Change: is to pass from one state to another: to pass or make something pass from one stage to another. In a dystopian novel The Giver, by Lois Lowry, a 12/13 year boy experiences change from finding out that his Community is not as perfect as it seems. He has changed from a naive to a wise person, from a kid that never lied to his parents to a man who lied to his parents, and a rule keeper to a rebel. Jonas has changed from a naive person to a wise man. At first when he was throwing the apple, “the apple changed and he started to search it, using a magnify glass.” (25) Since he is very naive, he doesn’t know what exactly happened to the apple. He uses a magnify glass to see what has happened to the apple. If he knew what actually …show more content…
He has never lied but he has lied now. If he has never lied but lied today, that means that he has changed into a person who actually lies to his parents. He has changed much, but he has also changed from a rule keeper to a rebel. From a rule keeper to a rebel has Jonas changed. When he first had his stirrings, he told his mom and his mom gave him the pills which he “swallowed the small pill that his mother handed him.” (38) He kept the rules and took the pill. He took the pill without a second thought and just took it, just because his mother told him to. And he also did because the Speaker. “‘I will take care of that sir. I will take care of that sir,’ Jonas mimicked in a cool sarcastic voice.” “‘I will kill people sir” (152) Never has Jonas ever mimic the Speaker before. No one ever did. But Jonas, now being a rebel sees the true side of the Community turns into a rebel. If he wasn’t a rebel, he wouldn’t mimic the Speaker nor would he see anything wrong in this community. As much as people change, he has changed much from a little kid who keeps the rules to a rebel, i kid who never lies to a kid who lies, from a naive kid to a wise man. Jonas has changed from a naive kid to a wise man, a rule keeper to a rebel and a kid who never lies to a person who lies. By showing his rebellious side, Jonas shocks himself with his own courage. With the wisdom he has, he is able to both save himself and Gabe. With the lies that he does, he can leave The
One way Jonas's personallity changed is the fact the fact highest grades in his school. This affected his personallity because he was smarter than most kids in the Community. Ecspecially since his community has accepted Sameness. Sameness is where everybody looks, sounds, Since Jonas has a higher intellect, he will soon be elected to the position as New Reciever. Which is a position that will replace the current Giver.
Jonas is the protagonist of the novel and a third-person narrator tells the entire story from Jonas perception of things. He is intelligent, curious, caring, and his thought process is very mature for being 11-13 years old. A good quote portraying both his matureness and his intellect is “If everything's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things”(97). This is also one of the first signs that he is displeased with the community. Another quote showing his courage and curiosity is "It hurt a lot," Jonas said, "but I'm glad you gave it to me. It was interesting. And now I understand better. What it meant, that there would be
In our world, we can decided what we wear like and how we act. Some of us have long hair, others have short, and a portion of us have none at all. Other physical features may be eye color, hair color, height, or weight. Internal differences may be likes and dislikes; the people in Jonas’ community are just the opposite. They follow a strict set of rules and cannot see or realize any differences. This sameness has been enforced by the Committee of Elders for a while. It is like they live in a one-way mirror; but Jonas can see differences and so can the Giver. They can see color while others just see shades of gray. They can see how the community has changed and how it is being controlled. So this one-way mirror has a secret second side and Jonas can now see through it. This begins to get frusterating to Jonas because he is confused about his
Jonas is helping his family take care of a problem newborn. His name is Gabriel, he had problems sleeping at the Nurturing Center. Jonas helps Gabriel sleep by transmitting memories to Gabriel. They become really close. Jonas finds out that Gabriel is in danger of being released. He talks to The Giver and finds out that release means the same thing as death. Jonas gets really mad knowing that his father killed the babies. That was his father’s job. Jonas wants to create a plan to change the community forever.
Jonas never lied nor got in trouble by his parents, Jonas' society never lied to nor harmed eachother they all cared for one another. Jonas started out not taking his medicine that lead him to see color, then had a dream and kept it to himself. Jonas' friend Fiona was a really nice and pretty girl and it made Jonas fall in love, but in his society ur not suposed to fall in love, he wasn't like the other people in his society.He the same as everyone else at the begining of the novel but because of his choices it affected the way he felt, he started to feel depressed because of the things he had found out about the comunity.
Jonas wanted to live a different life. In his journey, Jonas travels with Gabriel, the child that was being nurtured by his family. He needed to saved him from being “released”. Together they faced danger and fear but it was just the beginning of a new life in the land of Elsewhere.
Jonas starts out with a very low understanding of what it means to be mature. He has no knowledge of pain, love, or any other emotion. He proves this by acting like a normal child. He plays with his friends after volunteer hours. He attends school on a regular basis. Jonas is a stickler for the rules. He has been told that it is wrong to not follow rules and that there
In the beginning of the novel,Giver, Jonas demonstrates that “ Being unique is valuable” can be better than sameness. When Jonas first sees color he finds out that being unique is better than being the same. Jonas has the ability to see beyond. In page 24, chapter 3, Jonas noticed a change about an apple, when it was tossed in mid air. Jonas tossed this apple back and forth with his best friend Asher, then again in the air, for an instant only. It changed. There was something unique about thawt apple. Then on page 86, chapter 12, Jonas noticed that his friend, Fiona’s hair has changed. Jonas looked for information. The Giver discovered, that Jonas was starting to see the color, red.
Jonas knows he can get in big trouble for doing this but he believes it’s best for him. Soon after, Jonas decides to run away in the middle of the night after realizing nobody in his community feels love. By doing so, Jonas broke three rules by escaping “ enough that if he were caught now, he will be condemned” (Lowry 207). Jonas felt as if he was giving himself a death wish and for him to keep going he had to have courage. Jonas courage strengthens him through his journey.
The dystopian novel, The Giver by Lois Lowry was a great suspenseful book read by our class. Although Lois Lowry wrote a great novel, we will forever be mad at her. The author uses great suspense throughout the novel and then leads us into a dead end. Even though you have your own theory, the true end will never be told. Jonas is dead. At the end of The Giver, we experience a part of the book where we are forced to produce our own theory of Jonas’ fate. Jonas is dead and saw the lights and gates of heaven or in this case, “Elsewhere”. Others believe that Jonas succeeds on his journey and saw a family celebrating Christmas. The author gives us a novel that shows the life of Jonas through his struggles of being the Receiver in Training but leaves
Proving that Jonas is different than everyone else and that he may possess some sort of gift. Consequently, being different in a “ to the rules” conforming society where people ae punished for taking an apple, people who are different tend not to do well in that society. Curiosity overcomes Jonas after seeing this apple change color and he decides to take it
In the novel the Giver by Lois Lowry the main character Jonas has his personality and identity change all throughout the story. His personality starts off in the beginning being a very good kid who trusts everyone, and does everything he is tolled to do. In the middle of the story he starts to question things, that make him wonder if all these rules are meant to be. At the end of the story he decides what is right and decides to part from the communities rules and do what he thinks is right and what makes him feel like himself.
Jonas shows the theme being true to oneself takes courage many times throughout the book. For example, when Jonas is talking to the Giver about leaving the community Jonas thinks “It is possible,what we have planned. Barely possible. If I fail; I will be killed”(Lowry 194). Jonas is being true to himself, because he knows if he stays in the community and does not take the risk of leaving he
‘The Giver’ by Lois Lowry is about Jonas, a boy who lives in a community which is highly controlled by the Elders. The Elders have taken over and destroyed what it means to be human. The people in the community are killed for being different, they’re watched by elders and also have their emotions taken away. The Elders of the community brutally kill the citizens of the community by enforcing conformity and watching the people of the community at all times.
In the beginning of the story Jonas is obedient as the story unfolds Jonas turns rebellious. For example, in the beginning of the book