The Giver Pain Quotes

This shows that pain, suffering, and the real world should not be forced onto one person because it does not work and the one person that does have to face all of the truth will not believe that it is right. Another reason that connects to not only one person should face suffering and sorrow shown in The Giver is when Jonas thinks about how he was the only person that had to go through what was actually happening and wanted to tell others what was actually happening. For example, the author wrote,"They were satisfied with their lives which had none of the vibrance his own was taking on. And he was angry at himself, that he could not change that for them. "(Lois Lowry, 13).This explains that with throwing all of sorrow and pain on to one person makes them think that they should help others that don't get to experience the truth but they cant making

Chapter 14 of The Giver tells how the giver is transmitting more and more memories every day to Jonas. The Giver transmits the memory of another ride on a sled, only this time the sled loses control and Jonas experiences pain and nausea from a badly broken leg. The pain lingers after the experience is over, but the Giver is not allowed to give him relief-of-pain, Over the next days, the Giver transmits more and more painful memories, always ending the day with a memory of pleasure. Jonas wonders why the whole community cannot share the pain of these important memories, and the Giver tells him that this is the reason the position of Receiver is so honored—the community does not want to be burdened and pained by memories. Jonas wants to change

On some afternoons, the Giver sends Jonas away because he is in too much pain. Jonas wants to know why. To introduce Jonas to the concept of pain, the Giver gives him a memory similar to the one

One day the Giver shows Jonas the memory of war and Jonas feels pain that he did not know existed. “Jonas did not want to go back. He didn't want the memories, didn't want the honor, didn't want the wisdom, didn't want the pain” (Lowry 119). Jonas’s horrified feelings after experiencing the grotesque memory of killing and death during war leave him in pain, but pain comes with living life, something the rest of the community is

In “The Giver” Jonas shows his growth and knowledge that he gains through the memories. Jonas was just a regular male in his community except for one thing which was his light eyes. When Jonas first took the job of the Giver he knew there would be pain. “Terrible pain like none he had ever experienced before”. He must have been very brave if he still went to training the next morning.

This memory was causing great suffering to The Giver and needed to be passed to be someone else. Unfortunately as the receiver, Jonas had to take this sorrowful memory as is own. Jonas learns how powerful sorrow is and the emotional pain it can

In the book "The Giver" Jonas demonstrates courage in his willingness to continue to become a receiver even after feeling the terrifying memories of pain and suffering. When he received the memory of the war and starvation they hurt Jonas and after

In chapters 6-11 of “The Giver” a few things stood out to me. First, I found a theme for these chapters which is: all good things have a price/consequences. A quote to support this is “Jonas swallowed hard, trying without success, to imagine what such pain might be like, with no medication at all,” (Lowry 70) The assignment or selection of Receiver of Memory causes Jonas’s DISPOSITION to become very JAUNTY, but also worried because he has never experienced a huge amount of pain before. Quite frankly I haven't either.

Jonas is weak from his travels away from the community with Gabriel. As they settle on the sled, “Jonas felt himself losing consciousness and with his whole being willed himself to stay upright atop the sled...the wind whipped at his face as they sped in a straight line through an incision that seemed to lead to the final destination... the Elsewhere that held their future and their past” (178). The memory feels real to Jonas because “Until now, this action has been a sort of dream, someone else’s memory, someone else’s exhilaration, someone else’s difficulty and pain. But now all of these things are very much Jonas’ own” (Johnson).

Once Jonas turned twelve, during the ceremony he was singled out and given the most important role in their community by the elders. (who are in control of their society) To receive special training from the Giver. The Giver alone is the only one who holds the past memories of all the pain, fear and joy there is to behold. Now its Jonas’s task to receive the painful truth.

As Lois Lowry once said, “Be proud of your pain, for you are stronger than those with none.” In her book The Giver, Lowry writes about pain but in some ways happiness through it. After one apprentice, The Giver has reasons for making Jonas’s training different than Rosemary’s. When Jonas is selected as the new Receiver, The Giver has to change how his training will go because of his feelings. The Giver gradually gives Jonas painful memories.

He wanted to feel what a scraped knee felt liked Jonas wanted to know what it felt to feel pain. The Giver led Jonas the memory of a fractured leg, and he began to mild discomfort little by little. Jonas experienced pain and now had more knowledge. Day by day we grow emotionally and mentally stronger if do not feel pain we cannot feel

Jonas goes through a lot while receiving the memories from The Giver. He first gets happy memories such as the sled, but then The Giver has to give him painful memories. He first receives the memory of physical pain from sunburn (Lowry 86). The pain is minimal compared to the memory of a broken leg (Lowry 109) and an injured arm during a war. During the war memory, he sees death (Lowry 119, 121). He experiences grief when he receives the memory the shot elephant (Lowry 100). Most haunting of all are the memories of the release of old and the part his father plays in the release of new born (Lowry 150). These trials at first horrify Jonas but he learns to deal with the

Suffering is horrible and painful, but it’s an integral part of the human experience, and without it we’re not living the way we are intended to. Without memories of pain we can’t hope to learn from the past and better our futures. In chapter 20 The Giver tells Jonas, “The worst part of holding memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”

Lois Lowry shows the dreadful memories that Jonas had from The Giver. To show this, she explained, "But the noise continued all around: the cries of the wounded men, the cries begging for water and for Mother and for death. Horses lying on the ground shrieked, raised their heads, and stabbed randomly toward the sky with their hooves.” (Lowry 119) Furthermore, Lois Lowry has showed a motif of memories, and a dreadful one. Jonas experiences pain in his head, while