This action will help the community to feel emotions and have compassion again. In addition, Jonas and the Giver made a plan for Jonas to escape resulting in the community gaining all lost memories. The members of the community cannot express their happiness as they have never experienced pain, citizens don’t appreciate the wonder of life because life is taken for granted. The use of the word “pain” suggests that there is no pain without memories.

What it meant, that there would be a pain.’ (Lowry pg. ‘It hurt a lot,’ Jonas said, ‘but I’m glad you gave it to me. For example, throughout his training Jonas learns from the memories and obtains all the wisdom. Jonas consistently shows tremendous courage throughout the novel. considering Jonas has witnessed the past, he realizes all the happiness that has been lost through time. As Jonas is the receiver of memory, he has knowledge that citizens are incapable of understanding. Throughout the book, Jonas constantly engaged himself in situations and effectively showed courage. conformity in the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry is explored very effectively through the explicit dystopian tone used throughout the novel. This quote is underlining the message of the book, that you do not know the worth of your individualism until it is taken away from you.

“we accept your apology Asher the class recited the standard response in unison.” (Lowry pg.5) It is frightful not knowing the importance of being an individual.

Furthermore, when Jonas accepts the standard apology phrase in chapter 1. The readers are positioned to view this as restrictive because Jonas clearly was frustrated by the lack of knowledge the society built up. Society believed that in order to protect the citizens from making wrong choices they would eliminate opinions to maintain a safe world. When people are unable to experience pain themselves, their individuality is devalued. 123) The lack of freedom and desire applied in the ‘Giver’ was implemented to show that the citizens do not have the right nor ability to make choices. For example, in chapter 13 Jonas angrily expresses his emotions “if everything’s the same, then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things! A blue tunic or a red one?” (Lowry Pg. As the plot progressed, it became obvious that the community was one of unnatural conformity. Consequently, people do not have the ability to make their individual decisions and people are unable to think for themselves, blindly accepting and following all rules. The concept of individualism is non-existent in the dystopian novel the Giver. She has positioned the readers to view the community as a calculated and controlled society. In the dystopian novel, The Giver, Lois Lowry illustrates the boringness of conformity.

In the book the giver