LITERATURE QUESTIONS
DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE
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It became a reality
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It turned into a nightmare
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It was forever lost to the old man
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Now the old man and Jonas can enjoy the memory together
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Detailed explanation-1: -He experienced snow, sled, hill, runners, and frigid air. What happened to the old man’s memory of the ride on the sled after he transmitted it to Jonas? The old man didn’t have the memory he transmitted to Jonas anymore.
Detailed explanation-2: -After receiving the painful warfare memory in Chapter 15, Jonas is reluctant to see The Giver again. The pain that he experienced causes him to mature, and, as a result, he loses his innocence and his childhood.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jonas receives a memory of sunshine that is as pleasurable as the sled-riding memory. Confused, Jonas questions The Giver about the pain that he’d been told he would have to endure.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the next painful memory conveyed in these chapters, Jonas breaks his leg while riding downhill on a sled and learns about physical pain: “He gasped. It was as if a hatchet lay lodged in his leg, slicing through each nerve with a hot blade.
Detailed explanation-5: -What happened to the memories when the last Receiver failed 10 years ago? They were released to the community.