Jonas

Can a society truly function without the social normative of gender? Lois Lowry begins to explore this idea in her text The Giver. This fictional society contains binary oppositions which paradoxically reinforce and redefine gender. Gender is reinforced by the visual manifestations of girls and boys, assumption of gender based on sex and alternative treatment towards a specific gender. In opposition of these elements, gender is redefined by the fulfilment of occupational roles of individuals in…

you could not see color, could only have one boy and one girl , and could not ride a bike before nine. The Giver by Lois Lowry , is a novel that takes place in a “perfect community” where a twelve named Jonas has been selected for a special job after performing the required volunteer hours. Jonas is selected as the new receiver of memory. He finds out shortly after watching a release that Gabriel, an infant with many medical problems is going to be released therefore he flees deep into woods…

because they're special. Ender is a third and he’s an outcast. He doesn’t have any friends except his sister, Valentine and a brother, who might kill him. Ender is predicted to be the next savior to protect everybody from Buggers. On the other hand, Jonas is living in a utopian society, which chooses people’s jobs, mate and who they love. Suddenly, he becomes the receiver and…

child to Elsewhere by injecting a substance directly into the child’s scalp, placing it in a box, and then drops the box down a shoot. In this moment Jonas is furious with his father for killing the smaller twin. He finally realizes that his community is operating on a flawed system and can see that his parents are merely pawns in this twisted society. Jonas…

In The Giver Jonas is curious. He is selected as the receiver of memories. He is curious about his new job, so he asks a lot of questions " What are you going to do, sir?" (Hughes) Jonas is talking to his trainer, so he wants to know what they are going to be doing. He always wants to know more. On the other hand in " A Man Called Horse" Horse is determined…

Some people may wonder if Jonas, whom has taken the honor to be the new Receiver, is going through major punishments or is endowed with major honor. Being selected as the Receiver is a punishment considering that there are excruciating amounts of difficult, painful work to do. It is also a punishment for whoever gets selected will experience pain that nobody else has experienced. Not only that, but the Receiver will feel feelings that other people don’t feel, including pain. Being selected as…

Love In The Castle The word “love” is tossed around constantly. It is a generic word used to express feelings ranging from respect all the way up to affection. No type of love is the same. One can love several people variously because every type of love is derived from other distinct feelings. In the novel “We Have Always Lived In the Castle” by Shirley Jackson, Mary Katherine reacts poignantly to emotions,such as love, that she encounters. Because she has such intense feelings, Merricat’s…

learning the true nature of the world he lives in. Believe it or not, this isn’t the first time we’ve seen this story arc for a character. You might say that one of these characters is a clone of the other. That other character is none other than Jonas! I know, I know. You must be in a daze from shock right now. Well, let me explain. They are both very similar in ways such as character development, life, and turnout. To start, both have a similar character development scheme. I stated this in…

Giver, a young boy named Jonas was given the most honored job of the community, the Receiver of Memory. During his training with the previous Receiver, he was given memories, good and bad, of the world around them, and how the community was. Jonas quickly disagrees with the choices made by the community and makes a plan to give all the memories back to the community. In her novel, Lois Lowry reminds us that one’s knowledge of the past can influence their future choices when Jonas receives the…

After first seeing the sad memories, Jonas took the actions he saw other people doing very strongly. The fear of bad things happening changed the way Jonas looked at life; for example, the war game he used to play as a kid now had a completely new meaning. Once more, hope also changed the way Jonas dealt with his situation. Thus, Jonas left the city so that everyone would be able to enjoy and deal with the memories he had collected. Jonas had hope that after the community would be able…