Jonas

1. The mood, atmosphere and feeling of the first page is that Jonas was frightened more than scared. This was because a plane flew over his community, and it is illegal to fly over his community. Another reason Jonas was scared was because he was the only one home in his family when the announcement was made. This must have been scary because this has never happened before to him and he didn’t know what was going on besides the fact that he saw the plane fly over his community. He just had to…

do something challenging. Some people sacrifice health for others. Jonas sacrifices his health for the benefit of the community. Jonas’ sacrifice of his own well being communicates his values freedom and of true knowledge for the community. Jonas suffers hunger, pain, and loneliness. Most people have enough to eat, but those of us who don’t have enough can relate to Jonas when it says “At night, while gabriel slept beside him, Jonas lay awake, tortured by hunger” (173). We do not want people to…

My Point of view is that Jonas and Gabriel Froze And Starved, Fell Into A dream Like A Coma. I chose that Point of View because Jonas and Gabe ran out of food and it was very rare to find any water. Which meant that Jonas and Gabe were starving with the lack of food they could find and have. Jonas and Gabriel also didn’t have the proper clothing to stay warm in all the new weather that they were experiencing. Without the proper clothing that we have now Jonas and Gabe were freezing and…

with sashweights and bags of birdshot” (Vonnegut 1) be a Utopian society? The Giver, a novel written by Lois Lowry, introduces Jonas, a Twelve, who lives in an idyllic community where everything is planned out. Jonas, as the Receiver of Memory, experiences the memories the Giver transmits to him. He discovers how wrong his community has been. The community failed when Jonas found out what the community had hidden from its citizens. No matter how secretive and protective a society is, it is…

and peace may last forever. In The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas, a special young boy, resides in a perfect utopia where their lives are planned out for them. At the Ceremony of Twelve, the Twelves will part ways and start training for the assigned jobs where they will work until they enter The House of the Old. Once Jonas is selected to be the Receiver of Memories he learns that their perfect world is not so perfect after all. The utopia that Jonas lives in does not respect personal freedom…

The Giver is about a young boy named Jonas. He is selected as the new Receiver of Memory one December when he turned Twelve. Being the Receiver is a big honor, it requires intelligence, integrity, and courage, he had it. Jonas arrived at the House Of The Old and greets all of those there, including Fiona, the attendants, and the elders. He treats them with care, and gently helps them get in the tub for a bath. Set in a community with no climate, emotions, choices, or memories Lois Lowry tells…

The Giver Argument Essay In The Giver by Lois Lowry, there is a 13 year old boy named Jonas living in a community without love, color, weather, and little change at all. He gets chosen to be the Receiver of Memories and receives many memories, including one of love and warmth at Christmastime. He realizes that his community lacks so much, and runs away, taking with him a baby boy named Gabe who was going to be killed because he wasn’t developing as fast as the other babies. They run away to a…

perfect by restricting people's choices. This made Jonas unhappy with his community because he wanted to make decisions on his own. In addition, in order for people to feel happy with their lives, they need to feel that they have control over their own choices. People are usually unhappy when all of their decisions are made for them. This was expressed in The Giver when Jonas says “‘I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!” (Lowry 97). Jonas is feeling that he wants to be more…

past. In The Giver, by Lois Lowry, a young boy lives in a perfect world, or so he thought. In this dystopian novel, Jonas receives a new job, and during his training, he realizes what is missing from his and his community’s lives- memories. With other members of his community not believing they’re important, Jonas strives to gain as many memories as possible; before it’s too late. Jonas’ experiences develop a theme over the course of The Giver by teaching the reader that without memories, a…

The Giver is mostly about a boy named Jonas, who lives in a dystopian society. The book explains everything that happens in the society very detailedly so it is easy to get into character. One thing that really caught my interest was when Jonas was dishonest to Asher. This caught my interest because Asher and Jonas are truly good friends and I would have never thought that one would lie to the other. Although I know Asher is his friend, I also know that Jonas is now allowed to lie and he…