The Giver

In Louis Lowry, “ The Giver” there are many symbols and themes throughout the book. The entire story is about the foreshadowed secretes that lay within the society. Jonas, the main character of the story spends his time trying to uncover and decipher these symbols so that he can live a free life. The allegory of the Giver was portrayed in all aspects: The weather, interaction between characters and their inner most thoughts, and also the physical descriptions all represents, the overall symbolic…

Lois Lowry knows being an individual is causing you to see differently. The novel The Giver by Lois Lowry tells about a boy who is selected to be the new “Receiver of Memory”. By being selected Jonas must receive the memories from The Giver the previous “Receiver of Memories”, but he soon realizes that his community is not what he thought it was. Jonas’ experiences develop a theme over the course of The Giver by teaching the reader that being an individual cause you to see differently. Although…

Emotions are what gives your life color. Memories are what give you feelings. Although being able to have feelings might make you enjoy life more, it can also make things really hard on yourself. In The Giver, Jonas doesn’t start to feel anything until he starts to receive memories from the current Receiver. In this essay I get to talk about three themes, which are Individuality, Memories, and Emotions. I think that these are the most important themes of this story and are the main reasons…

In the novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, Jonas lives in a world of conformity. When Jonas became the new Receiver, he was presented with memories from years past, pleasant and troubling. Jonas quickly realized that conformity gives you some favorable options such as, security and respect, but, he longs for more, such as love, hope, and, individuality. Jonas travels beyond the community, the only home he has ever known, to Elsewhere, where he can set his burdening memories free and find a better…

growth. Having a community with identical citizens is like a sagging chain link, but with contrasting people it is like a long titanium rod. Dystopian and Science Fiction novels, demonstrate how diversity creates better societies. Furthermore, in The Giver, the government sets strict rules and examples for everyone to follow in the same fashion. For example, Jonas, the main character, learns that the chief elder would like the community to be a utopia. Jonas is the only one…

the proper clothing to stay warm in all the new weather that they were experiencing. Without the proper clothing that we have now Jonas and Gabe were freezing and shivering with cold and there was nothing except the fading memories of warmth the giver had given. Jonas and Gabe were in weather that they wouldn’t have expected to be in so the came unprepared. My second piece of evidence is that on Page 178, Lois lowry…

described the lack of meaning. A place where there wasn’t possibility for unexpected, inconvenient or unusual situations to happen because most of them were pre-calculated and under control. When the ceremony of twelve came, Jonas was selected as “the Giver” instead of being assigned as usual. His qualities as intelligence, integrity, courage, wisdom and the capacity to see beyond were remarked. Besides the honor of the position, Jonas was receiving too: the advantage of knowing the truth, the…

more than Jonas’s community, and learns substantial life lessons. Everyone has differences. They are able to experience emotions such as sorrow or joy that cause them to be who they are and their differences bring them together as a community. The Giver and the Receiver learn more due to the memories they experience, but their difference sets them apart. They are so smart and experienced so much, so they advise the Elders, which put them at a higher ranking than the highest of the…

unfair and outrageous that the people of the community have no memories of a real life. (STEWE-1) ‘The Giver told him that it would be a very long time before he had the colors to keep. "But I want them!" Jonas said angrily. "It isn't fair that nothing has color!"’(97). Now that Jonas knows, what color is, he is jealous that he does not have it in his everyday life. (STEWE-2) ‘"Not fair?" The Giver looked at Jonas curiously. "Explain what you mean." "Well ... "Jonas had to stop and think it…

In The Giver, the author shows us different ideas. One of those ideas is sameness which means (ADJC) the same for everyone. In Jonas’ community, people are told (PASS) what to wear, what to eat and where to live. Even though (TRANS) Jonas is thinking about leaving the community, he is forced (PASS) to leave more quickly than he wanted because he is tired of the sameness in the community.Because he has left the community, it might happen a lot of things. First, the community and people start…