Jonas is one of the main characters in the book the giver, but is his assignment a punishment or a honor? Jonas’s assignment as the next receiver of memory is a punishment rather than an honor. Jonas’s is seperate from his friends and age group, he is lonely.The receiver of Memory and Jonas had and has gone through lots of pain. Jonas even with honor and respect is still separate from people in the community.
Jonas’s is seperate from his friends and age group, he is lonely.On page 58 it says,”Jonas is to be alone, apart.” Jonas now has to be seperate from his family, friends, and people in general. He has a lonely life ahead with this job.In The Giver it states on page 59,”The training required of you involves pain. Physical pain.”And with physical pain Jonas will have to suffer tremendous amounts of pain and effort, it will not be enjoyable. On page 65 it says,” Jonas was stunned. What would happen to his friendships?”Jonas now cannot share anything about his training and he will be an outcast from the rest of the other twelves because, he knows more than the rest of the group.On page 61 the book states,”The community was accepting him, and his new role.”They accept Jonas because, they know that they won’t have to suffer, …show more content…
“I have great honor.”The Giver says he has honor but really that’s just an opinion, the reader doesn’t know what he has done in the