In the novel The Donor Lowry shows through Jonas' actions that just because you are told you should follow a certain path in life doesn't mean that is your destiny. If you feel in your heart that something isn't right, you don't have to accept it. Standing up for what you believe in while everyone thinks you're wrong is probably one of the strongest things a person can do. In The Giver Jonas a 12 year old boy lives in what is considered a “perfect” world. There are no such things as hunger, violence, love, choice, overpopulation or even color. When children reach the age of 12 they are given a job that will last a lifetime, whether as a biological mother or someone who helps the elderly. Jonas is assigned the unique task of Receiver of Memories. This is an extremely rare job, being awarded approximately once every 100 years. Jonas begins to understand the things that were sacrificed for his perfect society, such as choices, independence, love, pain, and adventure. Everything changes when Jonas watches his father kill a child, feels like he has emotions reprogrammed in his mind, is shocked and wants to change the way this society lives. Jonas and the Giver, who was the previous receiver of memories, make a plan that will return society to being more loving and caring, but would also make it a more dangerous place. A sled is the first memento Jonas receives from the Giver. . The sleigh symbolizes the journey that Jonas takes to discover all the memories and feelings that he has not been allowed to express or feel his entire life. The sleigh in this memory is red, this color symbolizes a new world of feelings and ideas that Jonas now knows. Before revealing this memory, the Giver compares the difficulty of bringing all the memories......to the center of the card...nd. The fact that Jonas takes Gabriel away is also symbolic of his passion to change things, to start a completely new life away from this crazy community he grew up in. His struggles to keep Gabriel alive in the freezing cold reflect his struggles to maintain his idea of ​​saving his idea of ​​giving someone a chance at a truly perfect life, not a false and twisted idea of ​​a perfect life. Nothing in this world is perfect, so once someone tries to make things perfect that's when everything goes to hell. Jonas goes against everything that is considered right in his community, for everything that is considered right in his mind. A new beginning of hope can prevent anyone from falling into society's ways. Hope keeps afloat, in this case it prevents Jonas from just being the Giver, but makes him realize his true destiny in life, which is to start a new, better life for Gabriel..