Throughout the book The Giver Jonas was given huge responsibilities being chosen as the Receiver of Memory and having the fate of his community in his hand. Living in a community where you have no say in how you live your life, who you marry, who your kids are, or where you work must be hard and quite honestly it couldn’t be considered living, so discovering who you are in this environment must be impossible. But Jonas discovered and understood why he wasn’t the same as the others in his community and found his true self by discovering what true emotions were. He decides to leave behind the so called life he was living and live a life where people knew what love, pain, joy, and something as simple as colors were. Jonas deciding to leave the
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As the ceremony came close Jonas had no idea what would be given to him or what he wanted, he didn’t have a clue who he was or what he truly liked. I mean what 11 year does? When he was named Receiver of Memory he didn’t quite understand what that meant or why it was such a big deal for the community and most importantly he didn’t know why he was chosen. When the Chief Elder was describing Jonas she used words like "Intelligence,” “Integrity,” and “Courage” when she used these words Jonas didn’t feel like any of these characteristics but as he started receiving memories he gained wisdom that made him the hero of the story. Jonas always had a sense he was different than the others, the light colored eyes seeing the apple change and then being selected. As he received the memories he started becoming more independent he wanted to become the one that made the decisions for himself. The first sign that he was becoming more of his true self was when he started questioning the way the community was runned he didn’t think the way things were happening was the correct way. Then he started taking action and stopped taking the pills to stop the stirrings from happening, he become closer with Gabriel and passed warm memories to him with the hopes that he wouldn’t have to live an empty life. He understood that he needed to do something to change he knew that he was what the Giver needed to free him and the community from this fake life they were living. He become self conscious and became his own
As the ceremony came close Jonas had no idea what would be given to him or what he wanted, he didn’t have a clue who he was or what he truly liked. I mean what 11 year does? When he was named Receiver of Memory he didn’t quite understand what that meant or why it was such a big deal for the community and most importantly he didn’t know why he was chosen. When the Chief Elder was describing Jonas she used words like "Intelligence,” “Integrity,” and “Courage” when she used these words Jonas didn’t feel like any of these characteristics but as he started receiving memories he gained wisdom that made him the hero of the story. Jonas always had a sense he was different than the others, the light colored eyes seeing the apple change and then being selected. As he received the memories he started becoming more independent he wanted to become the one that made the decisions for himself. The first sign that he was becoming more of his true self was when he started questioning the way the community was runned he didn’t think the way things were happening was the correct way. Then he started taking action and stopped taking the pills to stop the stirrings from happening, he become closer with Gabriel and passed warm memories to him with the hopes that he wouldn’t have to live an empty life. He understood that he needed to do something to change he knew that he was what the Giver needed to free him and the community from this fake life they were living. He become self conscious and became his own