Given through the Pensieve

**SORRY FOR MY ABSENCE AS OF LATE. LIFE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY NUTS AND I LOST ALL MY QUESTIONS/TIOPICS WILL TRY TO BE MORE FAITHFUL**

Do you remember your fifth and sixth grade reading? I know that when I was a student, Lois Lowry's The Giver was standard reading. 

I know. What does this have to do with anything -- just hold on a second. It'll make sense.

The Giver follows the life of Jonas as he becomes the Receiver of the memories of the world that the former Receiver (now Giver).  But what do these memories look and feel like? Obviously, the memories can be felt by Jonas as he experiences memories of both pleasure and pain. I'm particularly referring to the tape of his father killing a baby and "releasing" him.


But how is Jonas experiencing these memories?

     Is he taking a metaphysical form to interact and experience various memories?

     Is he like a version of himself that experiences the memory while he watches, interacting and observing what happened-- like in all of the Christmas Carol books?

     Is he like Harry in the memories contained in the Pensieve -- a shadow who can only see what's happening, but might as well be a ghost because he cannot interact or experience anything; he can only observe what's going on around him as some semi-omniscient entity floating in the background?


Personally, I'm leaning towards option 1, but I don't know for sure.

Thoughts anyone?

Is there even anyone out there? .