Character Analysis Of Jonas In 'The Giver'

Jonas goes through a lot while receiving the memories from The Giver. He first gets happy memories such as the sled, but then The Giver has to give him painful memories. He first receives the memory of physical pain from sunburn (Lowry 86). The pain is minimal compared to the memory of a broken leg (Lowry 109) and an injured arm during a war. During the war memory, he sees death (Lowry 119, 121). He experiences grief when he receives the memory the shot elephant (Lowry 100). Most haunting of all are the memories of the release of old and the part his father plays in the release of new born (Lowry 150). These trials at first horrify Jonas but he learns to deal with the

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

The memories are of everything from the past such as warfare, hunger, color, feelings, family, animals, and so on. The receiver is the only person in the community that has access to the memories. The people of the community are brainwashed robots. As the Giver says countless times throughout the book “They know nothing.”(pg 99) Without the memories, the community members cannot learn from their mistakes, and they cannot become better. Also, someone else dictates every choice they make. The memories belong to everyone and should not be hidden. As the Giver says on page 145, “Memories need to be shared.” By leaving the community Jonas gives the memories back to the people. The people will get to experience emotions such as joy and love, and they will also be able to see color and hear the music. By giving the memories back, Jonas is giving them a chance for freedom. Eventually, the community could possibly become like Elsewhere. In life, you cannot ignore history because, without it, you cannot learn from the past and you cannot

Imagine a world with no feelings, no color, no choice; a world where individuality and freedom are exchanged for security and sameness. This type of world is a reality for Jonas, the protagonist in Lois Lowry’s The Giver. After being assigned the next Receiver of Memories in the community, where he has the capacity to see beyond. As he begins his works, he gains wisdom and through that wisdom, learned that protecting the community from the memories, their lives lacked understanding and feelings. Jonas goes on an archetypal hero’s journey and chooses to risk everything to restore memories and wisdom to everyone in the community. Throughout this novel, Jonas is represented as a hero considering he demonstrates integrity despite living in a

“Jonas has not been assigned,” She informed the crowd, and his heart sank. Then she went on. “Jonas has been selected.” The quote pertained to this story due to the significance that Jonas had differentiated from his peers that had their differences acknowledged by the Elders themselves, each with their own desires within a career. The quote influenced Jonas his decisions within the chapters beyond the quote within the story, nevertheless brought Jonas his viewpoint of the situation and his decision into escaping from the community with Gabe to journey off Elsewhere. For example, Gabe had been planned for release the same day Jonas had escaped from the community, due to Jonas’ significant viewpoints he couldn’t bare the loss of Gabe, especially since he would be the only few to discover the true meaning behind being “released.” In the end of “The Giver,” Jonas and Gabriel had hallucinated while freezing to death because of the wild berries, the memories, and the physical limits of his human body.

In The Giver Jonas’s life flashed before him as became to feel happier, “Memories of joy flooded through him” (223). He started to remember his life back in the community. He remembers his family, his sister

(AGG)Why might someone come to reject their society? (BS-1)After Jonas learns different life through memories he comes to accept his society. (BS-2)Then Jonas starts to question his community when he realizes that they have different opinions on how a community should run. (BS-3)Now Jonas is disgusted with his community and acts out against it. (TS)Throughout the book Jonas is driven by loneliness and decides to reject his society because of this.

He is going through many changes. Complete the two short activities by identifying the type of character, and by classifying the conflicts and the character traits Jonas has and how they help in him changing. ELA6_B_1_4_ACT_3_2 ELA6_B_1_4_ACT_3_3 Summary Stories like The Giver have many characters. The main character, Jonas, is proceeding through events in the plot, going through changes as the plot unfolds.

is intrigued about the things he has experienced. The things that he didn’t know about interest him. Jonas goes to The Giver’s house again and asks him about the different things that have changed when he saw them. The Giver tells him to remember the sled from yesterday. When he does the sled is red. The giver explains that he is beginning to see the color red. He explains that the sled was just red instead of changing to red is because the memory is when red still existed.

Once Jonas crossed the boundary into Elsewhere, all of his memories were given back to the Community. These included his memories of color, snow, sun, and others. With those good memories, however, came bad memories as well. These were memories of war, hunger, loss, and pain. Bad memories are not meant to be locked away forever. Instead, they should be

I know this because as stated by Jonas after he figured out that Gabe was going to be released “ He had taken Gabriel, too” (166). This supports my claim because Jonas was making a good decision of saving Gabriel’s life, therefore Gabe was not released. Another piece of evidence is when Jonas was starting to regret leaving because he was starving, but then he realized that “If he would have stayed he would have lived a life hungry in other ways. He would have lived a life hungry for feelings, for colors, for love” (173). This supports my claim because he made a good decision by leaving his community so that he could enjoy the feeling of love and feelings, and the sight of

At the beginning Jonas changes by feeling very meticulous about his new assignment as the new receiver. For example, “For a moment he froze, consumed with despair. He didn’t have it, the whatever-she-had-said.” he became extremely frightened at his new assignment. But then he realized he was ambitious to learn more of the memories. Until the giver accidently gave him war and starvation. Jonas then

The primary character, Jonas, in Lois Lowry's The Giver experiences a point in which he sees his ability to go past. Jonas starts to see his Community in an unexpected way, with a mindfulness or care that a great many people in the Community have needed. Care, actually, is one of focal topics in The Giver. In spite of the fact that the book starts with what is by all accounts an immaculate spot, things being what they are the individuals in the Community are living shallow and shallow lives. As Jonas starts his role as the Receiver of Memories, he picks up knowledge and through that intelligence, discovers that in shielding the Community from the recollections, their lives have needed feeling and comprehension.

The book starts in the "Community" where people literally don't feel anything. The main character,Claire, is assigned as a birthmother and she is supposed to give birth to three children. But her first birth giving has a problem and she is dismissed after giving to a baby; Gabe. She is assigned to work in the Hatchery. She always takes care of her baby (while hiding the fact that she was his birthmother) in the nutrition center.

In The Giver, Jonas was a young man who was different from his others classmates as he had been selected to be the new Receiver of Memory. This task was very challenging for Jonas at first because it required plenty of hard work, dedication, and courage as well. Definitely, distant from being an honor, it was a punishment for Jonas for being selected as the new Receiver. At the beginning of his training with the Giver, he had problems adapting to his new lifestyle for three reasons. Jonas renounced to his old activities, his responsibilities increased, and he couldn’t talk to anyone about his conversations with the Giver.