In the book The Giver where were they in retrospect to the world?

the giver is a man who gives memories to the future giver.The giver makes sure that bad things don't happen in the community from past times.

because the person who gives Jonas the memories used to be the receiver of memory but since Jonas is the new receiver of memory, the old receiver of memory calls himself the giver because he GIVES...

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He never told Jonas so it is simply the giver

In the novel "The Giver", the Giver tells Jonas that the job and the memories are his life. However, the Giver is said to take walks, and read books after his work.