Some of the good memories given to Jonas included playing in the snow, experiencing the warmth of sunshine, feeling the coolness of a gentle breeze, and tasting a delicious apple. These memories were meant to show Jonas the beauty and pleasure of life that had been suppressed in his community.
The Giver transmits memories, some bad some good, to Jonas. He prepares him for his assignment which is, The Receiver. The receiver receives all the bad memories from the town so the town is not sad. "It is better for one to suffer than all to suffer", The Giver.
Jonas gives people memories by running away so they can all go back to the community- for memories are forever. once he got memories, he has the ability to give them away to. he just followed what the giver did and gave some memories to Gabe.
Jonas receives memories of pleasure, pain, color, music, weather, and emotions from The Giver. Some specific memories include sledding down hills, celebrating holidays, feeling the pain of a broken bone, and experiencing war and death. These memories help him understand the true complexity of life and the importance of individuality and freedom.
he was selected to receive and keep the memories so that the citizens wouldn't have to carry the bad memories.
Because Jonas must receive all good and bad memories from the Giver. The Giver passes this memory to Jonas so he could have wisdom. The more knowledge Jonas will have based off the memories, the more Jonas can advise the Elders of Committee when they need Jonas's help.
The Giver contains all of the memories (good and bad) of the world before the one of Jonas'. He carries so much knowledge but that knowledge is his burden. For every memory he passes onto Jonas, he loses some knowledge so he also loses some of the burden he is carrying.
Talk about memories, good and bad!!
Jonas from the Giver is needed because he is needed to keep all of the memories from the world before it was changed. He was chosen to be burdened by these memories that can be very painful (the memory of war, death, fire, etc) and some that are very pleasurable (the beach, eating ice cream, etc. The Elders of the community chose him to keep the memories.
He will gain many memories of pain and some of joy. He will acquire wisdom for them
Jonas was sometimes sent away without training in "The Giver" when the Giver needed time to plan or reflect on how best to share memories or when the memories were too painful or difficult for Jonas to experience at that time. It also served as a way to build suspense and tension in the story.
It is when the giver expr
Jonas needs to store the memories of pain because as the novel suggests in rhetorical terms, Jonas' society was fully unaware and ignorant of common feelings. Thus, Jonas had to make sure that he understood what pain was in order to remember and carry on the Giver's sole purpose - the preservation of life and the aspects that go with it! i think its because according to the giver it gives us wisdom and teaches us what pain is