In Ch. 12, Jonas asks, "Why did colors disappear?" and the Giver replies,
"Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness. Before my time, before the previous time, back and back and back. We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with differences."
Unfortunately, color was a difference that the community felt they could no longer afford. Although things still have shapes and sizes to distinguish them from one another, the...
In Ch. 12, Jonas asks, "Why did colors disappear?" and the Giver replies,
"Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness. Before my time, before the previous time, back and back and back. We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with differences."
Unfortunately, color was a difference that the community felt they could no longer afford. Although things still have shapes and sizes to distinguish them from one another, the community is described as "flat and hueless" (Ch. 14) as Jonas begins to learn more and more colors and how vibrantly they changed everything. Interestingly, after Jonas learns what colors are, he is better able to see them and identify them in his own world where they still exist. Being able to "see" the color around him that no one else can, makes Jonas even more aware of how bland, identical, and "ordinary" his life is. This quickly leads him to wish for individual choice -like which color clothing to wear, for example. Although this is one small example of personal choice, it is the very beginning of Jonas recognizing how little choice he has in his own life and gives the reader an indication of just how significant a role color can play in one's life/personal choices.
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