The Giver:

  • the society makes people - even children - do unspeakable things without them even knowing what that means
  • all people should receive the memories in order to build their own individuality

Jonas:

  • people are only happy because they don’t know what happiness means

Chief Elder:

  • most people are happy
  • there is peace, there are no bad things, no pain, no lack of resources
  • equality

Jonas’ father:

  • all children grow up to become healthy adult