This is personification. This was stated by Asher about the apple that he and Jonas were playing catch with. I chose this quote because this is a response to Jonas asking if the apple seemed unusual. He asked this because he saw the apple change color. This is when he is beginning to see the color red.
The Bicycle is the first symbol we see in the novel. It is given to all citizens at age nine and they keep it until they go to the House of the Old. This symbol is the most often seen and mentioned in the novel. Most children teach their younger siblings to ride their bikes before age nine, though it is against the rules. By far, this is the most common symbol seen in the whole novel.
The comfort object is given to all new children and they keep it until the age of Eight, when it is recycled back to younger children. The Comfort Object is usually a stuffed animal which in the book is deemed to be "imaginary". Lily's is a Elephant, Jonas' was a Bear, and Gabriel's is a Hippopotamus. The comfort object is first mentioned by Lily saying she wanted it, but Jonas got a memory of an Elephant, so he told her there once were elephants. She laughed and didn't believe him. She also played with Gabriel's Comfort Object. This symbol reoccurs throughout the novel so I thought it was definitely one of the reoccurring symbols in the novel.
Gabriel is the fifth main character we meet in The Giver. He is a newchild who is having issues growing and sleeping. Jonas' Father is permitted by the council to take him home for additional nurturing. Lily says that he has "weird" eyes like Jonas'. He is the only character other than The Giver to have a definitive hair color. Jonas says he has blonde hair. He is also very unique in the sense that he can receive memories. Jonas discovered this one night when he wasn't sleeping soundly and Jonas gave him a pleasant memory. Overall, Gabriel is the third most important main character. He was to be released, but Jonas left the community and took him along to save him. His ability to receive memory prompts Jonas to try to give the memories to normal people (it failed). Overall, Gabriel is the third most important main character.
The Giver is the sixth main character we meet in The Giver. He is a very old man with a somewhat tortured soul due to all the painful memories he holds. He is the only character with a definitive appearance in the whole novel. His picture is seen on the cover. He has brownish eyes and a greyish-white beard and hair. He is a very tolerant person who is very respectful of Jonas' feelings and wishes. Overall, he is the most important character in the novel. Without him, Jonas wouldn't have left the town, gotten his job as Receiver of Memory, and the book wouldn't have an ending that people are still pondering about. Without him, the book wouldn't be nearly as good a page-turner as it is with him. That is why he is the most important main character.
Jonas' Mother is the fourth main character we meet in The Giver. She has a somewhat uptight and bland personality. She also seems to be very understanding of what her children say (like most mothers). As there are no colors, we don't know what her hair and eye color is. In the movie, she has the same hair and eye color as Lily. Overall, she is the fifth most important main character in The Giver. She was there when Jonas tried to ask them if they felt the emotion of love. She explained how vague of a word that was. She also told him how to avoid The Stirrings. Overall, she is the fifth most important main character in the novel.
Lily is the third character we meet in The Giver. She is a Seven (meaning she is seven years old) and behaved in every way you'd expect a seven year old to behave. As there are no colors in the novel, we are unaware of her eye and hair color. In the movie, she has brown hair and brown and olive colored eyes. Overall, she is the least important character in my opinion. She has no major effects on the plot, but she does give us a few laughs and funny bits in what can be a somewhat sad storyline at points. Overall, she is the least important main character.
Jonas' Father is the second character we physically meet in The Giver. Like I said before, there are no colors so we don't know his hair color, but he has most likely brown hair and brown eyes. He has had quite a few impacts on the plot. He caused the 3rd most important main character to come into the story. He also released an infant, prompting Jonas to leave. All-in-all, he is the 4th most important main character.
Jonas is the first character we meet in The Giver. Seeing as there are (for the most part) no colors in the book, Jonas' hair color is unknown. However, his eyes are mentioned to be "weird" by his sister at one point. No colors mean that his eyes are probably a lighter shade of grey then everyone else's ( which would qualify them as "weird"). His eyes are most likely blue if this is the case. His personality is of a balanced person. He likes studying and has a sense of humor (sounds a lot like me). He seems like an honest person and a good citizen to me. However, he has the 2nd largest impact on the overall plot out of all 6 main characters. Sure he leaves the town and tries to get to Elsewhere and so on, but none of his major effects in the plot are possible without the memories from the Giver himself. He has effects of his own on the plot. Jonas is the opening character and the closing character of the book. That means that he has had impacts on the plot of he whole story. Which is why I gave him second place as MIC (Most Important Character).
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Hello my name is Thomas, and this is my full analysis of The Giver by Lois Lowery. ArchivesCategories
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