Love In Lois Lowry's 'The Giver'

In chapter 18, of The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, the idea of love comes up multiple times, which is definitely different. In this community, there is no emotion, so this idea of love comes in and contradicts the whole society. This starts to present a theme of change, because there is not supposed to be these feelings, yet when this girl, Rosemary comes into the Giverś office, it all changed, and he loved her. In the text it reads, “‘It had that wonderful feeling with it. You told me it was love.’ ‘You can understand, then, that's what I felt for Rosemary,’ The Giver explained, ‘I loved her.’” This is showing that there was this rare feeling, that you aren supposed to get, but it came up. Rosemary changed how he felt. She brought him joy,