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.
In the end of the Giver it describes how Jonas and Gabe finally make it to the top, my question is what really happened? I mean i know there was a sled there and he slid down the snowy hill on it but after that what happened? I've disscused it with some other people and I'd like to share our theory.