The Giver (character)

The Giver
The Giver as played by Jeff Bridges
Age	N/A
Gender	Male
Hair	White (novel); Grey/White (movie)
Assigned occupation	Receiver of Memory (formerly); "Giver of Memory"
Allies	Jonas; Rosemary (daughter)
Enemies	Society; Chief Elder (in the movie)
Status	Unknown
Appearances	The Giver
Mentioned	Son
Portrayed by	Jeff Bridges

The Giver is one of the main characters in The Giver. His real name isand, while formally recognized as the Receiver of Memory, he decided to call himself the Giverjob is to give the memories to Jo

Personality

Like Jonas, who is a ywith the wisdom of an old person, t is a bit of a paradox. He looks ancient, but he is not old at all. Like someone who has s and done many things over weary, and he is ha and pain, but in realit uneventful. In the world of the comm Giver has spent most of his life inside his comfortquarters, eating his meals at m and emerging occasionally to take long walks. Yet he carries the memories of an entire community, so he like a man who has done more in his life thanyone else in the world: he has experienced the positive and emotions, desires, triumphs, and failures of millions of men and for preserving those memories and using the wisdom they give him to make decisions for the commu would feel weighted down by this enormous responsibility, and because the Giver is forbidden to share his knowlede and with anyone else, including his spouse and his children, the weight is more difficult to bear. Thus, the Giver has become an patient, quiet, deliberate person, growing resigned to the fact that he cannot change the community even though he realizes that it needs to be changed. He endures his loneliness and frustration as well as the increasing physical pain that the memories bring him with a quiet calm that makes him a rather stoic figure. His patience, wisdom, and restraint make him an excellent teacher and mentor.

The Giver

However, the memories that the Gicarries inside him are too powerful for him to be entirely stoic: he still feels strong emotions, and under the right circumstances they surge to the surface. Among the members of the community, the Giver alone is capable of real love, an emotion he experiences with Rosemary, the first child who was designated to be the Receiver. Years of loneliness, isolation, and unshared emotion made the Giver’s love for Rosemary intense, even by the standards of the time before Sameness, and when she is taken from him, his anger and grief are equally intense. It is this anger and grief, fueled by the Giver’s growing love for Jonas and Jonas’s own youthful energy, that allow the Giver to finally overturn his years of silence and endurance and change the community. The decision is also influenced by the Giver’s aptitude as a teacher and advisor: it is natural for him to want to help the community learn to handle the memories

Film Adaptation

In the film adaptation of The Giver, The Giver is portrayed by Jeff Bridges.