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.
Lowry suggests what the future holds for Jonas and The Giver when The Giver admits that he's never been able to think of a way to force the people to accept memories, a statement that indicates that The Giver, like Jonas, wants to do away with Sameness in the community. Jonas begins to make changes in his own small way.