The Giver is a book about a community that has no color, no thoughts, no feelings. You have to live by the same routine every day. Jonas is the hero in this Hero’s Journey. When he turns twelve he receives the job of Receiver of Memory. The Receiver of Memories job is to receive all the memories for the community. This is when Jonas’s Hero’s Journey begins.
The ceremony of twelve’s is when all the kids turning receive the job that they will have for the rest of their lives (everybody in the community has the same birth day as everybody the same age as them). This is where Jonas receives the job of Receiver of Memory (the calling). In order for him to receive memory he has to go to the Giver for training to get the memory. The Giver will transfer his memories to Jonas (the separation). The moment Jonas walks out the door and goes to training is the moment he starts his journey (the threshold). After a few trainings Jonas could now feel pain, anger, sadness, and can even see color (the descent).
Jonas isn’t aloud to talk to anyone about his training not his family or friends (the initiation). Jonas and the Giver make up make up a plan for Jonas to escape the community. The reason why the want to do that is because they don’t agree with the community. If Jonas leaves then the community will have to feel the pain, love, sadness, and anger. But they are unsure if the plan is going to work or not (the abyss). The Giver who has all the memories is the (mentor). He was once the Receiver of Memories but he is getting to old so he’s giving all his memories to Jonas. So on the planned night of escape Jonas leaves his house (the transformation).
There isn’t a return to this Hero’s Journey because Jonas never returns home to his family, community, or home. The creation is unknown because we don’t know if Jonas’s journey changed the community for the better or the worst.
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