Holidays are very rare in the
community, but for one day they had one. Asher was playing with some kids and
Jonas joined them. They were playing a war game, Jonas had never realized that
and when he did he felt a lot of pain because he remembered the memory of war.
Asher was really upset at Jonas because he had ruined the game, he didn't
meaner to, and no one could connect with the pain that he was feeling. Now that
he had received more memories he couldn't connect with his friends anymore, they
all had different lives. Back at the house Father was trying to get some sleep
because the next day he will release a twin, he will weight them and the bigger
one will stay in the community. He made it seem as something that the babies
enjoyed.
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| This represents war, one of the most painful memories that Jonas has. |
The next day Jonas went to his
training at the Annex, he asked the Giver about the previous receiver. Her name
was Rosemary, she
was really smart and eager to learn, she wanted more of the painful memories
and that’s what made her feel sad, she released herself eventually, giving all
the memories that she had back to the community. The Giver felt sad because he
loved her just like he loved Jonas. After the Giver told this to Jonas, Jonas
wanted to know about release, the Giver told him that he could watch his father
release the twin that morning. They watched the video together at the annex
room. Jonas had seen his father killed a baby, Jonas recognized the same
posture of watch had happened in war. He didn't wanted to go home, he was upset
and angry. The Giver told him that he could spent the night there that way they
could both create a plan for Jonas to escape to Elsewhere. The
plan was based in Jonas leaving the community during the ceremony of twelve
with the help of the Giver, after that searchers will go out to find him and
will see his clothes and bicycle next to the river, by then Jonas will be on
his own in a journey to Elsewhere all by himself. The Giver will not be able to
go with him because he will help the citizens calm down after receiving all of
Jonas memories, also the Giver wanted to stay because we wanted to get together
with his daughter, Rosemary.
Memories
are important in a person’s life, they help to build up a personality and also
give the knowledge to a person so that he or she does not make past mistakes. Sometimes
to have many memories is a good thing, but other times it is too painful for a
person to hold up so many memories like Jonas and the Giver do. This is shown
in the quote below:
"The worst part
of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need
to be shared” (154).
Memories
are overwhelming, they are too big just for two persons to hold up. In this
community The Giver and Jonas have the job of keeping all of the memories, this
is a very hard job because they cannot express all of the feelings that you
have from memories because no one else has them therefore no one else could
give you advice or help you get through something painful like death. "Memories need to be
shared.”
Many things will change in the community. Jonas will need a lot of help
to run away and go to Elsewhere. The Giver and Jonas will need to be
really smart and use the memories and their knowledge so that Jonas could
escape and the memories will return to the people in the community.
Ale i think what you say about memories need to be share is correct cause many times memories are the ones who create bonds with in people and tell us what we did wrong on the past so we make it right the next time. Do you think the people of the community should have the memories?
ResponderBorrarThanks Rafa, I do think that the people in the community should have the memories. This is because everyone should be able to have knowledge that comes from the memories, I also think that not only two people should have the memories in the community (The Giver and Jonas), everyone should have the right to have knowledge and also to have information about the past and how things were like.
BorrarAle Du, I agree with you when you said that memories are overwhelming and are too big for two to have them, but don't you think is best for only two people to suffer instead of the whole community feeling the painful memories? I believe your blog was really interesting
ResponderBorrarThanks Isa, I don’t think that it is best that only two persons have the memories, everyone needs at some point to feel pain or pleasure. Like I said in my text response in my blog, memories are too big for a person to hold, there are many painful memories and at some point they need to be shared, for example: if you had a really bad day at school, you have to tell your mom or your father, that’s why memories are important, they help you be a better person and also able to help other people that might have problems of their own.
BorrarAle,
ResponderBorrarYour blog post really interested me. I think that when you said it means that if you have a painful memory then how you manage to overcome it that makes you the person you are. However, in Jonas´ community the receivers cannot react to the memories they get and therefore receivers have a sad and lonely life, just like the Giver said. You make a valid point when you said that two people couldn´t handle that many memories and they need to share them. I think that if you have a terrible memory then you have the right to share it with whoever you wish because this horrible memories give you nothing but pain.