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The Giver Memory Quotes

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The famous writer Rollo May once said, “Memory is not just the imprint of the past upon us; it is the keeper of what is meaningful for our deepest hopes and fears. This quote means that memories aren’t just something that happened in the past but give people hope and fear. The Giver is a book by Lois Lowry, and the quote has a great connection to the book. The quote related to The Giver is connected in three different ways to the essay. This quote states that memories aren’t just an image of the past but a holder of our deepest hopes and fears. The community is very strict about courtesy and is very specific, for some people are not allowed to be in the community for being different. The community follows the same routine every day, and everything …show more content…

Jonas was chosen to be the Reciever which wasn’t decided in a haste but took around 10 years, but after the 10 years, the elders found it conceivable that Jonas would be a good Reciever of memory. Because of this Jonas gets exempt from conforming to some of the rules and showing courtesy to others. Jonas didn’t know if he should relish this assignment or not. After receiving many memories of many things such as ethnicities, love, fear, and a great variation. When Jonas received some memories they caused so much dejection Jonas wanted to resign from being the Receiver. Even though some memories were so bad Jonas still strongly believed that memories have great meaning, and he believes they’re a part of life not just an image of the past. The elders believe that if The Giver transmitted memories to everyone, it would cause a different way of living, Jonas believes in a much better way, but the elders are insecure about it. Jonas implored The Giver to do something about memories being known to everyone that he and The Giver made a stealthy plan for Jonas to escape and hopefully the memories would be known to everyone. So one day Jonas defied the rules and escaped the community, he believed it was his destiny to escape the community and share memories of the past with everyone. Jonas endured the hard escape from the community passing expansive landscapes. Jonas surged while he had the strength, even threw times when he

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