The Giver And Society

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(AGG)Jonas, a boy who is living in a society that keeps things from him and he doesn't get to experience the full meaning of life and soon he realizes what their society really does and that he had no real friends. (BS-1) From the start, jonas wants to fit in with everybody else in the society and by doing that Jonas wants to take the pills that the society tells him to take to fit in with everybody else. (BS-2) Now that jonas is a receiver now he can see that some things are different than what the apper to be in this society like the memory of christmas and he just starts to question why are they doing this and he is confused. (BS-3) Jonas knows now that he has no real relationships with anyone else accept the giver and Gabriel, he finds …show more content…
"Bye-bye, little guy," Jonas heard his father say before he left the room. Then the screen went blank.” This shows that Jonas has gotten a good sense of what is going on. He is rejecting what this society is bringing to him. Jonas and the Giver don't know what to do with gabriel getting released. They don’t want to live this way anymore. ( "Oh, of course." Jonas had forgotten The Giver's obvious age. When adults of the community became older, their lives became different. They were no longer needed to create family units. Jonas's own parents, when he and Lily were grown, would go to live with the Childless Adults. (Giver Page 105 of 182) This shows that Jonas has us gotten a good sense of what is going on and he is rejecting what this society is bringing to him. Jonas and the Giver don't know what to do with gabriel getting released, they don’t want to live this way anymore (SIP-B) Jonas is starting to realize what's going on in the society and is rejecting it “Jonas felt himself losing consciousness and with his whole being, he willed himself to stay upright atop the sled, clutching Gabriel,keeping him safe.” this states that jonas has finally had enough of what was going on in that society and he took gabriel with him to find better surroundings.(Lowry 171). “Now he was. If he had stayed in the community, he would not be. It was as simple as that. Once he had earned his for choice. Then, when he had a choice, he had made the wrong one: the choice to leave. And now he was starving. But if he had stayed …” (Lowry 173 174). (CS) In conclusion Jonas finally stats to reject what the society is doing and he wants to help everyone

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