Now, Jonas sees all the colors even though they are not visible continuously but flickering flashing. In addition, he started to bring up doubtful complaints about why people can't decide their own things and they don't have any choices. The Giver answered that it protects people from wrong choices and it's safer as long as their community is predictable. Also, Jonas has tried to transmit his good memories to his friend and her family but it didn't seem to work. On the other hand, he wonders how much lonely the life of the Receiver could be and what causes the pain on receiving memories.
The Giver seems to keep immense burden on his shoulders for a long time. It is to protect people from pain, so he took a charge of all the things instead of people. In addition, it affects on his life too since he can't share those thing and his work with others, even his wife. Being lonely would make him feel more painful.
I strongly believe that in our society, there are also some people who take a role like the Giver. I don't mean the role is to keep memories or transmit. Fathers would be one small example. As head of household, they take lots of responsibilities on their backs. Sometimes Fathers go through some difficulties from work or whatever the hard things are from, they might want but can't share their problems with their people who look up to and rely on fathers. I guess Fathers would feel lonely as much as the Giver does and ,around us, there are still many other people who carry their own heavy burden on their shoulders without uttering any complaints.
but gone again, returning to their flat and hueless shade.
hueless [hjúːlis]
adjective having no color, pale
The two huless colors were bay (white) and hei (black).
"Or what if," he went on, almost laughing at the absurdity, "they chose their own jobs?"
absurdity [æbsə́ːrdəti, -zə́ːrd-]
the quality or state of being ridiculous or wildly unreasonable
“I am growing angry at the absurdity of the situation.”
they were satisfied with their lives which had none of the vibrance his own was taking on.
vibrance [ˈvaɪbrəns]
= vibrancy
the quality of giving an impression of vigor and activity
“She was a woman with extraordinary vibrancy and extraordinary knowledge.”
I thought for a minute that they were wilting, and we should let the Gardening Crew know they needed more watering.
wilt [wilt]
if a plant or flower wilts, or something wilts it, it bends towards the ground because of the heat or a lack of water
The flowers are wilted and their colors have faded away.
There were tufts of sparse grass,
tuft [tʌft]
[NOUN] A tuft of something such as hair or grass is a small amount of it which is growing together in one place or is held together at the bottom.
He had a small tuft of hair on his chin.
sparse [spaːrs]
[ADJ] Something that is sparse is small in number or amount and spread out over an area.
The information available on the subject is sparse.
an immense crashing thud as something fell, tearing branches from the trees.
thud [θʌd]
[NOUN] A thud is a dull sound, such as that which a heavy object makes when it hits something soft.
His head hit the floor with a dull thud.
Going closer, he watched them hack the tusks from a motionless elephant on the ground and haul them away, spattered with blood.
hack [hæk]
[VERB] If you hack something or hack at it, you cut it with strong, rough strokes using a sharp tool such as an axe or knife.
hack a shrub down with an ax
tusk [tʌsk]
The tusks of an elephant, wild boar, or walrus are its two very long, curved, pointed teeth.
The tusk of the elephant keeps growing throughout its life.
haul [hɔ:l]
[VERB] If you haul something which is heavy or difficult to move, you move it using a lot of effort.
The wagons were hauled by horses.
spat·ter [spǽtər]
[VERB] If a liquid spatters a surface or you spatter a liquid over a surface, drops of the liquid fall on an area of the surface.
He stared at the rain spattering on the glass
Very slowly it walked to the mutilated body and looked down.
mu·ti·late [mjúːtəlèit]
to damage somebody's body very severely, especially by cutting or tearing off part of it
The body had been badly mutilated.
With its sinuous trunk it stroked the huge corpse
sin·u·ous [sínjuəs]
[ADJ] Something that is sinuous moves with smooth twists and turns.
the silent, sinuous approach of a snake through the long grass
Finally it subsided as the memories were assimilated.
as·sim·i·late [əsíməlèit]
[VERB] If you assimilate new ideas, techniques, or information, you learn them or adopt them.
The committee will need time to assimilate this report.
He stood at the foot of the bridge that spanned the river
span [spæn]
to stretch right across something, from one side to the other
A bridge spans the river.
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