For the first time, Jonas comprehends that his parents have parents. He thinks about the way it works in his community, the system in place for dealing with the elderly, which he still thinks works pretty well. Still, there was a strong emotion in the Christmas scene that he felt but could not name.
He struggles for a bit, and finally The Giver tells him that it was love. Jonas, embarrassed, expresses a wish for love in his own life. He wishes The Giver could be his grandfather. He wishes he could experience what he felt in the memory. Although, he concedes, he recognizes that that is a very "dangerous" way to live.
When The Giver asks him to explain, however, all Jonas can come up with is a comment on the fire that was burning in the room, and the way that flames are dangerous. Although he did like the warmth… Later, back at home, Jonas hesitantly asks his parents if they love him. They're a bit flustered, and chuckling, they reprimand him to pay attention to "precision of language.
His Father explains that such a word has become obsolete, meaningless even. When he tries to transmit the color red to Asher and the idea of an elephant to Lily, he is really trying to transmit the intense feelings of pleasure and surprise that the world of color has opened up to him or the sense of pity, awe, and love that he got from the relationship between the two elephants. Although the community insists on precision of language, many words in the society have lost the emotional resonance that was once so important to their meaning.
But we had to let go of others. In order to keep them from yearning for more and more personal freedom, the society must make the sensation of choice totally alien to the community members. This strict limitation of all choice indicates that the current state of the society is unnatural: drastic measures must be taken to maintain its artificial order, peace, and lack of personal liberty.
It is possible that Lowry chose to associate memory with magic and mystery in order to give her readers a stronger sense of how strange and inexplicable memory is for the members of the community. Since they have no experience with emotion, pain, history, or love, these ideas must seem as strange and improbable to them as magical powers seem to us. In our own world, where we acknowledge the existence of emotions, we still have trouble explaining human desires and behavior with science.
Ace your assignments with our guide to The Giver! SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Why does the apple change when Jonas plays catch with it? Why must Jonas take pills? Where does Jonas volunteer? Summary Chapters 12— Summary We really have to protect people from wrong choices. See Important Quotes Explained. Feelings Although he feels guilty about the Stirrings that have returned as a result of his not taking the pills, Jonas thinks to himself that he cannot return to not being able to feel things.
Feelings As a result of the memories he is receiving, Jonas thinks that he is experiencing feelings he has never felt before at a newer "depth. Feelings Asher is annoyed that Jonas has ruined their game of war.
Although Jonas tries to explain to him that it is actually a cruel game, Asher does not listen. Understanding that he knows things that Asher and Fiona can never know, Jonas "is overwhelmed by sadness. Feelings The Giver explains that he loved Rosemary just as he loves Jonas now. Unlike others, The Giver and Jonas are capable of feeling "love.
Feelings Jonas finally learns that when people are released, they are actually killed. The Giver explains that Fiona is already training to perform releases. Feelings have no place in her life; she has never learned them. Feelings Trying to comfort Jonas who has just learned about releases, The Giver explains that they will make a plan to change the community.
There are memories of times when people once felt things like pride, sorrow, and love, and The Giver realizes that the community should change. Feelings As Jonas continues his journey, he faces new, uninhabited territory as well as new wildlife creatures he has never before seen.
He also faces new feelings within himself such as happiness at being in a "new landscape" and fear of starvation. Feelings Starving and tired, Jonas thinks for a second that perhaps he has made a mistake in leaving the community. He would not be starving in the community. But he quickly reminds himself that if he had stayed, he would have starved in other ways.
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