"Call me the Giver"

Drew Barth

2/22/2012

Authors Note: This piece is to explain the importance of this quote in the book The Giver

"Call me the Giver" the old receiver said. This quote was so important in the book The Giver by Lois Lowery because it showed young Jonas that he was now the receiver and was in control of his community. Jonas lives in a community full of sameness which means that everyone is the same there is no emotion or feeling towards anything or anyone. When Jonas gains access to the government by becoming the new receiver he sees what they are doing to people. Jonas wants a stop to it that's when he decides that he wants to help people figure out what the world used to be. This is why when the old receiver called himself the giver Jonas knew that he was on his own now and he could make his own decisions. 

                 This quote mean's so much to this book because it tells us that the Giver is ready to let Jonas go and retire from the receiver of memories. Also it told Jonas that someday he will be overwhelmed with severe pain and stress of holding the memories of the past. Jonas is a very brave and courageous boy but he doesn’t think he could handle this responsibility. Soon all Jonas wants is to live life with emotion and feelings because of the new memories he is receiving. The Giver agrees with Jonas and they design a plan for Jonas to escape the city and find elsewhere were there might be civilization. While Jonas is gone the Giver will teach the people to accepted and believe in the past world so they don't have to be controlled by the Government. This is all of the result by the old receiver saying "Call me the Giver".

      This quote was such an important event that it affected the whole stories events. This is the most important quote from the book it was clear to Jonas what his assignment was and what he had to do to live the life he wanted. Jonas didn't want to endure such pain but he did and gained wisdom about life and himself and decided to go and find elsewhere.