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Ashton Ames 5/15/24 The Giver Literary Analysis What is an event that caused you to change your perspective on a situation? Some people think things that are normal to them are acceptable or correct, but when they later learn what really happens behind the scenes, they do not view the situation the same way. In Lois Lowry's dystopian novel, The Giver, Jonas is living in a community where all people are equal and the same as each other. When Jonas was selected as the Receiver of Memory, the highest honor, he was filled with anguish and discomfort. Jonas soon learns about the true pain and pleasure in life through the memories, but after he has learned too much, he begins to question his community. In The Giver, Jonas's perspective of his …show more content…

Because he is filled with pain and suffering, holding the memories, he plans to escape because he can no longer bear the truth. He risks his life to leave, knowing that if he returns, he will be killed. Jonas plans with The Giver to lie to the community about Jonas drowning in the river, so Jonas could escape at night from the community to elsewhere. The Giver would stay behind to help the community when the memories would come back to them. “It was terribly dangerous because some of the work crews were still about.” (Lowry 163) This event in the novel supports the claim because it shows how when Jonas has learned the truth, He cannot bear it anymore and must escape in order to live out of sameness. In the falling action, Jonas escapes his community and risks his life in the process because if he was caught, he would have been killed. In this scene, Jonas plans to escape and leave the community and escape to Elsewhere. Jonas also knew that when he leaves, the community will have to bear the memories of the past themselves, causing change in their lives. “’If you get to Elsewhere, it will mean that the community has to bear the burden themselves, of the memories you had been holding for them.’” (Lowry 155). This quote supports my topic sentence because when he leaves to go elsewhere, he will cause change in the community members’ lives because they will get to experience the memories, good and bad, of the

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