In the beginning of the novel Jonas was unconcerned about the life he lived. He changes throughout the course of the novel because of the new experiences he has been exposed to. The only reason he was able to notice the corruption in his community is because of the memories he has accumulated over a year of training. Lowry explains that the earlier Receiver-in-training, Rosemary, asked for release because she no longer could tolerate the pain. Memories of starvation and warfare made Jonas feel an excruciating amount of pain as if he actually was living within these memories. The issue is that the receiver is rarely sought out by the committee of elders, they need his wisdom about previous occurrences so that they can solve a similar conflict they are in. One of the conflicts in the community was that family units wanted to add more children to their dwellings. The community wanted to make a change in the rule book but first the elders had to go to the receiver, “And the strongest memory came was hunger. It came from generations back. Centuries back. The population had got gotten so big that hunger was everywhere. Excruciating hunger and starvation. It was followed by warfare” by keeping a minimum of two children within a home the elders believe they have found the solution to starvation and homelessness (Lowry 140-141). This was one of the times that the committee of elders had went to the receiver for advice but for the most part the receiver is not bothered by anyone. Everyday the receiver feels a great amount of pain because he carries memories of devastating past times. The only way Jonas can rid himself of all this pain is if he shares it with the rest of society. Jonas has to travel outside of his community so that the memories can be released and people will regain their
In the beginning of the novel Jonas was unconcerned about the life he lived. He changes throughout the course of the novel because of the new experiences he has been exposed to. The only reason he was able to notice the corruption in his community is because of the memories he has accumulated over a year of training. Lowry explains that the earlier Receiver-in-training, Rosemary, asked for release because she no longer could tolerate the pain. Memories of starvation and warfare made Jonas feel an excruciating amount of pain as if he actually was living within these memories. The issue is that the receiver is rarely sought out by the committee of elders, they need his wisdom about previous occurrences so that they can solve a similar conflict they are in. One of the conflicts in the community was that family units wanted to add more children to their dwellings. The community wanted to make a change in the rule book but first the elders had to go to the receiver, “And the strongest memory came was hunger. It came from generations back. Centuries back. The population had got gotten so big that hunger was everywhere. Excruciating hunger and starvation. It was followed by warfare” by keeping a minimum of two children within a home the elders believe they have found the solution to starvation and homelessness (Lowry 140-141). This was one of the times that the committee of elders had went to the receiver for advice but for the most part the receiver is not bothered by anyone. Everyday the receiver feels a great amount of pain because he carries memories of devastating past times. The only way Jonas can rid himself of all this pain is if he shares it with the rest of society. Jonas has to travel outside of his community so that the memories can be released and people will regain their