The Giver Blog

When I was reading The Giver by Lois Lowry, there were some Memory moment  shared  by the main character, Jonas. One of them I want a to share is when Jonas remembers when they got his sister Lily, another main character. “Though Jonas had only become a five the year that they acquired Lily and learned her name, he remembered the excitement, the conversations at home, wondering about her: how she look, who she would be, how she would fit into their established family unit”. (12) This memory moment explains how Lily came into Jonas’s life.

In Chapter one, there were some Again and Again shared with Jonas. One example of Again and Again is when Jonas’s mother reminds Lily about the “Rules”. “Maybe we should keep him,” Lily suggested sweetly, trying to look innocent. The look was fake, Jonas knew; they all knew. “Lily,” Mother reminded her, smiling, “ You know the rules.” Two children-one male, one female-to each family unit. It was written very clearly in the rules. Lily giggled. “Well,” she said. “I thought maybe just this once.”(8) This Again and Again explains if you have three child's, you might get a lot of trouble.