Readers familiar with
The Giver, the first novel in this series, may recognize the event described here: Jonas is being selected to work with the Giver, who holds all the community’s memories. In this book, though, readers gain insight into how others view this event. It’s confusing and simply unfathomable what Jonas is going to do, highlighting how cut off this community is from not just its own history, but human history and experience at large.