It´s Now or Never

The Giver, a book so interesting, filled with intrigue and surprises that I can´t stop reading. Below you will find a poem that states what has happened in the last chapters I read...

“The game of war should not be played,

it caused a fight between best friends.

Reality was then displayed,

and things came to an end.

Here they come, they’ll be born,

the twins expected for so long.

But only one can stay in here,

or else it would be a big deal.

Rosemary, Rosemary,

failed ten years ago,

in the attempt to handle it all.

The pain she couldn’t bear

led her to despair.

The release had to be made,

and elsewhere then she went.

Her memories still stayed,

and a lot of pain displayed.

Release, release, what does it mean?

It´s a harsh and cruel thing.

In which death is clearly seen,

but it´s hidden from everything.

  

A life like that should not exist,

its good things are dismissed.

 It´s now or never for a change,

so a plan had to be made.

For everyone to understand,

they´re life style should be banned,

the memories had to return,

no matter if they hurt.”

As I continued reading, there were several parts of the book which made me stop and think about many different things, however the following quote really grabbed my attention:

“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It´s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” (Lowry 154)

SHARE: it means to give a portion of something to others.

Life = sharing

When I read this quote it made me think mostly about the loneliness of not being able to share something so important, such as memories, with others. In life almost everything needs to be shared in order for them to be significant. A meaningful life is not one you keep to yourself, but one you share with others. Humans are interdependent, they need other people to share their life's with. Also, this made me think about one of the themes in the book: “Importance of Memories.” Memories give people wisdom, intelligence and feelings, but all of those things need to be shared, that’s what makes them special. The sharing of love and happiness as well as pain unites people together, like Jonas and The Giver. Furthermore when I read this quote I realized that if I had to live in a world in which special things like memories couldn't be shared, I would feel empty and lonely. No one should live like that, things had to change.

The Giver gets more interesting and makes me fill with intrigue each word I continue to read. The decision Jonas and The Giver made about changing their community and the way in functions really surprised me. I think that Jonas is a very brave person when he decided to leave everything behind to make people understand their life's needed to be different.If I was in his position it would be really hard for me to do it.  

There is only one chance to change this community... IT´S NOW OR NEVER.