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.
Today, sled dog breeds are mainly kept for racing and as show dogs and pets. Thinkstock/Stockbyte/Getty Images. Dogs have been bred for the correct size, shape and gait for pulling sleds for centuries. Sled breeds were essential to the survival of native people living in the Arctic Circle. For the thousands of outsiders who were attracted to Alaska's inhospitable landscape by the gold rush, sled dogs were their only means of transporting freight and getting about.