The Giver talks to Jonas about the idea of having choices and Jonas decides "We really have to protect people from wrong choices."
Jonas tries to give away the memory of color to Asher, it doesn't work. Next he tries to give his dad and Lily the heart wrenching memory of the elephant's tusks being poached, he can not do it and he seems to know that he shouldn't. Jonas asks The Giver if he has ever had a spouse. He says that he did have a spouse, but now that they are no longer needed to create families, his spouse lives with the Childless Adults. The Giver begins to help Jonas understand that there is a whole part of his life that he can not share with a family, that his life is the memories. The Giver says that the community needs them, to prevent the chaos that was caused by the memories being released 10 years ago when the other selection failed.
Jonas is often sent away from his training when The Giver is in too much pain. One afternoon, following a day when Jonas has been sent away, he asks The Giver what causes him pain? The Giver decides it is time to show him and has Jonas recall the sled and the snow. .......
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