Scenes from The Giver

I can actually answer this as what scenes I remember from reading The Giver more than five years ago. The scene that stuck out most to me was the scene where Jonas and Asher are throwing around the apple and Jonas starts to see it in color. This was a turning point for me the first time I read it because that was when I realized they didn't see in color, at least not the way we do. Learning that their experience of the world is so bland and different from ours is a really important element of the book, and this moment in the book stands out so much because of that.

Another scene that I could always remember was when Jonas first sees the video of a release, in this case the one of the twins. As a younger reader, I didn't really have the impression that release meant death, and so that scene was horrifying and stuck with me until I just reread the book this semester.

Other than that, there is so much imagery from this book that has stayed with me and that I will always remember... for example, the red of the apple and Fiona's hair. This book has such interesting imagery in my mind, and it is one of my favorite YA novels for this reason. The picture that it paints in my mind is so amazing. I love utopic and dystopic novels, and this is a perfect example of this for young readers. it isn't that often that we come across a novel like this for this age group.