In many literary works, one character has a significant influence on another character. Lois Lowry demonstrated this concept in The Giver. When one of the main characters in the novel transmitted a positive influence to another character. In this work, people lived in a community designed to be almost perfect. No one could see color, feel neither hatred nor love; no one had a choice either in matters of profession or in matters of education. In this novel, children were assigned to a family when they were young and were raised by two parents. Plus, it was absolutely everything for them to have another sibling. Only one person knew life as we know it today. In the community, this person was known as “Receiver”; the one and only person in the entire community who had a memory of the past; love, war, peace, family, work, etc. Since he quickly aged, it became necessary to find a new "Receiver" to whom these memories could be transmitted. In the novel, the main character, Jonas, started out at the age of eleven. -an old boy who lived his whole life in sameness, which wasn't much different from anyone else his age in the community. At eight years old he received his button-front jacket and at nine years old his bicycle, and so on. Jonas didn't have a real mother, father or sister. Instead, he had a family to be assigned to. Jonas was born to a biological mother, named by a committee and then assigned to his father and mother. Community birthdays were celebrated as a community. Everyone who was eleven turned twelve at the end of the year, regardless of their actual date of birth. During the ceremony of the twelve, all the children received their trade and immediately began their training. This was the day Jonas was chosen to be the new “Receiver”. It was considered the most honorable occupation in the entire community as well as the most demanding. Jonas had to start training with the current "Memory Receiver" who was now nicknamed "The Giver". Jonas was assigned to train with "The Giver" in his personal annex. "The Giver" now transmitted all of his current memories to him daily, one at a time. These memories (memories of war, peace, love, hatred, snow, rain, sun, color, etc...