Where the people in the Giver's society aware of their fate?

CharlieBennett

I'm confused as to if the people of the Giver's society knew they were going to die or had just not thought of it.

PatrickL

Im not sure what you mean with that question, do you mean were? If so, I believe that the elders were semi-aware of what release was, but I don't think they knew that It was actually them dying.

-Patrick L

fstswmmr

In a way, I think the society knows that they are eventually going to be "released" ,and they accept the fact that they are going to die some day. For example, Jonas' grandparents are no longer living with the family, so they must have stayed in the House of the Old. Jonas' parents never visited their mom or dad, so they only assume where their parents would go afterwards.
Kimberly C.

danielc

I believe that the people in the Giver's society had no idea that the word "released" meant death except for the exception of Jonas' dad who is a Nurturer, and the people who help him perform the "Ceremony of Release". When Jonas realizes this from the video the Giver showed him, it helps him want to leave the society and show them what is happening and that something should be changed.
Daniel C

sarahj

I agree with Daniel that no one knew what the Release actually was. However, Jonas' dad being a Nurturer didn't really even understand that he was actually killing babies by releasing them because of not having the memories of killing.
Sarah J.

alexanderm

Kimberly the reason the the parents never talk to their parents is because in their society once they become a worker they dont ever talk to their parents again because they are not actually their birth parents. They grow up not connecting with their parents in the same way we do. And to answer charlies question the people in the community think that realse is a celebration of going on to a different place they have no idea that they are going to be killed.

Abel_Edens

I 100% agree with Daniel. Except for nurturers like Jonas' dad, the people of the Giver's society really had no idea what "released" really meant. It is simply an euphemism for death, much like "to pass away" is an euphemism for "to die." But, at the same time being "released" is really what it means. The people of the society know that they are being released from the confines of their community. It is just that they are unaware that their journey out of the community means death by injection.

danielc

Abel, I forgot that Jonas' dad and his fellow nurturers didn't know what the word death means. They probably thought they were doing the right thing to the babys by killing them. I agree with you that only the Giver and Jonas were the only people that knew what was really happening.

michaellira

I believe that they did not know they were going to die like daniel said. I think that they knew something was going to happen though. I felt like they knew that they were not going to go to some new community where they would live.

pmhotchkis

I completely agree that the people of Jonas' community were ignorant of the fact that releasing someone meant killing them. Even if the people of the community did know what releasing someone really meant, I don't think that they would be against it because it is the only way they are used to. The only reason Jonas is so against it is because he has the memories that allow him to fully understand what is happening to these people. Abel, I also think that "release" is simply an euphemism for death.

nick_bass

Jonas said he wondered where the people who where released went, as in a new place. I thought that this was somehow like a false Heaven to the people of the community, the truth was that they would just kill you.

faithd

I feel that the people in the community did not know that when the people were "released" they were actually going to be killed, instead the community thought that the ones being released were going to a different place. I also agree with Perry that even if the community actually knew what "release" was they probably would not think that what they were doing was wrong.

nick_bass

Daniel, I thought that they knew that what they were doing to the babies was wrong but that they just couldn't have two identical twins walking around because it would complicate things in the community.

chrislarsen

I think that the people in the "Giver" do not know their fate. I feel that they thought "release" meant leaving the community, not dying. They did not want to be released but they knew they would eventually be.
- CHRIS L.

Max_R

I agree with Abel and Daniel that only The Nurturer knew what “Release” meant. Other than him, everyone else is clueless that “Release” is a euphemism for death. However, I also agree with Patrick who says that the elders partially knew about what release really was.

nick_bass

Chris, I agree that the people in the community thought release meant leaving the community, not dying but i don't think they we afraid or didn't want to be released. They thought being released was like going to Heaven.

abistagne

I think that they didn't know what was happening, they thought they were given a shot to go to sleep then the people were going somewhere else, like nike said a place like heaven. They didn't seem to completely like the idea of release as they had no idea what would happen when they would get there. Some of the Nuturers and caretakers of the old might have had the idea that the people were destroyed instead of going somewhere else, but without feelings they wouldn't have probably cared as they would only be killed at the very end of their lives. Some of the old might have understood that it was the end of their lives as they knew that they would be leaving everything they knew behind and that they would die there naturally anyway.

SophieFortner

The community was unaware of their fate because without memories they did not understand pain and suffering or the true meaning of things, such as; "release". As Jonas watched to video of his father releasing a new born he became upset, coming to the realization that release simply meant death. The Giver and Jonas are the only ones who know the true meaning of "release". The nurturers did not even know where the newborns were sent or that it was harmful they just knew the process. In conclusion, being able to release someone did not give the power to know the true meaning which is solely death.
-Sophie Fortner

brett_gangi

I agree with Nick about the community people didn't know that being released was dying. I believe that it was a good thing to be released as and old person because it show how they had a good life.

McKenna_Sandoval

I believe the community wasn't aware of their fate because nobody knew what release meant or what feelings were either. The only person I think knew of their fate was the Giver because he saw what happen to Rosemary and he can see everything. And eventually I think Jonas realized it to.

jp_hatch

The people were definetly not aware of the true definnition of release. Jonas, before being selected as the new Receiver of Memory, asked do the people actually go "Elsewhere." I dont even think Jonas's father knew what he was doing. He was only following his instructions.

katiearial

I believe the community was not aware of their fate. The Community thinks that being "released" means only going somewhere outside of the community. Whether they know what happens when being released, or completely unaware of the act, it doesn't make a difference because unlike Jonas, they don't have the memory of killing and war.

Christianb

I believe the people in the community were not aware of their fate. They had no idea that being "released" actually meant dying, the only people who actually knew what it meant were the giver and Jonas not even the nurturers really knew what they were doing because they did not know what killing was, like Sarah said.

Clara

I think the community did not know what "released" really meant. They where unaware that it meant death. Not evan Jonas's father knew what he was really doing. I believe that the community thought that they would actually be released, and that they would be able to leave. No one but the giver really knew what was going on. Since the community had no memory of death or war, i feel they did not know what would happen after being "released" and they did not know what death was.

Clara G

Dylann

The people in "the Giver" were not aware of their fate because they did not know anything different from what they knew. Theyvwere verry oblivious to what their sociaty could be.

CameronE

The people in the Giver's society were not aware of their fate because they had been taught all those years that those things were okay and didn't understand that there was anything else besides their own civilization.

HenryB

I agree with Nick completely, I think that the people thought they were just going to a new community with all the other people that have been released in the past.

hollym

I think that the Giver Society wasn't aware because they didn't know what death really was, I also thought that getting released was them getting to leave and i probably knew as much as the community did because they had no books or no memories so they couldn't find out any other way. I also think that is why Jonas got so mad when they killed the baby and threw it away because he had no idea that, that was going to happen. I think that Jonas's dad also didn't really know what was happening and that he just did it because the what the government told him to do and he didn't know what else he could do.

MaddySewell

I agree with everything Christian said. The people did not know what being released really meant. They believed that being released meant being set free and going to live in a new community with all the others who had been released, like Clara and Henry said. But in my opinion, dying is being set free in a sense. I feel like the "new community" that all the released people go to is heaven. Although the people did not know about death, so they were unaware that heaven is not on earth.

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