The Giver could not bring himself to give her physical pain, but at her insistence he gave her loneliness, loss, poverty, and fear. He never saw her again. Later, he learned that she had applied for release that day. The Giver tells him it would be a disaster: his memories would not be lost, but instead all of the people in the community would have them, and they would not be able to deal with them.
The Giver becomes thoughtful and says that if that happened, perhaps he could help the community to deal with the memories in the same way that he helps Jonas, but that he would need more time to think about it.
He warns Jonas to stay away from the river, just in case. The attitudes that Asher and Lily have toward violence and release are typical, since neither understands what violence and death really entail. Treating release as only slightly more serious than a journey is made possible by the word itself, since it can have other meanings besides death.
Jonas, too, still does not understand what release really means. However, though Jonas is well versed in the ways of the world before Sameness, his memories have taught him nothing about life in his community.
Jonas does not associate the idea of release with his new understanding of physical pain. Instead, he is curious because his recent exposure to psychological pain—to real loneliness and real happiness—makes him wonder about the difficult separation from the community, and his new isolation that makes him wonder about the ultimate isolation of release. Rosemary, the name of the failed Receiver, is also the name of an herb that is associated with remembrance.
It is interesting to note that though the Giver could not bear to give Rosemary physical pain, he allowed himself to give her pain that some people might consider to be far worse than physical pain. The community had a hard time coping with them.
If Jonas were accidentally lost in the river, all of the memories he has been given will also come back to the people, confusing and tormenting them. Browse all BookRags Book Notes. Copyrights The Giver from BookRags. All rights reserved. Toggle navigation. Sign Up. Sign In. Get The Giver from Amazon. View the Study Pack. View the Lesson Plans. He remarks that her eyes were "very luminous. This emotion made it very difficult for The Giver to cause her any sort of pain.
So for five weeks he gave her only happy memories. But the time came when he knew he had to do his duty. He didn't want to cause her any physical anguish, so he transferred only memories of emotional pain: a child taken from its parents, for instance. After that, Rosemary changed. She was no longer happy, and he no longer got to hear the sound of her laughter. One day, the old man says, she stood up at the end of their session, kissed him on the cheek, and left.
Jonas doesn't want to leave The Giver, his only real friend, behind. Although Jonas tells The Giver that they "don't need to care about the rest of them," he knows that his statement isn't true. They need to care because caring about others is "the meaning of everything. Jonas plans to leave the community just before the upcoming December Ceremony.
In preparation, The Giver will transmit memories of strength and courage to Jonas. The night before the ceremony, Jonas will leave a note, which his parents will find the next morning, stating that he's gone for an early morning bicycle ride. He will leave his bicycle and some clothing by the river and then go to the Annex. In the morning, The Giver will request a vehicle and driver in order to visit another community.
Jonas will hide in the storage compartment of the vehicle. The people in the community will notice Jonas' absence; they will search and assume he's fallen into the river, as the four-year-old Caleb did years earlier.
The Giver will then return just in time to perform the Ceremony of Loss for Jonas. The plan seems perfect. Lowry concludes Chapter 20 by showing the love and affection that Jonas and The Giver have for one another. The Giver tells Jonas that after he helps the people in the community cope with their newly found memories, he wants to be with his daughter, Rosemary, who, we now learn, was the earlier Receiver-in-training who chose death over living a lonely and isolated life filled with painful memories.
The Giver is telling Jonas that he is planning to commit suicide. Hall of Closed Records a building that houses various documents and video recordings; all information in the Hall of Closed Records is off-limits to the vast majority of citizens.
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