The Giver Page #4

The more I experienced,

the more I wanted.

Once, there were other living things.

But unlike us,

they knew who their

mothers and fathers were.

They had joy

and they had pain.

I can't prepare you for

what's going to happen...

You don't need to warn

me every single time.

No, Jonas, you don't understand.

There was tremendous cruelty.

Giver, I'm not a kid any more.

Show me.

That's $250,000 of ivory.

Come on!

Come on!

Got him!

No, stop! Stop!

Stop.

Gabe.

Hey, hey.

Hey, hey, Gabe.

Gabe.

If I tell you a secret, do you

promise not to tell anyone?

I'll take that as a yes.

This Comfort Object

is not a hippo.

It's an elephant.

And once, it was real.

And it was beautiful.

Citizens are reminded

that sleep period

commences in 15 minutes.

Thank you.

It was like a memory,

but Fiona was there.

You had a dream.

- A what?

- A dream.

A combination of reality,

fantasy, emotions

and what you had for dinner.

You've stopped taking your

injections, haven't you?

The emotion was so strong.

And at the wedding, everyone all

together, laughing and dancing.

The old with the young,

the bride and the groom,

there was something there.

But different to what we have.

Yes.

We don't have that any more.

What do you mean by "that"?

Well, I'm talking about what

you feel for someone else.

And the mind can't

explain it and you...

You can't make it go away.

What is it?

Love.

It's called love.

Love.

Oh, hi.

Hi.

So what's new?

What's new with you?

What's ever new?

Why are you being weird?

I'm not.

I'm just...

I'm just...

Hold on to the hippo, Gabe!

Hold on!

Father, do you love me?

Jonas, precision of language.

Please.

What does "love" mean?

I got him, Lily.

Jonas used a word so antiquated

that it no longer

has any application.

- Okay?

- Okay.

If you asked, "Do you enjoy me?"

the answer is certainly yes.

Or do Mother and I take pride

in your accomplishments?

Well, of course we do.

Do you understand?

Yes.

I think I finally do.

Hey!

Hey, Gabe!

Boop- ah! Boop- ah!

Boop- ah!

I love you, Gabriel.

Whoa! Ho, ho, ho!

Giver, you were right!

I asked my family about love and...

Get down! Get down!

Giver!

They're in the trees!

They're in the trees, Robbie!

Get down! Get down!

Robbie, get down!

- Robbie, get down!

- Stay down!

- It's an ambush!

- I can't see them, man!

They're in the trees.

Stay down!

Medic!

Robbie. Robbie.

- There's women firing on us.

- Robbie.

Listen, I'm certain

they're firing on us.

Jonas.

What...

No. I'm sorry, Jonas.

How did people do that?

I didn't mean for you

to receive that.

Not for years.

Don't let this turn you away.

I'm not strong enough.

Of course not yet!

But, Jonas, this is what we

need to know so we can advise.

I can't.

I'm sorry.

I just can't.

Jonas! Jonas! Jonas!

Come back!

Please! Come back inside!

Let me explain it!

When you see something like that,

there's no explanation.

Rosemary, promise me

you'll come back tomorrow.

Rosemary!

Promise me.

Hey, Jonas.

Come on. You're just in time.

I didn't ever want to go back.

I didn't want the wisdom,

didn't want the pain.

I wanted my childhood again.

Scraped knees and ball games.

Back then, we'd played war.

But war was real.

The Elders understood that.

They'd erased it from our world.

Maybe they were right.

- Could you watch over Harry for me?

- Of course.

Hey, what's wrong?

Nothing.

I know you.

You do, do you?

Yes.

What do you think would happen

if you skipped your

morning injection?

If you skipped it.

Then the sensor would blink and

remind me that I forgot it.

No, I don't mean if you forgot.

I mean, what do you think

would happen if you chose

not to be injected?

Jonas, I thought something was wrong.

There is something wrong.

Everything is wrong.

I quit.

Fiona, I'm done being the Receiver.

Tomorrow morning,

skip your injection.

What? You quit?

Prick your finger and put

a little blood on this apple.

No, you can't quit.

If you quit your position,

you get sent to Elsewhere.

When you leave in the morning,

put the apple over the sensor.

It'll find your blood and

think it's your hand.

Stop, you're scaring me.

Fiona, I need you to do this.

I need you to feel what I know it's...

Jonas.

An apple wouldn't even work.

I've been doing it for months,

and it's worked every single time.

Don't quit.

You can't leave.

I don't think I can go

back to that place.

You will if you want me to do this.

Okay. Fine.

But tomorrow after work,

meet me in the triangle.

I wanted to share it with her.

Not all of it.

The good things.

Was I wrong to want that?

I thought about her now,

all the time.

Hello?

I have something to show you.

Come here.

Who are you?

Come over and try this.

- Me?

- Me?

Yeah.

I want to teach you.

You've come back.

Where did you learn that?

From the memory you gave me.

And you can just play it?

That's beautiful.

- Who's that?

- Thanks.

- This is Rosemary.

- I'll show you.

The previous Receiver.

- See?

- She's the one they all talk about.

She no longer exists.

Remember?

Except here.

And in my memories.

She was in training

only two short months.

Watch how my fingers move

And like you,

she wanted to experience,

well, everything.

I only gave her pleasant,

beautiful memories.

Three, four...

She fought me.

- Don't protect me.

- No!

Don't show me a map and then

not give me all the memories.

- I thought we were gonna help.

- We will, but we must move slow.

Show it to me.

You gave her war?

I gave her the memory of a child...

A child taken from her mother.

I gave her loss.

Too soon.

You're gonna get the hang of this.

The light went from her eyes.

The next morning, without telling me,

she went to the Chief Elder

and asked to be Released.

So she was Released?

And now lives in Elsewhere?

Yes, Receiver?

I would like to see

this morning's Release.

Thank you for your instructions.

- There, there.

- That's my father.

This one is heavier.

More twins. Great.

- Watch.

- Oh, good.

For a moment, I thought

they'd be exactly the same.

Here we go.

Then we'd have a problem.

Okay, okay.

Thank you, Dinah.

- Yes, yes, yes, yes.

- And you,

only one unit less.

Oh, I know it hurts, I know.

I know, I know.

But I have to use a vein,

and the ones in your arms

are too teeny weenie.

Almost, almost...

Done.

That wasn't so bad now, was it?

That's death.

He doesn't know what he's doing.

Doesn't know what he's doing?

He killed him.

But he doesn't know what it means.

Just like you didn't.

Neither did Rosemary.

How can he not see the

baby isn't moving?

Doesn't that tell him

something is wrong?

The young and the old are killed.

You're friend, Fiona,

she will soon be trained

to Release as well.

That's a lie.

She'd never do that.

If Fiona understood...

We are the only ones

who understand it.

Then it's our fault.

You and me and all the Receivers

back and back and back

and back and back.

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