Jonas Salk

The Giver, a story about Jonas, a boy given the the career of Receiver of Memory, but will he want it? In the community he was raised in, there was no freedom, no happiness, and they feel nothing. They live in a life not even knowing what love is, what religion is, what color is. I disagree with the fact they are living without love, religion, and color. They are treated like dolls in a dollhouse, trapped and most never will leave. Love is something everyone has. It might not be forever…

between others in the community. “If everything's the same, then there aren't any choices!” (123). Jonas is enraged by what the elders had done, he didn’t understand why they would take out so much in life. They took out almost every thing different because the elders strive for sameness. As the giver said they had to let go of others.…

however, Jonas’ community never had that luxury. In Lois Lowry’s novel The Giver, the creators of the community eliminated diversity and the ability to make choices. In addition to removing the options people have on Earth today, the Elders created a world where their authority could not be questioned and the rules would not be challenged. Jonas and the Giver are the only members of the community that have ever questioned the Elders’ authority and challenged the rules. This is because both Jonas…

What is the difference from the perfect society of The Giver to modern day society? There are many differences like laws, punishments, and how people perceive emotional feelings they also have few similarities like education and protection of their people. Our modern day society is far from perfect, however in The Giver it may appear that their society is perfect, however it isn't it has many major differences from our society and very few similarities to our society as well. The laws of…

you haven't heard of “Jonas”. In this essay I will be consulting to you about how Lois Lowry, the author of “The Giver”, uses a variety of means to characterize “Jonas” in this book. For instance, Lois Lowry makes Jonas appear happy , curious, and different. Now that you know a little bit about of what jonas is like in “The Giver” you will also know some of the things Jonas feels and experiences, as well as some memories. Later on in this essay I will be going deeper into Jonas characteristics…

differences, and is void of freedom. When Jonas turns twelve he is assigned to a special role as the Receiver of Memory in the community, which fundamentally changes his character. Jonas gains the ability to See Beyond, and receive memories, which gives him insight into the freedom intolerant ways of the community. The Giver portrays vibrant, lifelike characters such as the main protagonist Jonas, his instructor The Giver, a child that is brought into contact with Jonas, Gabriel.The novel is…

What do you think about The Giver? The book The Giver is about a communist community where they remove all freedom and love. This community is horrible because of its lack of freedom. This lack of freedom is caused by the fact that they don’t allow them to apply for jobs, and they release them if they mess up or are now useless. The main reason the community is so bad is because of what they do to the unfit young, twins, the old, or those who mess up more than three times. This is called…

The differences between our world and Jonas world is that, Jonas world is a controlled environment while are world has freedom of choice. Jonas world revolve with no feelings and assigned families and in our world we have the freedom to choose who we love, and show feeling while Jonas has to take some kind of medicine to prevent that happening so. So he won’t feel won’t have hormones but the only similar part about Jonas world. And our world is the United States is also controlled our world is…

In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, the Chief Elders build a community to protect people from the real world. Jonas receives the job of becoming the Receiver and works with the Giver who gives him memories. Jonas realizes that feelings and making your own choices are good and people should have the right to do that. Jonas runs away from the community and sets free the memories. Jonas realizes that the life the community is living is not a real life because it does not include the best parts…

Jonas is a dynamic protagonist in The Giver. Jonas is an average 11 year old boy with dark, short hair, pale eyes, and he is relatively fit. In the novel, Lowry describes Jonas’ physical traits directly. However, she describes his personality indirectly through how other people view him and how he acts. Jonas has two main friends, but there is no true social hierarchy. Compared to the others his age in the story Jonas has stronger, more confusing emotions. Jonas’ purpose in The Giver is to show…