Jonas

rules, taking their independence. The people of the community have very little individuality and no freedom, and as a result choice is a foreign concept. The Elders believe that if they give people choice, they might select wrong. This is shown when Jonas starts questioning why choices aren’t given to everyone. “It’s the choosing that important isn’t it...We don’t dare to let people make choices of their own...” (Lowry 99). But choice is an instrument to humanity. The Elders think that by…

colourless presentation of the two worlds, however there are exceptions. Lowry shows this exception through Jonas. When he catches the apple and describes it as “a nondescript shade” feeling the wanting to learn more about it, shows us how he’s looking forward to understand something, that is learning the existence of colour, rather than to simply conform with everyone else. By displaying Jonas as the only person able to ‘see beyond’ Lowry develops a point that individuality is unique and…

Jonas learns to understand humanity through his experience of memories and because he contains all of the attributes. Jonas’s intelligence and his wisdom are displayed in his understanding of birthmothers. During the ceremony of twelve, Jonas thinks how being a, “[b]irthmother was an important job, if lacking in prestige” (Lowry 53). The fact that Jonas understands that without birthmothers there would be no new children for…

Everyone is an individual and possesses their own expression of creativity. The creative person in “The Giver” is Lily Jonas’s little sister, as her mother states that she should become the ‘storyteller because of her great imagination.’ Lily’s expression of her creativity is to tell stories or exaggerated facts that happened earlier that day. Bill is the creative character in the movie “Pleasantville” as he mentions that he enjoys painting pictures in the window of his shop. Even though he only…

after her visit to her aging father who had lost most of his memories. She learns that human beings cannot feel pleasure if they do not know the pain. The members of the society are not terrified of death because the life is not precious for them. Jonas thinks that death is not tragic at the beginning of the story. However, after he receives the memories of good and also bad, he appreciates the joy of his life. He suffers for the first time in his life by receiving a memory of war. He becomes…

The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a futuristic and dystopian community where there are no emotions, freedom, or individuality. An ambitious boy named Jonas is given a special job in the community and learns a lot of knowledge most people in the community will never understand. I do not think that the community Jonas lived in was a good community because there was no individuality, freedom, or emotions. The Giver community was not a good community because there were no emotions. One example is…

The population at the camp does not have exposure to a lot of food. As a result, sickness and death overcomes them and Jonas becomes ill with scurvy. Being malnourished plus the harsh living conditions leaves Jonas with little to no hope. . Andrius comes to the hut with something he is confident will help Jonas; “He dipped the blade of the knife into the can. It reappeared with juicy stewed tomato on it. Tomatoes” (Sepetys 194). Andrius and his mother are in a special…

colors or feelings. When Jonas is given his job he is selected to become the next receiver of memory, he trains alone with a old man who is called the Giver. The receiver of memory takes all of the memories of the past both pleasant and unpleasant. The line between public safety and personal freedoms should be drawn somewhere where public safety does not affect the way people live. One of the first things he discovers is color. Over his life Jonas had…

and this is Jonas. When Jonas realizes what the government has been up to, he rebels and attempts to bring back memory and imperfectness to all the people, but countless risks needed to be taken for him to succeed. Jonas displays courage by remaining determined to achieve a task no one has ever done before. He knew that if he was caught there would be severe consequences and that his life would never be the same, but he did not let that stop him from doing what was right. Similar to Jonas, one…

The government decided he was to much of a threat. Unlike Jonas Harrison did not run away. Also they used guns instead of releasing people with chemicals, through needles. They society Harrison was apart of was based in making everyone feel equal and not being apart of the outside world, unlike in The Giver where…