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.
However, in the case of the kite, the sled model has: 1  A rectangular base with curved sides. 2  A flying line attached to the edges of the kite rather than the middle of the frame. 3  Long streamers at the bottom of the kite's base.