Character Analysis on the Giver
The Giver is part of the group of Elders, a highly appreciated group in the Community, which wears the traditional Elders attire (Lowry 75). The Giver has pale, tired eyes with a wrinkled face, which makes him appear much older than he really is (Lowry 75-76).
Although The Giver is very kind and middle- aged, he appears as if he is much older for he is weighed down inside with pain from all the memories he has had to store inside himself to protect the Community from pain and sorrow (Lowry 78). The man has good times and bad times. He has times when the memories make him happy, for instance snow is a happy memory. He also has bad times, like the memory of war (Lowry 78). Not very many people know this but The Giver actually has a child named Rosemary and a wife who now lives with other childless adults (Lowry 125). The Giver has mourned the release of Rosemary for many years (Lowry 142). |
The Giver's Speech
Jonas has not yet been seen for over twenty four hours. His clothes have been spotted, along with his bike, near the river. We have reason to believe that Jonas has fallen into the river and drowned. We must acknowledge his death, as a Community, with the Ceremony of Loss right away. We will have to move on within the Community, and I will be the Receiver of Memory until another person has been selected.
I feel that The Giver would not tell the Community about the releasing of his memories, when he leaves, because that might reveal his plan with Jonas.
{ Lowry, Lois. The Giver. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. Print.}
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