Rosemary

Rosemary

Rosemary in the movie

Age	12 around 19 (film)

Gender	Female

Hair	Brunette

Status	Release

Appearances	The Giver

Portrayed by	Taylor Swift

Rosemary was a previous Receiver of Memory who failed and brought some memories back to the Community. She is a minor character in The Giver.

History

It is revealed that Rosemary is the Giver's daughter and became the Receiver-in-training after him. After experiencing all the pain and loss that were in the memories transmitted to her, she applied for Release and asked to inject herself, willfully committing suicide.

Appearances

In The Giver, Rosemary never appeared directly nor via flashbacks, as the events take place after her death. However, she is mentioned by other characters, Jonas, the chief elder and The Giver himself.
Rosemary did appear in the film adaptation of the The Giver.

Trivia

Rosemary is the only confirmed character to have applied for release.
After her release, it was made an official rule that the Receiver of Memory could not apply for release. This was because the memories that Rosemary had received had been transmitted to the community was devastating as the community must then bear the memories all along.
After her release, the name Rosemary was designated as Not-to-Be-Spoken, which meant that the name cannot be mentioned or be reused on a newchild.