Memories In The Giver

Should communities have one person hold all the memories? The good ones that bring joy to you when you are sad? The bad ones that teach you what not to do? The one about the past that help you learn? No way do you want that. Unlike in The Giver, people should carry their own memories in their communities because it helps people remember the past, brings joyful memories to you when you are sad, and helps you learn about the past of your community. How would you know about the past if you don’t have any memories of it. In the book, The Giver, Jonas gets memories of the past. “Two of these men had dark brown skin; the other were light. Going closer, he watched them hack the tusks from a motionless elephant on the ground and haul them away.” This line from The Giver gives him memories about Africa and that elephants were alive. If everyone had memories they would be able to see how elephant died out by extinction and how big real elephants were and how they killed
Memories can help you distinguish what is okay and you won’t get hurt from, from what is not okay and you will get hurt badly from. Take a memories from The Giver about a sunburn. “Restlessly he moved one arm, bending it, and felt sharp pain in the crease of his inner arm at the elbow. ‘Ouch,’ he said loudly, and shifted on the bed.” Memories about how bad a sunburn hurt always makes me put on sunscreen. This memory will help you learn from you mistakes and tells you what to do next time. Also this memory of Jonas’ breaking a leg. “Then, the first wave of pain. He gasped. It was as if a hatchet lay lodged in his leg, slicing through each nerve a hot blade.” I would not want to break my leg again if I just felt that. I know when I cracked my head open it stopped me from leaning back on my chair. So if you have a memory like that one you would not do that any more and just stay away from that stuff. That is the last reason why people should carry their own