The Giver Of Memory Analysis

Imagine being chosen for the most important job, feeling alone and apart, feeling pain and misery, and being different from everyone else. Jonas becoming the Receiver of Memory is a punishment. Jonas feels like is is separate from everyone else. He is different. Everyone in the community is the same, except him. Some of the rules that Jonas has to follow for being the Receiver of Memory doesn’t let him do some activities that he is familiar with. Those rules allow him do things that he doesn’t want to or it prohibited him to do activities that he is used to. Jonas will feel pain during his training for becoming the Receiver of Memory. The pain that Jonas feels is physical and emotional pain. Becoming the Receiver of Memory as it’s disadvantages.
He is different. According to page 62, it states,“Now, for the first time in his twelve years of life, Jonas felt separate, different.” Jonas is the only one with that job. He never felt different before because the Elders chose Sameness. Sameness took all the emotions away. Everyone was the same. Jonas didn’t like to feel different. He wanted to be like everyone else. On page 62, it says,“ He remembered what the Chief Elder had said: that his training would be alone and apart.” Jonas doesn’t like that he is apart from others. He wants to be with his friends. His training would be just him and the Giver. Jonas doesn’t want to be alone because he has always been around other people. Jonas has never felt apart from others. Provided on page 63, it states, “Once again, there was just a moment when things weren’t quite as they had always been through the long friendship.” After Jonas became the Receiver of Memory, everyone hesitated before talking to him.
Jonas feels like is is separate from everyone else. He is different. Feeling separated can affect a person emotionally. Some of the rules that Jonas has to follow for being the Receiver of Memory doesn’t let him do some things that he is used to do. Jonas doesn’t want to follow all the rules he is told to follow because it is something different that he is not familiar with. Jonas will feel pain during his training for becoming the Receiver of Memory. Feeling the emotional pain that Jonas has to go through is very tough to feel. Imagine living in a society where everyone is the same, except one