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 novel's main characters transmits a positive influence to another character. In this job, people lived in a community designed to be nearly flawless. No person could see colors, feel neither hate nor love; no one had a choice either in terms of work or education. In this novel, children were assigned to a family when they were young and were raised by two parents. Furthermore, it was absolutely essential for them to have another sibling. Only one person knew life as we know it today. In the community that person was known as the “Receiver”; the only person in the entire community who had any recollection of the past; love, war, peace, family, work, etc. As he ages early, it becomes necessary to find a new "receiver" to transmit these memories to. In the novel the main character, Jonas, starts out as an eleven year old boy. -an old boy who lived his whole life in equality, who was not much different from anyone else his age in the community. At the age of eight he received his own button-front jacket and at nine his bicycle, and so on. Jonas had no real mother, father, or sister. Instead he had a family to which he had been assigned. Jonas was born to a birth mother, nominated by a committee and then assigned to his father and mother. Birthdays in the community were celebrated as a community. Everyone who was eleven turned twelve at the end of the year, regardless of their true date of birth. At the ceremony on the twelve, all the children were assigned their occupation and immediately began training. This was the day Jonas was chosen to be the new "Receiver". This was considered the most honorable occupation in the entire community and also the most demanding. Jonas had to begin 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 one at a time on a daily basis. These memories (memories of war, peace, love, hate, snow, rain, sun, color, etc.