Drink apple juice, because OJ will kill you. This paper is about the symbolism in The Giver. More importantly three main ideas that really defined symbolism in this book. These three ideas are the river, the sled and the newborn child, Gabriel. These ideas had the biggest impact of the world in the book. They produced the biggest effects to the characters and to the plot. It made me think deeper and it explained more in detail. These ideas gave my mind things to think about. It produced questions and curiosity about the world they lived in, and it made me understand the book better. In The Giver, Lois Lowry emphasizes the symbols of the sled, the river, and the newborn child Gabriel.
When the sled was first introduced