First, Jonas was chosen to become the next Receiver of Memory, a job in which his father tells him is the “most important job in the community” (Lowry 67). Throughout his training Jonas was informed that he would be receiving the “memories of the whole world” (Lowry 77). He later learned what The Giver meant when he said those words; Jonas was not only meant to carry the happy memories but also the …show more content…
The Giver then informed him that people might make the wrong decision if they were given choices. Jonas then began to feel compassion towards his community, which one cannot feel without love, because they would never know what it felt like to make their own choices in their everyday life. He “tried to give his new awareness to his friends” (Lowry 99) by putting his hand on their shoulder and trying to allow them the ability to see colors hoping that it would make them aware that there is a whole world with choices that they have yet to discover. Without the love that he acquired through his training Jonas would not have the compassion for his friends and his community that he