The Giver By Lois Lowry

The Giver is a fiction book written by Lois Lowry. Jonas, an eleven year old boy, seems to be living in a utopia; no diseases, wars, hunger, poverty, or hatred and everyone basically dresses and looks the same. At Jonas’s ceremony of 12, he is assigned the Receiver of Memory and meets the Giver, who teaches him about color, love, war, and pain. Jonas soon realizes how bland his community is and takes action by stealing a child that will die soon because he did not pass the “test”. The two end up finding a place that looks in the midst of Christmas. Jonas is compassionate, polite, and sensitive. Jonas cares about others. When he learned that Gabriel was going to die, he took him and ran away so that they could both have a better life. Jonas listens to the Giver with no interruptions. He does not interrupt him like the average 12-year old boy would. When Jonas learns about love, he goes home and asks his parents if they love him. Instead of replying with a yes like most parents would, they say the word love is not to be used in their household. Jonas is taken back by their comment and feels a pain in his heart.
Memory helps us experience pain, and although it may seem like a bad thing, it's really not. Experiencing pain helps you grow stronger. It helps you overcome the huge obstacles in life. It also prevents you from trying new things. Love is one of those things. You will never know how much it pains to love someone or how good it feels having them love you back. It also prevents you from having good encounterings. You will never have any childhood memories, know how it feels to fall of your bike and develop a scab, or how it feels to lose a tooth. You need those childhood memories because you don’t stay a child for very long and you cherish those moments throughout the rest of your