yet it means that they are trying to prevent the people from finding the exit. That’s the irony of the river, and it’s significant because, like how Lina knows that the river is there, even though she has never seen it, and like most people in Ember, they don’t either. The Builders had planned Ember so well, that everything was just given to them, that leads to them not know how to create those things for themselves. And like that, when the generator eventually breaks down, they won’t actually know the solution on how to survive in the city after that happens. So, the river is the source of life in Ember, but when it runs out or when the generator breaks down, they will probably die, if Doon and Lina hadn’t found the Instructions. That was the shortcoming of the Builders’