In Lois Lowry’s The Giver, the Giver is the mentor. The mentor helps, trains or teaches a hero. The Giver has held the memories of the world’s past and he is the only one who has these memories. These memories include war, love, loneliness, the ability to make decisions, seeing color and weather. Life in this community is very structured and the people living in the community don’t know any other way to live so they are happy. The old receiver gives the memories to the new carefully selected new receiver and if the receiver leaves the community all the memories will go back to the community.
The Giver received all the memories of the world many years ago, and is now responsible to give the memories to the new Receiver. During the Ceremony of the Twelves, Jonas was told he was selected to be the new Receiver. Jonas must report to the Giver right after school and go back to his dwelling right after his training. Jonas received the memories of the world little by little from the Giver.
The Giver is a mentor to Jonas because he helps him receive the world’s memories. The Giver trains Jonas by first introducing pleasant memories like snow, sled rides and sunlight. As time passes, Jonas wants to accept the more painful memories and the Giver transfers them. Jonas now had memories of the world beyond the community that included feelings, color and war. Jonas realizes this could be the way of life for everyone but doesn’t know how to make that happen. The Giver explains how the last receiver couldn’t handle the memories and chose not to be the next Receiver. When she was released all the memories she had were released back into the community. The Giver helped Jonas make a plan for Jonas’ escape so that the memories would be released into the community. Since the Giver helps Jonas give the memories back to the community, he is the mentor.
No comments:
Post a Comment