The Giver By Lois Lowry: Theme Analysis

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Would you like living in a world where everything was absolutely the same? In The Giver, Jonas lives in a community where everything is the same and very organized. Jonas is selected to be the new Receiver of Memory, and during his training he receives memories, along with emotions, feelings, and the ability to see colors. He discovers the startling truth about his community. So him and the Giver make a plan for Jonas to escape the community, search for a new opportunity and find “Elsewhere”. The theme of The Giver by Lois Lowry is it’s good to be different and not the same and is supported by these symbols Jonas, light eyes and Asher. I will be covering all of the reasons why the symbols of Jonas, light eyes, and Asher represent the theme…show more content…
Jonas supports the theme because he is different from everyone else. The Giver states, “You members of the community will not understand it, either. Perhaps Jonas will, because the current Receiver has told us that Jonas already has the quality. He calls it the Capacity to See Beyond.” (Novel, p. 63). Second, The Giver states that Jonas has been selected to be the new Receiver of Memory, which is the most honored job in the community (Novel, p. 60-61). Since Jonas has the ability to see beyond, which makes him different from everyone else in the community, he has been selected with the honor of being the new Receiver of Memory, in other words, Jonas’ differences got him selected for the most honored job in the community. He also has the ability to see color, and feel emotions and feelings, which the Giver states, “ ‘I see all of them. All the colors.’ ‘Will I?’ ‘Of course. When you receive the memories. You have the capacity to see beyond. You’ll gain wisdom, then, along with colors. And lots more.’ “ (Novel, p. 95). To sum it up, being different comes in Jonas’ advantage and gets him selected to be the new Receiver of a Memories and helps him see how his community is so full of
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