The Giver (Chapters 14-16)

In these two chapters, the Giver transmit energy into the sled for another ride and it looses control. It cause Jonas to experience pain and nausea. The Giver wouldn't allow him anything that would relief his pain. So he limped slowly to home. I think that it is really harsh. I think it's harsh because Jonas is hurt, and he cannot even tell his parents that! But it also teaches him discipline for receiving a very special role in his community or government. Giving him these memories and pain would give them wisdom, lets say if the town wants to make more newborns a year, the Giver would say no because that would cause hunger for the town.

On the other hand, Gabriel is starting to grow, but still cannot sleep through the whole night. Jonas's father thinks that Gabriel will be released and they will replace him with another newborn. Jonas wonders where the newborns will be "released." He thinks that someone else will come and take care of them, but I think the exact opposite of that. I think that they take the newborns, and kill them. They would kill it and replace it. Just like in the movie, "The Island." They make clones and replace body parts that would be weak and about to die, and these newborns that are going to be released, are the weak body parts of the town. (That's only what I think.)

The next morning, Jonas sees the Giver in pain, so he transmits the terrible knowledge to Jonas. He sees a war, and he is in the battlefield. Jonas, hurt, finds himself giving water to a wounded soldier. After that memory, he never wanted to go to the Annex to receive more painful memories. But he does. If I were him, I would be addicted to those too. It would give me more knowledge and I can't get enough of it.

In the next morning, Jonas sees that the Giver is in pain,