The Giver
by Lois Lowry

The Giver: Style 1 key example

Chapter 1
Explanation and Analysis:

The style of The Giver is descriptive and precise, with special reliance on imagery to convey sensations. Flashbacks and memories are integrated into the plot not only because Jonas is a Receiver of memories, but also because they help him to make sense of what he is feeling in the present. For example, Chapter 1 opens with a description of fear as Jonas feels it in his body:

It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened. No. Wrong word, Jonas thought. Frightened meant that deep, sickening feeling of something terrible about to happen. Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the community twice.