"Call me The Giver"

Summary

       

Jonas was recieving the memory of snow, and he was playing and having fun with things he had never seen before. When he opened his eyes, he realized that he was still lying down, and that he haven't moved a little. He started to ask questions to the Reciever, and they started to talk about climate. The Reciever gave Jonas two more memories, and he didn't tell what where they or how they were called. He could recognize one, "sunshine", but he didn't know what was the other one, he only knew it was really hurtful. The Reciever told him it was a "sunburn". Then he told him it was enough for the first day, and Jonas, just before leaving, asked how he was supposed to call him. He responded, "Call me The Giver". The next morning, Jonas was with his friend Fiona, and she saw what he thought was "seeing beyond", Fiona's hair changed. He went to the Giver to ask him, and told him his expiriences when he had seen things "change". The Giver told him he ws starting to see a color, red, and that he could see all colors at the same time, and tht he would do too later. He made Jonas lie down and try to transmit the memory of rainbows. After some days, Jonas learned he colors and their names. He could see them, but just for a moment, The Giver explained that it would take sometime too see them all the time. The Giver later expained Jonas how his life was, and how Jonas' will be. He knew that The Giver felt a lot of pain, and he remembered that the Chief Elder told him he will feel pain when recieving the memories. He told that to The Giver, and he started to give Jonas memories of pain. He later was sleeping with Gabriel, and he gave him a memory without knowing. When he realized that, he wondered himself if he would tell this to The Giver, and he decided he wouldn't.

Quotes 

  "He was free to enjoy the breathless glee that overwhelmed him: the speed, the clear cold air, the total silence, the feeling of balance and excitement and peace." (82)

    This happened when The Giver gave Jonas the memory of snow, while he as having fun with the sled going down the hill. This feeling that transmits this quote is very similar to the feeling people feel when they doing thigs that they like.  

   "He wondered what lay in the far distance where he had never gone. The land didn't end beyond those nearby community. Were there hills Elsewhere? Were there vast wind-torn areas like the place he had seen in memory, the place where the elephants died?" (106)

    I liked this because Jonas was very curious about things around him like myself, and also wants to discover things a lot of people don't know, because their society was created and made that people dont know about things that happened generations before. 

 To conclude...

           Jonas has to trust the Giver because he will give him the memories of the past in a way that will bring him great honor and wisdom. The memories will make Jonas be one of the most honored and respected men in his society, but in the cost to feel a lot of pain.