2. The red items; an apple and a book, are on the cover
to represent the first color that Jonas saw as the new
Receiver. The apple was the first time Jonas was able to
“see beyond”, and the books are the first real objects he
sees in color.
The sun and the snowflake show the first feelings of
real heat and cold. At first, the snow is fluffy and the sun is
comfortably warm. Then, as the training progresses, the
two things take an unpleasant turn.
3. Ceremony
of Twelves
This image shows Jonas in the
Ceremony of Twelve. This is an
extremely important point in any
child’s life. They are chosen to do a
certain job for their entire life. Jonas is
chosen to be to be the Receiver of
Memories, after a previous failure. The
whole story continues off of Jonas’
training.
Jonas’ best friend Asher was selected as the Recreational
Director because of all the volunteer hours he spent doing this
job. The jobs were based off of where the volunteer hours were
spent.
4. The first memories the Giver
chooses to transfer to Jonas are
memories of warm sunlight and
sledding down a hill of soft, fluffy
snow. This is in preparation for the
upcoming memories. Jonas enjoys
these, but does not know what to
expect later on.
Soft, gentle. Jonas’ first time sledding was very
pleasant, but very different from his second
time.
5. The memories later on in the training
became more painful. Jonas experienced
sunburn and got hurt sledding on the hard
ice. The Giver giving him these memories was
very different than the previous Receiver’s
training. The memories transferred played a
big part in what caused the failure.
The second time Jonas went sledding, the snow
became ice, the sled slid all over, which caused
Jonas great pain, but only in the memory…
6. In Jonas’ community, literally
everyone is equal. Whenever twins are
born, one must be “disposed of”, in the
form of release. Jonas’ father is a Nurturer,
so in this case, he was the one releasing the
twin. It angers Jonas how his father, as well
as everyone else has no feelings, and no
awareness of what they are doing.
After seeing his father release a child, the Giver
plans with Jonas to leave to save the uncertain
fate of a newborn child, Gabriel. And if the
Receiver leaves, the people get their memories,
do they?
7. After deciding that the people need to have
their own memories and that Gabriel cannot be
released, Jonas follows the plan and flees his
community. Of course, he takes Gabriel with
him. On his way, he encounters severe cold and
other bad conditions, but does he make it to
the end?
While Gabriel stayed with Jonas, they became very close.
During the journey, Gabriel was near death because of the
conditions. Jonas uses his tunic to keep him warm.
