Jonas lives in a community where pain, rudeness, and war are non-existent. Every child undergoes a ceremony in December every year until they reach twelve years of age, at which point they receive their Assignments, the jobs they will perform as adults. A committee of Elders carefully watches each child in order to determine which adult occupation best suits his or her talents and interests. The committee also takes the greatest care in matching spouses in order to ensure stable marriages. No couple is allowed to raise children until the committee determines they are capable of being good parents. Every day, families undergo rituals of sharing, in which they analyze their feelings and dreams with one another.
As his Ceremony of Twelve approaches, Jonas is apprehensive because he has no idea what Assignment he will receive. His parents try to allay his fears by explaining that the committee takes Assignments very seriously, so they rarely make the wrong choices. Meanwhile, Jonas' family begins temporarily caring for a newchild, or infant, named Gabriel. Gabriel is lagging behind the other newchildren in development, so Jonas's father, a Nurturer, decides to care for Gabriel in his home at night in the hopes that it will help Gabriel catch up with the other newchildren.
If Gabriel fails to meet the standards of normal development, he will have to be "released." Release of a newchild is a sad event because Jonas' father and the other Nurturers feel that they have failed to do their jobs. The release of the elderly is a celebrated event because it signals an acknowledgment of productive life-long contribution to the community. Release is also used as a punishment for those who break the community's rules. Jonas does not know exactly what release means, but he thinks that it means sending people to live "Elsewhere"--away from the community.
When the day of the Ceremonies arrives, Jonas discovers that he has been selected to be the next Receiver of Memory, the position with the highest honor in 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 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. ...
The Giver By Louis Lowry Jonas and his family live in a place that would be looked at as a dream in today's world. ... 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. ... Gabriel and Jonas travel by night and sleep by day, they eat food that the Giver has saved for him over the past two weeks. ...
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. ...
