Dialectical Journal For The Giver

The community has never seen color and for a long time Jonas has not either until he got his job as the receiver, and then about one year into his job he started he started see all of the colors, which brought a lot of conflict to his life, all because of sameness. For example, “ Things would change with Gabe,” Jonas went on. “ Things could be different. I don’t know how, but there must be some way for things to be different. There could be colors.” and grandparents,” he added, staring through the dimness towards the ceiling of his sleeping room.” And everybody would have memories” (164).Things changed with Jonas when Gabrielle moved into his house, they have many similarities including blue eyes. The community has never celebrated holidays and did not have any other relatives other than their parents and one sibling. For example, “ After a life of sameness and predictability, he was awed the surprises that lay beyond each curve on the road ” (215). There is never any surprises in any ones life because everyone is ruled or controlled. It is so easy to predict what is going to happen each day because of sameness. There would not be so much conflict if it was not

He accepts the role and begins training with The Giver. As time goes by, and he has received numerous memories, he starts to realise how cruel his society is. (SIP-A) In one of his later memories, we see The Giver pass on the memory of a rainbow. Jonas starts to learn about colors and vibrance. (STEWE-1) Jonas is first given the memory of a rainbow. “Days went by, and weeks. Jonas learned, through the memories, the names of colors; and now he began to see them all, in his ordinary life (though he knew it was ordinary no longer, and would never be again)” (Lowry 97). He felt good about what he was seeing, for a good amount of time at the least. (STEWE-2) But, Jonas starts to change his mind, and wonder why people don’t have color. He realizes that people can make choices without having the government do it for them. “‘If everything's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things! A blue tunic, or a red one?’” (Lowry 97). Yes, Jonas does agree with The Giver after the fact that decisions can be dangerous. But, Jonas still likes the thought of decisions and colors. (SIP-B) The main reason Jonas decided to flee from his society, is the way that they handled releases. His father had been lying about the process for all of Jonas’s life. (STEWE-1) Jonas asks The Giver about release because of the release his father was doing that

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

About the time in the novel when Jonas began to feel love and passion for another, he began to see red, and out of all the colors, it is probably the most meaningful.. For this reason, I believe the first emotion he felt was love even if he didn’t realize it. His parents said he needed to take “stirrings” pills, which I believe are to keep people from loving another considering that the elders pick your husband/wifes. Red also represents blood. Jonas realizes that red isn’t always love, it represents death. Loss. everything wrong about the world.

This means that he is getting more aware of his surroundings because he can now see more and he can understand what everything looks like around him. This is making Jonas more aware because he is able to see what the life of the community used to look like before the took away color. The third and final evidence is stated on page 111; it shows on the final reason on why Jonas is changing. Finally, on page 111 is says this, “He wondered, though, if he should confess to the Giver that he had given a memory away… That he had this power frighted him. He decided not to tell. “ This evidence is showing us that he is becoming braver and independent. I know this because earlier on in the novel he would tell his parents every thing, but now that he is becoming more independent he can make his own choices about what he thinks and feels. In the Novel, The Giver, there is a very dynamic character named Jonas. He is getting braver, more independent, wiser, older, and aware. This is how Jonas is making through his metamorphosis, and even someone who has a lot of rules in his daily life is still able to change in such a strict

In the narrative it says,” ‘ I liked the feeling of love he confessed.’ “ (Lowry, ) Throughout the hardcover Jonas confessed to many thing one of whivh being love. This proves he is honest because he is willing not to push his feelings aside, and be truthfull. Lowry also write, “ ‘ I did dream last night.’ Jonas told the.” (Lowry, ) In the novel he is confessing to having a dream. This exibits the character trait, genuine because it would have been extremly easy to lie, and keep his dream to himself. Jonas reveals the character trait of honesty.

Additionally, in the middle of the book, Jonas is upset when he sees Asher playing with a group of kids, a game, that he himself had played in the past. However, after training to be the next receiver, Jonas only then sees the true meaning behind the game. “It was a game he had often played with the other children...He had never recognized it before as a game of war...In his mind, Jonas saw again the face of the boy who had lain dying on a field and had begged him for water” (Lowry 167). As Jonas receives more memories, he begins to realize deeper meanings and is unable able to overlook events so easily. He himself sees the true significance and is frustrated when everyone else is deceived, only seeing what is on the outside. Near the end of the book, Jonas and the Giver watch a newborn child being released by Jonas’s

How did the absence in color and Jonas’s ability to see color contribute to the theme? In the novel, The Giver by Lois Lowry, is told by the eyes of a third person, about a life of a male named Jonas who is living in a community without suffering, color, fights, and pain. Both of his parents held a job in the community, Jonas’s father, a Nurturer, took care of newborns and one of them was a male named Gabriel, whereas his mother, who held a prominent position at the Department of Justice, punished people that caused problems and his younger sister Lily who was a six. Each member of the community must obey and follow a set of rules such as sharing your dreams and feeling every morning and during dinner, having no more than 2 kids, one male and one female etc., so there won’t be any problems

He found out that his father lied to him about release by saying that release was when a man from elsewhere would take him. But then The Giver has him watch a release. He reacted to this by thinking to himself ¨He killed it! My father killed it! Jonas said to himself stunned at what he was realizing.

His transition, expressed by the setting change and supported by his alternating actions, is also gradual. Marked by his obtaining the new “receiver” position in his community, Jonas’s departs from the society that raised him. Evidently, Jonas had always been different from the rest of his peers as he would see something more, something beyond his “reality.” “The apple had changed. Just for an instant… Then it was in his hand, and he looked at it carefully, but it was the same apple. Unchanged… The same nondescript shade, about the same shade as his own tunic” (Lowry 24). No one in Jonas’s community possessed the ability to see color of any sort, which emphasized the theme of sameness. Yet, the fact that Jonas notices the color red first, and repeatedly in Fiona’s hair, insinuates his separation from an emotionless society. “Red is the single most dynamic and passionate color symbolizes love, rage, and courage… red has a great emotional impact… The desire to experience the fullness of living leads to constant activity” (Przybyla, Red Web). The red apple foreshadows Jonas’s ability to see color and further suggests the idea that Jonas will begin to feel. As Jonas later discovers, the reader recognizes a damaging lack of color in his society’s apparent flawlessness after he describes the apples shade as “nondescript,”

In The Giver written during the 1990’s and set in the future, Lois Lowry presents a dystopian novel about a society where everything is the same, but one kid plans to change the whole society. A young man named Jonas that has an ability to see color in a colorless society. After being selected as the new receiver of memories, he realizes how much the society is missing and plans to change it. He plans to leave the society so that everyone can receive the memories he was given. However even before becoming receiver, Jonas is shown to be different in a society where everything is the same. His society lacks the ability to see color yet when he and Asher were throwing the apple, the apple had changed Jonas looked at it for a little, then threw again, “and again- in the air, for an instant only- it had changed” (Lowry 24). Later as he was being selected for the new receiver of memories, it happened again. When he was asked if he has the quality of Capacity to See Beyond, All the faces of the crowd seemed to change for only a second. This ability to distinguish something “ different” again happens when he was going to the first day of training, but this time the hair of his friend Fiona changed. When Jonas was asking the giver what was happening, the giver told him to look at the books on a shelf and again it happened. It is then that the giver finally told Jonas that what he had experience was seeing color. Lois Lowry gave Jonas the ability to see color in a society that can

In Jonas’s world, a conformist community, they are devoid from freedom of choice, because people have their lives set ahead of time. Jonas himself was also oblivious to actual choice, where everything is the same and there are no difficult choices. Then one day, Jonas receives the memory of the rainbow. Seeing this ancient natural occurrence, and all the beautiful colors, Jonas springs up and exclaims,”If everything is the same, there aren’t any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!”

On the surface, Jonas is like any other eleven-year-old boy living in his community. He seems more intelligent and perceptive than many of his peers, and he thinks more seriously than they do about life, worrying about his future in the community. One way that Jonas is determined was when he first was selected to be the new receiver of memory. At first, he was very hesitant to accept his job because he knew that he would experience a lot of both physical and mental pain. He put his head in the game and completed his training even though he did not want to. Another way Jonas is determined was when he escaped the community and was journeying through elsewhere. At one point of his journey, he sprained his ankle. Even though he was severely injured he trudged all the way until he reached his goal. Jonas’ actions can definitely be viewed as

Jonas society is a utopian society because everything and everyone is the same. How are people suppose to see the differences in life if they can't see no color. On the other hand if you wanted to pick a color to wear they could not because no one can see color(Lowry 120).we relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with differences.Jonas replied ¨we shouldn't have!¨he

Jonas changes from a completely acquiescent kid to a wise, and mature young man throughout the book. At the start of the book he's simply a standard eleven in his community. Jonas solely will do what he's told and does not question things, however he's terribly introverted and thoughtful. Throughout the Ceremony Of Twelve the Chief Elder describes Jonas. He's has integrity, is intelligent, has courage, wisdom and obedience. Once he receives his rules he is aware that he's totally different from his classmates. His rules are short and embrace weird ones just like the ability