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In the book The Giver, why was Rosemary allowed to be released? Jonas' rules as a Receiver do not allow him to be released.

Sometimes we create rules in response to something that has happened, to prevent it from happening again. That is what occurs in The Giver.  When Rosemary was chosen as the Receiver, there was no rule that forbade her asking for release.  After five weeks of memories from the Giver, including various kinds of emotional pain such as loneliness and loss, she could not bear to go on. After getting the last memory the Giver gave her, of "a child being taken from its parents" (142), Rosemary asked the Chief Elder to allow her to be released. She could not bear to live with such feelings.  When Rosemary was released, all of her memories were released, too, into the general community, where people suffered a great deal, unaccustomed to dealing with any kind of emotional pain. So when Jonas is selected, this new rule is added, to prevent Jonas from asking for release that would expose the community to this pain again. 

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