Jonas and his family live in a place that would be looked at as a dream in today's world. A place that is "perfect" in many ways, free of war and pain. It's a place where people see no color and remember few things from the past. At the age of twelve, kids become adults and their lives will change forever. At this date they are assigned their duty in the community and will serve until they are old. A Board of Elders observe children throughout their childhood to determine what there occupation best fits them. The Elders also make other important decisions for people, such as who they will marry and if they are capable of being good enough parents to raise a child. .
Jonas" lives in a normal family for the time; his father, mother, sister, and a visiting Gabriela. Gabriela is a newborn that will have to be "released" because she failed to meet the community standards, so Jonas" father took her home to try and get her "up to par" on everything. The family gets to know and love Gabriela and have a hard time "releasing" her. .
At the Ceremony of Twelve's, the Elder's announce the duties that the young people will carry out. They always go in alphabetical order and when it was Jonas" turn to be assigned his duty, the Elders skip him. He did not know what this meant, but he would soon. The last name and duty was assigned but still nothing about Jonas. They saved the best for last; the job he was assigned was the most honorable in the Community, the Giver. .
Having the job of the Giver, Jonas, holds everybody's memories. The Giver that is retiring and having Jonas take his place must transfer all his memories to Jonas. He does this by placing his hands on Jonas" back then Jonas receives the memory. Jonas" roll as the Giver is to use his knowledge to help advise the rest of the committee in shaping the future guidelines of the community.
Jonas and the Giver make a plan for Jonas to escape the community so all the memories he has now, and will all be released into the community.
In Lois Lowry's The Giver, Jonas-the protagonist- is born into a community of uniformity. ... In this society, there is the Receiver, and the Giver. ... The Giver believes that everyone in the community should be able to keep their memories. ... When Jonas met with the Giver for the first time, he was shown color. ... The second time Jonas met with the Giver, a painful memory was transferred to him. ...
This critical theory can be studied through Lois Lowry's novel "The Giver". ... Her parent's health was a major influence when Lowry wrote "The Giver". ... The giver gives Jonas all the memories, good or bad. The giver and the new receiver, Jonas, keep these bad memories from the community. ... Her life has greatly contributed in her writing "The Giver". ...
Givings goes so far as to question why women are the chosen gender for the torture of giving birth and providing food for the child, perhaps even suggesting that women have to endure worse than what Jesus had to go through. ... Givings spends his days giving other women a kind of satisfaction that he denies his wife, which leads Catherine to experience jealousy, even though she isn't completely sure what she is jealous of. ... Daldry returns to the Givings' home in a flustered state as if sexually aroused, which Dr. Givings responds to by giving her further "treatment.... Giving...
The Givers character shows that rules/customs (Sameness) can prevent problems such as wrong choices. In the discussion between the Giver and Jonas, Jonas says "He could choose? Instead of Sameness" then the Giver says "He would make wrong choice"(98). ... But the Giver says that he could make wrong choice and there could be problems them. ... In the book the Giver says that "Climate Control. ...
The people have been going to the Giver for help and concerns, but I haven't had the chance to make an appointment with him. ... The community should give the right to all the families to have as many children as they want. ...
The Giver There were a few main characters in this book. ... He was to be the next Giver. ... So when they got started the Giver started transferring memories to Jonas by him lying down on a bed and the Giver put his hand on his forehead. ... Then, one day he was with the Giver, he asked the Giver to see the video of a MK2 release. So the Giver let him watch it. ...
The Giver The book that I chose to read was "The Giver", by Lois Lowry. In this book, the Giver, an old man gives all the memories of a world such as ours to a boy named Jonas. ... The Giver tells Jonas of a place such as our normal world. ... The Giver later gives Jonas his consent to escape their town to go search for a normal and happier world. ... The rest of the book, is about the visions that Jonas has, and explains how the Giver, is the keeper of memories from the village from hundreds of years ago. ...
There are many good and bad things in The Giver. ... A bad thing about the giver's community is release. ... It was time for a new giver. ... Once the Giver showed Jonas the memory, the memory the Giver has is gone. ... The Giver and Jonas made a plan to leave town. ...
As the Receiver he has to get every memory from all over the world from the old Receiver he calls The Giver. The Giver: The Giver is the man who is the old Receiver. He is also the one who gives Jonas the memories. ... The Giver is the only one who is not controlled. ... Plot: Introduction of Characters: Lowry introduces Jonas and his family, with Gabe, plus The Giver. ...