The Giver has been the holder of memories and emotions for a long time. Jonas is not the first receiver of memory to be chosen by the Giver. The previous receiver was a girl, and she couldn't handle the massive influx of knowledge and emotion that she was getting. Rosemary asked to be released from her duty (and life). When she died, her memories flooded into the community, and the people couldn't handle it. It...
The Giver has been the holder of memories and emotions for a long time. Jonas is not the first receiver of memory to be chosen by the Giver. The previous receiver was a girl, and she couldn't handle the massive influx of knowledge and emotion that she was getting. Rosemary asked to be released from her duty (and life). When she died, her memories flooded into the community, and the people couldn't handle it. It was disastrous. Since that time, ten years have passed. The community felt that it was time to try again with Jonas. But the Giver has had ten years to think about whether or not the current system and the sameness is appropriate. I think he genuinely disagrees with the Receiver of Memory system, and he wants it gone. There is too much risk to the community if the memory keeper suddenly dies and the community is flooded with all of the emotions and memories at the same time. If the community went back to a "normal" system, then the people would have time to get used to emotions and bad memories at a slower more appropriate pace. That is what I think the Giver wants to see. He wants the community to learn how to handle stuff as a community. Not a single person doing that job.
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