Saturday 28 September 2013

In the book The Giver, how did the Giver look?

In Ch. 10 Jonas meets the Giver of the first time and we get a few details about his appearance.


We know that he has blue eyes like Jonas:


"Jonas looked self consciously into the pale eyes that mirrored his own."


We also know he is quite old and seems fairly worn out ... we just don't know why yet.


"The man was wrinkled, and his eyes, though piercing in their unusual lightness, seemed tired....

In Ch. 10 Jonas meets the Giver of the first time and we get a few details about his appearance.


We know that he has blue eyes like Jonas:



"Jonas looked self consciously into the pale eyes that mirrored his own."



We also know he is quite old and seems fairly worn out ... we just don't know why yet.



"The man was wrinkled, and his eyes, though piercing in their unusual lightness, seemed tired. The flesh around them was darkened into shadowed circles."



We also know he is "very old" because Jonas exclaims this to the Giver...although respectfully.


We also know from later in the book that he is in a lot of pain due to the memories he carries. This causes him to be in physical agony, and so his appearance is also affected by this stress. This is why he looks so exhausted.  

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