The Giver Research Paper

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We would be nothing without our own memories.In my opinion everyone in the community deserves to have the memories. The Giver gave you memories of world history, that had to do with pain and good memories. You need to have experiences of your own, which you will not have without memories of the past. It will make you stronger as an individual, when bad things get in your way you will know how to handle them. The memories will also give you happiness. Just because there are some bad memories there are good ones as well.Would you want the memories? Well if you keep reading you will read why I think everyone deserves the memories. What would life be like if you had no memories or emotions? As a person growing up to live a long healthy life you need to have experience of things. One time I was in a situation where I either had to leave and mow our yard or stay at a friends house. From experience I knew to leave because if you stay you might end up making someone angry. Having experience helps you to know the right choice.Experience also gives you opportunities. In the book, the Giver it says.In the book it says that the Giver passed Jonas the memory of a broken bone. The …show more content…
Me having bad memories helped me become a stronger individual. My bad memory was that I lost my great grandpa. This happening caused me to be stronger about it when it happens again. In the book Jonas seen his father releasing a child. The release is also known as killing a person. In this case it was the smaller child of a set of twins. Now that Jonas has seen that, the next time that he see’s that happen he will know how to react to it. Jonas got the memory of being hungry. Since he received this memory when Jonas and Gabriel ran away he knew how to deal with being hungry. It also gave him the power to give Gabriel memories of warmth, cold, and etc..He was also strong when it came to the subject of all the weather situations they