Release, Stirrings, And The Ceremony Of Loss
In The Giver, language is often used as a tool for social control. Many of the terms distort or conceal the meaning of the words we use now, in order to promote the rules and conventions of the community. They affect the behavior and attitude of the people in the community. The terms release, Stirrings, and the Ceremony of Loss are all expressions that have had an impact in The Giver. The term “release” is a frightening one in the story. To be released, is the highest level of dishonor in Jonas’s world. To be released is when one is kicked out, in a sense, of the community. The people are sentenced to leave. Many circumstances can lead to someone being released. If one violates an important law, or violates the law multiple times, there