Jonas, the protagonist of Lois Lowry’s “The Giver”, is a hero. For example, after lengthy discussion with the Giver, he decided to leave the community to “find the Elsewhere that they were both sure existed. They knew it would be a very difficult journey.” (Lowry, 158). Jonas rejected an easy life where he would be provided for and ran away from his community to give them back their memories.…
When Jonas and his sister Lily get home from school, there was a new member of the family unit The father had brought a baby boy home to take care of. His name is Gabriel. The family had to take care of him until the committee would have to decide whether he would have to be released or not. After greeting Gabe, the family had supper and they all told each other their feelings that they had felt that day. Jonas was very apprehensive about the ceremony of twelve because he would get the assignment that he would work on until he would grow too old and have to go to the House of Old.…
Just because of this information, he left his home and his family, his friends, and even the sense of security. By the leaving the community he became exposed to dangers of the world, and he was willing to risk his life so he could change the community forever. Especially for someone his age he showed extraordinary amounts of courage, he 's still a boy, yet he left his home with the blink of an eye, which is much harder than leaving with doubts. Jonas’ courage to stand up for what he believed was right and leaving his home altogether was self explanatory to whether or not he has…
Society and Jonas vs. Himself. Jonas receives conflicts between the society because no one in the community has any memories and from the release of the twins. Jonas has conflicts with himself because of leaving the community, from all the different memories he received from The Giver, and not letting everyone is the community have memories. For example, “ But why can’t everybody have memories? I think it would seem a little easier if the memories were shared.…
This society had always seemed normal to Jonas until that day. He had been chosen to be the receiver, one who receives memories from the past in order to make decisions to better the society. Once his job was selected for him, he went to his job and received some memories from the giver, the old receiver who has to pass down the memories. This is when everything changed. Jonas realized that his society was completely controlling them and holding back their citizens from living life like they should.…
And - let me think. Family. That it was a celebration of some sort a holiday. And something else i can’t quite get the word for it” (123). Little does Jonas know this feeling he experiences is a meaningful word we call love.…
Jonas being the receiver of memory is a punishment. He does not like this job assignment because he cannot explain to anyone what he is doing in his new job unlike all of his other friends. Is being the receiver worth everything that must be given…
Book Report on The Giver The Giver by Lois Lowry tells the story of how Jonah came to the point of bringing memories back into a society rid of them. The book is set in a futuristic society that has adopted Sameness, erased memories of life previously, and eliminated war, pain, fear, and hared, along with other deep emotions. Throughout the story, readers experience a glimpse of what life would be like if we had a truly equal society, and it’s not as glamorous as some may expect. Equality is everywhere; from the meals the citizens eat (equal portions of the same meal for everyone) to the colors they see (only black and white).…
Jonas sees his community this way because he feels that when they kill children it is wrong and he wanted to fix…
No one would ever be happy, sad, joyful, daring, brave and much more. In Jonas’s world, people get assigned to jobs, they get assigned two children for their family unit, and people do not feel any emotions. The lack of these things results in a world of no real feelings and no freedom of choice. These examples are really important to have in a society or in a world.…
In modern day society we have different birthday most people are the same age but birthdays are not the same. Everyone goes about their own business. In conclusion, jonas’s society and modern day society do not have nothing in common and jonas’s journey was very hard he went through very bad pain, he tried to give others memories, and at the end he had to escape with his adopted brother because his little brother Gabriel was about to get released. How does Jonas’s society make you…
Jonas learned about the lies that the elders have told him and the community. When Jonas finds out about all the horrible stuff the elders have done, he gets confused and furious with them which causes him to leave the community. According to The Giver, Pg. 107, “But why can’t…
Lois Lowry’s novel, ‘The Giver’, is very thought provoking. I believe that choice is more important than peace and safety, but protection still matters. There are only a few black sheep, including Jonas who step out of their comfort zone to make choices of their own, but the rest of the community are surrounded in peace and safety. Being a controlled and systematic community they believe that choice can lead to wrong decisions and vulnerability. Peace and safety is of utmost importance to the community, but with the Giver’s help Jonas soon discovers that there are exhilarating and sometimes painful new experiences when he makes choices of his own.…
The story takes place in ‘The Community”, which is a place that is isolated from the rest of the world. In The Community, all memories of how the world used to be, for example war, colour and feelings were taken from the citizens many generations before Jonas’ to hide them from all of the negative…
At the ceremony of twelve Jonas was chosen to be the receiver of memory ,which is to receive the memories of all the past life. Yet as he started his training he realized how empty the life in his society is without pleasure and pain. The memories made Jonas's life more meaningful, so he started to wish to give the memories to the people of his community. In the end Jonas decide to change things in his society by releasing his own memories to the…