(AGG) Everyone in a society needs relationships with people that they care about, but if they can't have any relationships, that could cause major problems. (BS-1) Jonas accepts his relationships, and accepts the rules of his society. (BS-2) Jonas figures out that his society has been keeping secrets from him. (BS-3) Jonas tries to keep the relationships with the people he cares about by breaking the rules of the society. (TS) Jonas eventually gets pushed to reject his society because he wants to keep his relationships with the people he cares about.
(MIP-1) Jonas accepts the rules of his society and obeys them, and accepts his relationships. (SIP-A) Jonas obeys the rules of his society, and the speaker. (STEWE-1) Jonas obeys the speaker …show more content…
(SIP-A) The Giver tells Jonas about the secrets that his society has been keeping from him. (STEWE-1) The Giver is telling Jonas that the people he cares about do not know about feelings when he says, “Listen to me, Jonas. They can’t help it. They know nothing” (Lowry 153). The Giver is trying to put Jonas’ arguments down by reassuring Jonas that he is superior to all of the people he knows. This shows how The Giver is telling Jonas about the secrets of the society because The Giver is telling Jonas that he is different than all of the other people in the society except for The Giver. (STEWE-2) The Giver tells Jonas that Fiona releases people as well as his Father when he says, "She's very efficient at her work, your red haired-friend. Feelings are not part of the life she's earned" (Lowry 153). Jonas tries to keep his relationships because he wants other people in his society to know what he and the Giver know, but he keeps getting turned down by the Giver. This causes Jonas to want to leave his society because he has lost his relationship with Fiona. Jonas also knows that he is not okay with the job selections anymore because the job selections took away his Father and Fiona. This proves that Jonas knows that his society has been lying to him. (SIP-B) Jonas finds out that his Father has been lying to him, and that causes him to realize that his society has been lying to him. …show more content…
(SIP-A) Jonas tries to get around his society’s rules to try to make his friends and family aware of what he knows. (STEWE-1) Jonas is trying to give a memory of a red flower to Asher when he says, “Asher,” Jonas said one morning, “look at those flowers very carefully.” They were standing by a bed of geraniums planted near the Hall of Open Records. He put his hands on Asher’s shoulders, and concentrated on the red of the petals, trying to hold it as long as he could, and trying at the same time to transmit the awareness of red to his friend” (Lowry 99). This shows how Jonas is manipulating the rules of his society because Jonas knows that it is disrespectful to touch someone outside of his family. He is also trying to give a memory, which is against the rules. (STEWE-2) Jonas is trying to give a memory of an elephant to his father and Lily so they can see what a real live elephant looks like when he "placed one hand on each of their shoulders. With all of his being he tried to give each of them a piece of the memory: not of the tortured cry of the elephant, but of the being of the elephant, of the towering, immense creature and the meticulous touch with which it had tended its friend at the end" (Lowry 101). Jonas wants to make his family aware of how life really is, but he cannot do that because they don't have feelings. This shows how Jonas is breaking the rules because he is not allowed to
(MIP-1) Jonas accepts the rules of his society and obeys them, and accepts his relationships. (SIP-A) Jonas obeys the rules of his society, and the speaker. (STEWE-1) Jonas obeys the speaker …show more content…
(SIP-A) The Giver tells Jonas about the secrets that his society has been keeping from him. (STEWE-1) The Giver is telling Jonas that the people he cares about do not know about feelings when he says, “Listen to me, Jonas. They can’t help it. They know nothing” (Lowry 153). The Giver is trying to put Jonas’ arguments down by reassuring Jonas that he is superior to all of the people he knows. This shows how The Giver is telling Jonas about the secrets of the society because The Giver is telling Jonas that he is different than all of the other people in the society except for The Giver. (STEWE-2) The Giver tells Jonas that Fiona releases people as well as his Father when he says, "She's very efficient at her work, your red haired-friend. Feelings are not part of the life she's earned" (Lowry 153). Jonas tries to keep his relationships because he wants other people in his society to know what he and the Giver know, but he keeps getting turned down by the Giver. This causes Jonas to want to leave his society because he has lost his relationship with Fiona. Jonas also knows that he is not okay with the job selections anymore because the job selections took away his Father and Fiona. This proves that Jonas knows that his society has been lying to him. (SIP-B) Jonas finds out that his Father has been lying to him, and that causes him to realize that his society has been lying to him. …show more content…
(SIP-A) Jonas tries to get around his society’s rules to try to make his friends and family aware of what he knows. (STEWE-1) Jonas is trying to give a memory of a red flower to Asher when he says, “Asher,” Jonas said one morning, “look at those flowers very carefully.” They were standing by a bed of geraniums planted near the Hall of Open Records. He put his hands on Asher’s shoulders, and concentrated on the red of the petals, trying to hold it as long as he could, and trying at the same time to transmit the awareness of red to his friend” (Lowry 99). This shows how Jonas is manipulating the rules of his society because Jonas knows that it is disrespectful to touch someone outside of his family. He is also trying to give a memory, which is against the rules. (STEWE-2) Jonas is trying to give a memory of an elephant to his father and Lily so they can see what a real live elephant looks like when he "placed one hand on each of their shoulders. With all of his being he tried to give each of them a piece of the memory: not of the tortured cry of the elephant, but of the being of the elephant, of the towering, immense creature and the meticulous touch with which it had tended its friend at the end" (Lowry 101). Jonas wants to make his family aware of how life really is, but he cannot do that because they don't have feelings. This shows how Jonas is breaking the rules because he is not allowed to