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The Importance Of Memories In 'The Giver'

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Memories about anything gives us an emotion, whether it is positive or negative.
Memories makes us all unique in our own ways. What if these memories were taken away from us and we were forced to live the life others want us to instead of going our own ways? Memories are very important but in the novel “The Giver”, these memories were taken away from everyone in their community but one, who they call The Receiver of Memory. The Receiver of Memory has memories about past human life, such as poverty, slavery, war, happiness, love, etc. The job, or assignment in their community, is not given to a random human. They will have to be selected for this great honored Assignment. What would happen if memories were taken away?

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