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Response For The Giver

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Theme: The Giver The Giver teaches us that love is essential to life. For instance, Jonas rescues Gabe from being released, out of love. Jonas was just leaving his dwelling when “He thought of the rules he had broken so far: enough that he were caught, now, he would be condemned. ...Third, he had stolen his father’s bicycle. ...But it was necessary because it had the child seat attached to the back. And he had taken Gabriel, too.”(207-208). Jonas is leaving the city for good and he now is thinking about what could happen to him if he were caught. Love is essential for this because Jonas didn’t have to save Gabe, he could have left him, but he didn’t. Jonas sacrificed himself to make sure that Gabriel would live and have a long life. In addition,

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