a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps. 2. a leverlike part worked by the foot to supply power in various mechanisms, as the bicycle. 3. Music.
The Sled. The sled, the first memory Jonas receives from the Giver, symbolizes the journey Jonas takes during his training and the discoveries he makes. It is red, a color that symbolizes the new, vital world of feelings and ideas that Jonas discovers.
The Giver asks Jonas to remember the snow and sled memory, and see the color red on the sled. He explains that Jonas has the memory now. He then gives him the memory of a rainbow. The next memory is a memory of a hunting trip where Jonas sees an elephant for realâand sees the elephant get shot (ch 13).