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Character Analysis Of Jonas In 'The Giver'

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“Ash?” He had called, “Does anything seem strange to you about this apple?” “Yes,” Asher called back, laughing “It jumps out of my hand and onto the ground!” Asher had just dropped the apple again. So Jonas laughed too, and with his laughter tried to ignore his uneasy conviction that something had changed…” - The Giver, page 31. In the book “The Giver” Jonas sees things variously than everyone else. Jonas gets a different perspective from his assignments, his adventure, and his opportunities. The first reason why Jonas has a different perspective is that of his assignment and the memories he had received. As a result, Jonas was selected to be the new Receiver Of Memory and he gets to see what life was actually like. And only Jonas and the Giver can see how the past was. For example on page 77, “But the Receiver-In-Training cannot be observed, cannot be modified. That is stated quite clearly in the rules. He is to be alone, apart while he is prepared by current Receiver Of Memory…” This starts to show Jonas how unusual his life will be now that he will be isolated from the whole community. Also on page 93, when Jonas is just about to enter the Annex he notices locks and in his community, but there is never any use for locks. “These locks are just simply to ensure the Receivers privacy because he needs concentration…” I thought this …show more content…

He realized that taking risks was part of the role and had to be done. On p. 194, “ So if you escape, once you are gone- and, Jonas you know that you can never return-. Jonas nodded solemnly. It was the terrifying part.” This shows that even though Jonas was scared, he had to preserve. On page 208, “But it was necessary because it had the child seat attached to the back. And he had taken Gabriel, too.” This also proves that to keep Gabe safe he needed a new outlook and think past the troubles that he could

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