Jonas gets a memory of snow, sunshine, a sunburn, a red sled, a rainbow, hunting elephants, a sled crash, being burned, hunger, ocean, a battlefield, riding a horse, a birthday party, Christmas morning, and many others. When Jonas first meets The Giver, he explains to the boy where the memories come from. It's the memories of the whole world, he said with a sigh. Before you, before me, before the previous Receiver, and generations before him. (ch 10, p. 77) The first memory Jonas receives from The Giver is the memory of snow in chapter 10.