The Giver
Author: Lois Lowry
# of pages: 219
The Receiver placed his hands on Jonas's shoulders filling his mind with different memories, first he remembers sledding down a hill giving him a cold feeling. He also felt snow tingling onto his tongue. The Receiver started explaining to Jonas that the people in the community didn't have memories about snow or sledding since they had removed these things for a purpose. Apparently, the hills made it hard to move different goods and the snow made it hard for the community to grow crops. He also explains that all the memories Jonas is having are from the time before they had "sameness." Jonas wished that with the Receivers power if he was able to bring back the sledding on the hills and the crystal white snow but he replied and said that he didn't really have power only honor and that they are two very different things. After Jonas's memory of snow and sledding he gets a memory of sunshine. Earlier in the book when Jonas was announced Receiver of Memory they said that his job would be full of pain. The memory of sunshine gave him his first bit of pain, it was a small sunburn. Near the end of this chapter Jonas was asked by the Receiver for him to not call him that anymore since Jonas was the new Receiver but to call him "The Giver."
I thought this chapter was extremely interesting since we get the first glimpse of Jonas's job as The Receiver of Memory. Also at the end of this chapter there is some foreshadowing when we find out that the "old" Receiver wants to be called "The Giver." I look forward to reading the following chapters since I'm not quite sure what will happen and if Jonas will be able to handle all the pain that he will experience throughout being The Receiver of Memory. Also, I would like to find out what other memories Jonas will have along the way...
Unknown word: basking
Sentence word was in: "This time, as he lay basking in the wonderful warmth, he felt the passage of time." (Lowry, pg. 82)
Definition: Lie exposed to warmth and light, typically from the sun, for relaxation and pleasure.
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