Interpretation of Ending

In my opinion, the way Lois Lowry ended was great because she made the reader think. She made it whatever you wanted it to be, if you wanted Jonas to die,it was up to you. However you can also make Jonas reach “Elsewhere”.

But,also, if I would have ended “The Giver” it would have been different, Jonas dying and making him the hero of the book because he would have died trying to make a “change” for his community. He wanted to make the citizen in the community feel. Jonas wanted to save Gabe and he wanted to live in a different community where you can make choices and decisions on your own.

Characters

Jonas is a Eleven year old then becomes a Twelve. He then gets his assignment as the Receiver of Memory of the community. He has a sister, Lily, and a mother and a father. After his training began, he has new knowledge of strong emotions, different colors, and suffering.

The Giver is the most important person in the community because he contains all the memories until Jonas is done with his training.His daughter, Rosemary, was the one selected to be the Receiver ten years before Jonas was selected.

Lily is a Seven who  becomes an Eight. She is Jonas' sister. She "loves" children and she talks a lot.

Asher is Jonas's best friend. An Eleven then becomes a Twelve. Asher is a carefree, happy boy but gets into trouble. He is assigned to be the Assistant Director of Recreation.

Jonas's father is a Nurturer. He is the one who released(killed) one of the twins.

Jonas's mother is a judge who works for the Department of Justice.

Fiona is an Eleven later becomes a Twelve; one of Jonas' friends. She is assigned to be the Caretaker of the Old. She appears in Jonas' dream that begins his Stirrings.

Event: The Giver Giving Memories to Jonas

Memory 1: The first memory Jonas receives from the Giver was him sledding down the snowy hill.

Memory  2: Jonas is given a sad memory of an elephant being brutally slaughtered. It is his very first "disturbing" memory.

Memory 3: For the first time, The Giver gives Jonas a memory of great physical pain. It is a memory in which he is sledding downhill uncontrollably until he is thrown into the air, then falling on the ground. It is a memory that gives Jonas an understanding of true physical pain, something the rest of the community never felt.

Memory 4: The Giver gives Jonas a memory of death and warfare. Jonas watches as a young boy slowly dies before his eyes. 

Memory 5: The Giver also gives Jonas his(the giver) personal favorite memory. It is a memory of family, presents, food, and warmth. Jonas understands "love" through this memory.

Memory 6: Jonas sees that there are other ways to live. He understands that the way of living in the community is planned, there have been other ways of doing things in the past. In The Giver's favorite memory, Jonas sees that grandparents live with the rest of the family. In the community, the elderly live by themselves at the House of the Old.

Memory 7: The Giver telling Jonas the story of Rosemary, the failed Receiver ten years ago, The Giver explains that memories are "forever." If Jonas were to be lost in the river, his memories would still live on. They would somehow find their way back to the people in the community just as Rosemary's had when she had been released.

Memory 8: Watching the release of the smaller twin baby, Jonas recognizes that the baby has died just as the young boy had in the memory of death. The earlier memory helps him realize that his father has killed the infant. 
Memory 9: Jonas tries to hold on to the memory of sunshine in order to warm himself and Gabe from the cold. 

The Giver Giving Memories To Jonas

Theme: Sameness/Utopia

      The theme of the book “The Giver” is Sameness and the concept of Utopia. One of the most important themes in “The Giver” is the significance of memory to human life. At some point in the past the community in The Giver decided to eliminate/remove all pain from their lives. They had to give up the memories of their society’s experiences. This allowed them to forget all of the pain, sadness, and loneliness  that had been suffered throughout history, it also prevented members of the society from wanting to engage in activities and relationships that could result in conflict and suffering; in order to live in total peace and harmony; like utopia. But as the story goes on, Jonas goes through his training, he learns that just as there is no pain without memory, there is also no true happiness.As the book stated, “Not everyone is happy in a ‘perfect’ world”, Jonas realized that even though his community is perfect; not everyone is gonna be happy.