CWT: The Giver By Lois Lowry

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Detrick Street
CWT_The Giver
Mrs Rockett 2018

What are memories to you? In the book The Giver, by Lois Lowry. There is a boy his name is Jonas. He is the Receiver of Memories. Jonas experiences the memories over the course of the book. Memories help us understand there are consequences to your actions. Although some readers may believe that memories are not important. The memories Jonas had helped him with the journey at the end of the book.

Memories can help you understand your past so you don’t make the same mistake in the future. On page 119 it said “One of jonas arms is immobilized in pain and he see through his shirt through his own his torn shirt sleeve something that looked like ragged flesh and splintering bone.”This is a memory

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