According to the giver, Jonas had to receive and store memories of pain. On of the reasons the Givert old Jonas is that it gives them the intelligence they need. “It gives us wisdom, The Giver replied without wisdom I could not fulfill my function of advising the Committee of the Elders when they call upon me.” The receiver needs the wisdom so that the community does not make the same mistakes they have already made. They ask the receiver because the receiver already knows what will happen if they do something wrong. So the Giver told Jonas that they needed wisdom to help the committee from getting damaged. He told Jonas that all the pain they go through is for the good of the citizens. “Some years ago, the Giver told him, before your birth,
