The Giver Essay
Could you ever imagine living in a community where there are no feelings, memories of the past, or color. In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, the main character Jonas is singled out to become the new Receiver of Memory for his community that strives to be perfect by stopping emotions, taking away color, memories of the past, and many other things, except for the Receiver. He learns about Elsewhere, the real truth about life, through memories he is given, both good and bad. He is not allowed to tell anyone about his training or experience, but he wants everyone to experience the memories that they could never have. Then he watches a video of release, and flips out when his dad killed a baby. For the community, he plans to escape with the Giver.
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This made Jonas break down after he recalled the memory of the battlefield. “In his mind, Jonas saw again the face of the boy
Hope 3 who had lain dying on the field and had begged him for water. He had a sudden choking feeling, as if it were difficult to breath” (Lowry 134-135). This moment shows that kids don’t have feelings when they “kill” other kids. They even laugh when they are “killed”. “Several of them stopped, grabbed their own shoulders and chests with exaggerated gestures, and they pretended to be hit. They drop to the ground and lay suppressing giggles” (Lowry 133). They don’t know what they are actually doing, because they don’t have the emotions to know about playing “war” and using “guns” and “murdering” is wrong. Jonas realizes that all the kids need emotions to realize what they are actually doing.
Engo, a life without emotion is a senseless life. In a life without emotion, your parents would never love you, you would never love anyone, and you wouldn’t be sad if someone died. I could never imagine not having my loving family with me. The feeling of my family not loving me would be appalling. Could you ever imagine not having
This made Jonas break down after he recalled the memory of the battlefield. “In his mind, Jonas saw again the face of the boy
Hope 3 who had lain dying on the field and had begged him for water. He had a sudden choking feeling, as if it were difficult to breath” (Lowry 134-135). This moment shows that kids don’t have feelings when they “kill” other kids. They even laugh when they are “killed”. “Several of them stopped, grabbed their own shoulders and chests with exaggerated gestures, and they pretended to be hit. They drop to the ground and lay suppressing giggles” (Lowry 133). They don’t know what they are actually doing, because they don’t have the emotions to know about playing “war” and using “guns” and “murdering” is wrong. Jonas realizes that all the kids need emotions to realize what they are actually doing.
Engo, a life without emotion is a senseless life. In a life without emotion, your parents would never love you, you would never love anyone, and you wouldn’t be sad if someone died. I could never imagine not having my loving family with me. The feeling of my family not loving me would be appalling. Could you ever imagine not having