What is the conflict and resolution in The Giver?

Answer 1

There are several major conflicts in the novel. One "man vs. nature" conflict is depicted by the way in which society tries to control or overcome the forces of nature. They do this by controlling life and death, the weather, and any other aspects of nature that they can. At the same time, pain and suffering from nature sometimes do overcome society's constraints on them.

Perhaps the most important conflict in the novel is that of man vs. himself, or Jonas's struggle to do what he thinks is best for society. Having grown up believing that his society was perfect, Jonas's decision to leave the society and release all of the memories takes considerable courage.

Various man vs. man conflicts appear in the book as well, including the Giver's conflict with Jonas when he transmits some of the memories, as well as Jonas's minor conflict with his father over whether Gabriel should be Released.

Answer 2

In the Giver, there really isn't a conflict or problem in the book, but when Jonas is chosen as the receiver of memory, it becomes a conflict for him as to how he will cope with the dark secrets and lies through memories that he is given. When Gabriel, one baby that Jonas' father cares for at the nurturing centre begins to disrupt other babies in the centre by constantly being a cry baby, he becomes a nuisance and is applied for release.

Jonas, suffering from the memories and having a choice between staying here and letting Gabriel die, or to leave the community with Gabriel, and have the memories left behind him with the community to deal with war, poverty, hunger and pain. Not only that, but Jonas is able to give memories to Gabriel, meaning that Gabriel is special and can see things differently as well. There aren't many around in the community that can see things differently other than Jonas, The Giver, Gabriel and another six year old, but she is too young to bear the burden of becoming the Receiver instead of Jonas.

So Jonas has no choice. He must leave the community along with Gabriel, and have the community receive the memories he will leave behind. It will then have to construct itself again in its own way with the burden of the memories. The Giver will assist the town in doing that.

As Jonas leaves the community, he and Gabriel begin to get hungry. With the food left behind because it is too hard to carry, and the remaining food brought along consumed by both of them, Jonas begins to worry whether he and Gabriel will survive. The book concludes with Jonas' memories weakening as they fall behind him into the community, but as he gets to the first hill instead of all "Flat" sameness land, with snow from the first memory that the Giver gives him, Jonas and Gabriel end the book by sliding down the snowy hill in a sledge towards a village. Both of them hear people singing below, and Jonas knows that it is music by the description of it that the Giver gave him. Jonas did not receive the memory of music, instead he let The Giver keep it with him in the community that he left behind.

This book has two other sequels, Messenger and Gathering Blue, but I wouldn't really call them sequels, and neither did the author call them that. They are based in the same time period, nine years later, but both of them are only linked by the theme of "Sameness" and no hunger, pain, war, etc. They are also set in other communities with the sheltering to the truth, but have different characters, and all. There is no Jonas or Gabriel, and they don't have Givers and Receivers. But they are recommended if you would like more "Sameness" and some tensity. But they don't follow up on the characters and things that happen in the Giver. They are only related by the themes of sameness and sheltering from the truth, and the kept secrets of pain, war and hunger.

Answer 3

Conflict arises when Jonas becomes aware of reality as he receives Memories. This awareness is very unsettling to him. He begins to mentally revolt against some of the restrictions placed on community members.

Answer 4

The conflict of the giver is that Jonas and The Giver discover that maybe sameness is not as good as people think. The climax is when Jonas realises what "release" is. The conflict in this book is the sameness vs. individualism.

Answer 5

Jonas' community is a dystopian community that appears to be a utopian community. In other words, the government is tricking Jonas' community into thinking they are living perfect lives, but they are really being kept from the knowledge of the real world and each resident has a bad future...release.

Answer 6

The conflict in "The Giver" arises when Jonas learns about the dark truths hidden by his seemingly perfect society. The resolution comes when he decides to escape the community, seeking freedom and a chance to experience true emotions and memories.

Answer 7

The Giver is one of the most interesting books that you will ever be forced to read in your school career. Please read it for yourself and find out.

Answer 8

People vs. society

People vs. people

People vs. nature