Class Discussion-The Giver

I had read The Giver in middle school before this class and I loved the book the first time I read it! I actually finished it almost two weeks before we were suppose to finish it for class when I was younger. The idea that I did not know what ended up happening to Jonas and Gabe really bothered me. Yet, after attending class I realized that it was great to come up with my own ending to the story, which I thought they do survive. Class discussion was so interesting when we talked about how important memories and feelings are to live and humanity. It is difficult to imagine a place or world without them if someone didn't read this book. I thought it was brilliant that Jonas felt the memories, like the fire or the feeling of love at Christmas. I love that he came back to Christmas at the end with the memory of the sled and the snow, especially since i get that same love feeling about Christmas and that time of year. And not only the Christmas aspect, but how you can see it in a religious perspective of Christ sacrificing himself for our sins and Jonas sacrificing himself so the community is alive again and has those memories. The detail of no color is fascinating as well, how Lowry does not come out and say there is not any color, until Jonas first sees the color red.