Theme Analysis Essay: The Giver and Harrison Bergeron Rebellion: standing up and fighting for what's right. The Giver is a book about a controlled society. Everything is perfect, equal, and controlled. That is, until Jonas comes along. He is to be the Receiver of Memory; he receives memories of the past, and no one else, except the Giver, has to hold the burden of the painful, and pleasant, past. Jonas has a powerful urge to share his new feelings to his Community and the only way to do that is to rebel against the government and leave the Community to Elsewhere stealthily without being noticed. “Harrison Bergeron” is a short story also about a government controlled society. They strive to be equal but possess very few flaws. People that are
