The Giver Literary Analysis

Literary Essay- Saurabh Gadre
In stories, the true capacity of characters are measured when they go up against an evil that e Giver, she writes, “But I want them!” Jonas said they cannot defeat. In The Giver by Lois Lowry, a twelve year old boy named Jonas gets selected to receive special training from the Giver, where he learns about the past of his society and what life was like before his era. Harrison, from Kurt Vonnegut’s, Harrison Bergeron , is forced to suffer because he is much smarter than other people. He ends up showing people what they can truly become. Jonas and Harrison have the bravery and audacity to stand up against their society only because they both know what is right, think differently than conventional people, and they have an inner strength. Their valor is gained from these three attributes.
Jonas and Harrison’s wisdom and their virtuous
Jonas and Harrison go beyond other’s physical and mental capabilities. In The Giver, the Chief Elder says, “The Receiver has told us that Jonas already has this quality. He calls it the Capacity to See Beyond(Lowry 63)” This displays that Jonas can even see things differently than others. In the book, Jonas is naturally able to see a glimpse of color here and there. He was just naturally born with a different body. This is so significant because it was the reason that Jonas learned about the memories. Likewise in Harrison Bergeron, “He is a genius and athlete, is under- handicapped, and should be regarded as extremely dangerous(Kurt Vonnegut NP)” Harrison was much smarter and stronger than everyone else, so he had to suffer. Everyone in the society was under the illusion that Harrison was dangerous and society was perfect yet Harrison did not get affected, and stuck to doing what was right to him. Thus, this proves Jonas and Harrison are capable of doing things that no one else