happened in relative time, but seeing the future will guide you on what might take place in your life. Jonas is being taught to be the receiver of memory. The giver is sharing memories with him so the community doesn’t get them. He has hallucinations of the past. Near the end, Jonas gets the desire to leave and get his plan accomplished. He might be seeing events of the future. In the end of The Giver, Jonas and Gabriel are just hallucinating about making it to the house because they have a…
takes place sometime in the future in an utopian community. In the Utopian community, everything has to be perfect. At the age of 12, every child is force to get a job of the counsels choice. The main characters in the story is Jonas, The Giver, and Gabriel. When Jonas turned 12, he got the job of being the next receiver. The receiver…
The Giver by Lois Lowry two passages really moved me. “Jonas felt a ripping sensation inside himself, the feeling of terrible pain clawing its way forward to emerge in a cry” (pg.151.) This passage really touched me because it was the moment Jonas really realized his community was messed up. He realized his father had been lying to him for his whole life. He realized that release was plainly killing people and everyone was fine with it. Jonas then realized that something had to be done. Another…
Before Jonas knew it he was going to be at the outside world with Gabriel with him. "Are you ready Gabe we are going to be at the best place for you and me." Jonas explained. Gabriel was so tired and cold that he wasn't so happy, but Jonas just wanted to get him to the outside world so Gabriel can be happy and warm so he can take a nice nap. As they ride down the hill, Jonas rides into the light and then see's the perfect place , but mom, dad, and Fiona were there waiting for them.…
but are very different. In this essay I will contrast the community, Jonas, and Asher in the book to the movie’s community, Jonas, and Asher. The community, Asher, and Jonas have the the same characteristics or qualities. They go down different paths. So here are their contrast. Some of Jonas´s qualities are different in the movie than the book. In the book Jonas had pale blue eyes in the movie he had a birthmark. Another…
As Jonas reached the hill he could still remember, this was the same hill as the one the Giver had given him in his memory. And their it was, the slay. Jonas got on the slay collapsing, using all his leftover strength to hold gabriel. Jonas felt his hands get wet from the moist atmosphere, but would not let go restrengthening his grip on Gabriel every time he felt like Gabriel was about to slip. Then it was time, he pushed them down the sled at what felt like super-sonic speeds. Jonas like the…
to chose what they wear, what their job is, or who they love. Jonas, a twelve in a community said to be a utopian community, was picked for the job of the receiver. He learns that choices are important and it is a human right. He embarks on a journey to give memories and feelings to the community. He succeeds in doing so. Throughout the novel it is shown clearly that choices are important and the theme is that freedom to chose is a…
Initially, the memory of the elephant being killed for the tusks, teaches Jonas not to be greedy in other creatures’ expense. The author announced, “Going closer, he watched them hack the tusks from a motionless elephant on the ground and haul them away, spattered with blood. He felt himself overwhelmed with a new perception of the color he knew as red” (100). This memory sickens Jonas, but what sickens him more is how another elephant comes to grieve the dead elephant. “Now he…
Like Spreng said, Jonas uses the memories he receives from the Giver and applies what he learned to his perfect society. When Asher and his friends are playing the game of good guys and bad guys, Jonas recalls back to his memory of warfare. “In his mind, Jonas saw again the face of the boy who had lain dying on a field and had begged him for water.” (Lois Lowry 168) Jonas remembers the terrible face of the boy and remembers how abhorrent war is…
Jonas awoke suddenly, with a bright light shining in his face. He was in a bed piled with warm, cuddly blankets. There was another thing about the room, a scent that he had never smelled before. This aroma he perceived was “chicken noodle soup” he said to himself. Even though he knew he was not anywhere close to the community, or in it for that matter, the memories that The Giver had given him were clear in his mind, not foggy at all. He could still figure out what the new things were, just as…