We know our history and that our leaders are doing their best to benefit us. They have been taught that love and joy are fake feelings that mean nothing. When the Giver was educating Jonas about how the receiver’s perspective is going to be different after the memories and how the memories are a precious thing, the Giver elaborates on the condition of the community and says, "They know nothing” (Lowry, 105) When the Giver says this, he means that no one in the community knows the actual truth. It pains both the Giver and Jonas to watch these people who they care about who have so much potential just walk around being controlled by all of the rules, when they could be so much more. After Jonas has finally accepted his calling as the receiver of memory and realizes what a great impact the memories could potentially have on society, he says "It's just that . . . without the memories it's all