The Giver Rhetorical Analysis

Imagine life without emotion. The scenario that appears in one’s mind is completely alien. In this novel, life is completely without true emotion. The protagonist is a boy named Jonas who discovers the heartless nature of the ‘utopia’ he lives in after being assigned to be the Receiver of Memory. The Receiver is the one individual in the community that has knowledge of the world before Sameness. In Sameness color is gone, music is heard by no one, and the emotions people feel are but fleeting glimpses into what we call suffering, pain, joy, and love. As the sole owner of the memory of war, hunger, and love, Jonas endures hardships few have over years and years of Sameness. Jonas feels it is his duty to help those he loves understand the value of feeling and he believes it is job to protect those he loves from the cold, emotionless …show more content…
The intention of joy was to reward humanity for struggling and fighting for every action, every move, it made, but now struggles are made easy, and pains are weak before our solutions. Not to say that our joy today isn’t deserved, but it isn’t treasured and held in the regard that it deserves. In the novel, Jonas had to struggle in a cold, heartless world for what he believed in, and in the end his suffering turned to joy, as he found that love could still exist after his pains. Additionally, Jonas found that after his tribulations, love could still be found “in places where families created and kept memories” (Lowry 225). Jonas realized that love was something real and not just something that could be Given to him. Love is a thing, a physical thing, that can be felt by those that can appreciate it, and appreciation can only be found if one understands the basis for which ideals stand on. In a world where true joy isn’t spoken of and feelings aren’t felt, Jonas found that love persisted, even through opposing

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