The Giver By Lois Lowry

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In Lois Lowry's The Giver, the protagonist, Jonas, along with the Giver, go on a journey to discover the true meaning of memories and what has the town forgotten. Jonas is a twelve-year-old boy, who lives in a society that lacks pain and suffering. In Jonas's kinship, everybody uncomfortably nice and polite to everyone. They live without prejudice, starvation, hatred, and pain. Yet with this, they took choice with them, and The Giver would later say, in chapter 12, page ninety-five, “We gained control of a lot of things, but we had to let go of others.” In the community, the Elders picked the jobs and future careers for the twelve-year-olds. Jonas lives with his father and mother, who work in different jobs, the father as a Nurturer, and the mother working in the Justice Department. He also lives with his sister, Lily, who is nine. …show more content…

Gabe cannot attend because he is behind schedule because he cannot sleep through the night. At the ceremony, Lily receives her bike, after receiving a front-buttoned jacket the year before. And Jonas, after he gets skipped over, becomes extremely nervous, questioning whether the Elders had forgotten about him. After he waits a long time for everyone else to get their assignments, the Chief Elder, who had been announcing the future jobs of all the Twelves, finally gets to Jonas. Jonas is assigned The Receiver, one of the most important jobs in the

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