Jonas Salk

Memories and Individuality Jonas lives in a community whose inhabitants feel no real emotion, where individuality is a thing of the past, and where the world has been drained of color. Jonas is just like everyone else in his community. But after the Ceremony of Twelve, he is separated from his peers in a way that is to them, inconceivable. A man known as The Giver has chosen Jonas to receive memories in order for him to experience the world as it existed in the past: a place of pain, joy, sorrow…

Jonas left the community to release the memories and show people things that were being covered up from there censored lives. In the book and the movie, Jonas left the village and crossed the border to release memories, showing the citizens what they were missing. On page 166-167, it said, "He knew he had the remaining hours of the night before they would be aware of his escape... Together the fugitives slept through the first dangerous day." By Lois Lowry using the word fugitive, it enforces…

Like Spreng said, Jonas uses the memories he receives from the Giver and applies what he learned to his perfect society. When Asher and his friends are playing the game of good guys and bad guys, Jonas recalls back to his memory of warfare. “In his mind, Jonas saw again the face of the boy who had lain dying on a field and had begged him for water.” (Lois Lowry 168) Jonas remembers the terrible face of the boy and remembers how abhorrent war is…

sameness. At the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas receives the assignment as the next Giver, which represents the most honored assignment in the Community. Jonas learns the “rules” of the Receiver, and begins receiving memories of the past, such as weather and feelings. Jonas begins to experience pain and suffering, and learns that the last receiver, Rosemary asked to be released. A new child comes to live with Jonas, and Jonas transmits memories to him so he can sleep. Jonas starts to see colours red…

ideal society kept away from what is known as the “modern world”. The blind following of traditions and the idea of difference or individuality in a character is common in both of these works. In The Giver, the theme of individuality is portrayed in Jonas as a character. His community is made up of several rules and traditions to enforce the idea of sameness. Members of the community are not given the freedom to have difference within their own person. As…

happened in relative time, but seeing the future will guide you on what might take place in your life. Jonas is being taught to be the receiver of memory. The giver is sharing memories with him so the community doesn’t get them. He has hallucinations of the past. Near the end, Jonas gets the desire to leave and get his plan accomplished. He might be seeing events of the future. In the end of The Giver, Jonas and Gabriel are just hallucinating about making it to the house because they have a…

believe that the ending of the movie is superior to the ending of the book. You see the effects of Jonas leaving and what is happening because of this in the community. This makes the end of The Movie definitely makes more of an impact than the movie. Unlike the book in the movie, you get to see the emotion on their faces. Like when they reach the community you can see the sense of relief on Jonas face that he got there and that he made it to elsewhere.You get to see Gabe crying in the cold…

This lesson is shown through Jonas, the protagonist. Jonas lives in a community placed in the future where Sameness is the way of life. The Elders, who rule the community, have total control, and the citizens have no freedom of choice over their lives. When Jonas is approaching the age of 12, he begins to worry about his future job that will be selected for him by the Elders, thinking “...he hadn’t the slightest idea what Assignment the Elders would be selecting for his future, or how he…

things will change between Asher and Jonas. They are going to feel uncomfortable around each other. Jonas will feel uncomfortable because now he's the receiver of memories. He is the most honorable person now while Asher isn’t. Everyone will know Jonas as The Receiver. At the end of the ceremony, the discomfort in their relationship begins with Asher being a little hesitant. The author wrote, "Sure." Asher smiled, his usual smile, friendly and familiar. But Jonas felt a moment of hesitation…

that only major parts of the story were acted out, whereas in the book everything was included. On the stage, this was shown because major parts, like when Jonas saw the color red, or when Jonas was receiving memories, or when Jonas transmitted memories to Gabriel, were all acted out. The book gave details about minor details like when Jonas saw Gabe’s eyes and the release…