This is a very good response!
It is significant because its what the person said and not someone else saying what happened. The story they are saying is first handed and without exaggeration or lies.
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Jonas goes to The Giver and receives his first memory, that of sledding down a hill in the snow. He also receives the memory of sunburn, his first encounter with pain in a memory. Jonas sees Fiona's hair "change" the same way the apple did. ... When he feels intense physical pain for the first time, he is shocked.
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