The old, ill, and nonconformists are all released. Death is not something that they have a firm grasp on. The citizens believe that the process of being “released” means that one enters into Elsewhere, the area surrounding the community, and into a new life. Then, they are “released” or killed in order not to place an additional burden on the community. Jonas is unsure what he’s going to be given, considering that he has no great passion for any of the many jobs he’s tried.Ĭitizens in the community apply to receive spouses, are assigned two children each and are eventually housed in the House of the Old when they reach a certain age. He’ll be given a job that perfectly suits him and that he’ll keep for the rest of his life. There, his career path will be laid out for him. He lives with his father, who works with children, his mother, who works at the Department of Justice, and his younger sister, Lily, who is only seven years old.Ī the beginning of the novel, he’s considering the upcoming Ceremony of the Twelve. The Giveris told from the point of view of Jonas, a young boy who has lived his whole life in a walled, futuristic community. Spoiler alert – important details of the novel are revealed below. Jonas’s relationship with his mentor, The Giver, helps him come to terms with the choices set out before him-either live with the knowledge he has or runs and tries to escape for a better life. This sets him on a complicated path that leads to a series of horrifying revelations about his community, his family, and the parts of human history that have been removed from collective memory. When the novel begins, Jonas’s career is chosen for him. Everyone who lives there is content with the way things are and yet completely in the dark in regard to what life used to be like and the emotions, colors, and experiences they have all been stripped of. The community has eliminated pain, war, fear, and all negative and positive emotions. The Giver by Lois Lowry tells the story of Jonas, a young, eleven-year-old boy raised in a futuristic walled community.
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