The Giver: Power or Control?

Throughout the book, The Giver, I identified the main theme as control. I say this for many reasons. One is that everyone in Jonas's community is being controlled by the Chief Elders. Their whole lives are being controlled and they don't even know. The Elders choose everything; gifts they get each year, their Assignment(job), who they marry, and one other is when to be released (killed) from the Community. They have no say in anything, but the good thing about that is that they don't know that they are being controlled. The only people aside from the Elders who know what is going on are Jonas and the Giver. Jonas knows that everything is wrong and really wants to help. He is very mad about this situation and doesn't like anything. On page 144, Jonas is talking to the Giver about what is going on.