Jonas 'Community In The Giver'

Imagine living your life with no feelings, no choices, and no individuality; that is what it is like living in Jonas’ community. Visualize being only one of a few that knows what the world used to be like with joy, excitement, sadness, and fear; but you cannot change anything. All you can do is receive more memories of freedom, love, war, and happiness. Would that not haunt you? You can just watch the people of the community and know moat of humanity has been stropped of them like a band aid on a cut after it has healed, and only a scar is left; but the skin will never be the same.

The Giver is written in Jonas’ point of view. Jonas is an eleven year old boy living in a special community. The community has eliminated all feelings and pain. Everyone in the community is polite and everyone is the same so there won’t be any differences between each other. In this community, when you are twelve, you will be assigned a job. In this case, Jonas was assigned as the receiver of memory. The community also has a giver, who has all the memory of feelings that everyone doesn’t have. Since the giver is getting old, Jonas will be learning from him and excluded from the rest of the community. He is able to ask questions that normal citizens weren’t able to.

Jonas began to feel like her wanted to go home. Jonas can't go back to his community, "But he knew he couldn't go back to the world of no feelings for that he had lived in so long" (Lowry 131). Jonas wants to leave the community and never come back to it again because no matter how much he tries to give them memories he can't change them. Jonas decides that it is ok for him to leave his community. “ If he stayed, he would have starved in other ways. He would have lived a life hanged for feelings, for color, for love” (Lowry 174). Jonas made the right decision of leaving his community because he would have been starving for answer on why they never changed the community but he feels happier that he rejected his society and left. (SIP-B) Jonas doesn't want to be a part of his community anymore. Jonas doesn't want to go back to his dwelling to see his family, "I won't! I won't go home! You can't make me!' Jonas sobbed and shouted and pounded the bed with his fist" (Lowry 153). Jonas doesn't want to go back to his dwelling to see his family again because his father lied to him about the ceremony of release for babies. Jonas wanted his childhood back, he didn't want to be the receiver anymore, "Jonas did not want to go back. He didn't want the memories, didn't want the honor, didn't want the wisdom, didn't want the pain. He wanted his childhood again, his scraped knees and ball games" (Lowry 121). That Jonas doesn't want to be the receiver of memory anymore he wants to get his childhood back so he doesn’t have to know about the memories of past communities. Jonas is rejecting his society because he finds out the true meaning of his community and why they took out what they

One example of Jonas’ character changing throughout The Giver is that Jonas was obedient at the beginning of the book but later becomes rebellious. An example of Jonas’ obedience is when a plane was flying over the community. The speaker advised everyone to drop their bikes where they were and sprint to the nearest building immediately. Jonas obediently did everything the speaker had said. Another time when Jonas was being obedient is when the Chief Elder said during the ceremony that he had always presented himself on time when he had chastisement. ” ‘We hoped, also, that Jonas would present himself promptly for chastisement, and he has always done so.’ “ (62) These are all times when Jonas was an obedient child and never questioned the community.

Jonas perspective was different from Asher’s perspective because they don’t have the same life and some things they can’t relate to. Jonas had more problems in his life then Asher. Jonas have a selection but don’t know what it’s meant for and in that perspective of his he have to find out what that’s meant for. On the other hand Asher doesn’t have a selection yet so he don’t know exactly how Jonas takes things. So Asher and Fiona helps Jonas figure out what he needs to know about his selection.

“Things could change, 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 toward the ceiling of his sleeping room.

To begin, He is rebellious. All the citizen must take medication of anti-dreaming. Jonas doesn't take it because he learns all the feeling from the memories and he wants to keep all the feeling with him. Furthermore, He is courageous. Once he knows everything about his community that his father kills the twin and going to release Gabriel. Jonas says that" No fear, nor any regret at leaving the community behind. But he felt a very deep sadness that he had left his closest friend behind"(Lowry 163). It indicates that he is going to escape to elsewhere. he knows that he will never come back to the community again and see his friends again. He decides to steal his father's bicycle, steal food from the community, leave his community in the middle of the night, and take Gabriel with him. Last, He is strong. On his way to elsewhere he suffers with problems for instance, running out of food and running out of energy because of travelling in a long distance. Also, the condition of climates. Snowing almost caused him to death finally he tries hard and makes it to elsewhere. Accordingly, in the end of the book. Jonas is courageous, rebellious, and

In the complex argument of whether Jonas dies or lives, it is clear that he had fallen into the grave. The text states that Jonas saw a light and felt warmth: “But somewhere ahead, through the blinding storm, he knew there was warmth and light.” The glowing in which Jonas sees is the luminous heaven and the warmth in which he feels is just the embrace of dying and drifting off to the afterlife. The text also states that Jonas was beginning to feel weak and faint, “Using his final strength, and a special knowledge that was deep inside him, Jonas found the sled that was waiting for them at the top of the hill. Numbly his hands fumbled for the rope.” He didn't have any strength left which means that Jonas could not get up and keep moving forward

Jonas has a very good relationship with the Giver and loves him very much. Jonas has a very good relationship with the Giver because he does not lie to him and they can share their feelings with one another. When Jonas learns that he can share feelings with the Giver he learns that other people can not do what he can. The citizens in the community do not know what feelings are and how to love someone as Jonas and the Giver do. So this related to the Giver and Jonas to have such a depth relationship because they can talk to each other and not lie, they can trust each other. Also they know how to be truthful to each other and love each

In “The Giver”, a boy named Jonah lives in a place where everything is “perfect” and nothing could every go wrong. This place is known as “the community”. This place is a boxed in village where pain, starvation,battles, and depression do not exist. The community’s members understand much less then they may think. All truths and concepts are defined and described much differently by the members of the community.

“Jonas has not been assigned, Jonas has been selected” (Page 57). When Jonas is selected out of everyone else in his community he definitely ha san honor. Being the receiver means you receive fun and enjoyable moments. Now that Jonas is the reviver he is very important to the community. Jonas gets to feel things no one else in the community can feel.

Essay/prompt: The Chief Elder lists 5 qualities that a Receiver must have: Intelligence, courage, integrity, wisdom and the capacity to see beyond Explain why/how Jonas was a good choice for the assignment. The Chief Elder listed off the qualities a Receiver must have, one of those is Intelligence. Jonas is intelligent because he is aware of what is happening around him, from a young age he knew in his community no one seems to think for oneself.

Jonas-the eleven year old protagonist in the story. He's very likeable. He is also a kind person who is always very honest and also wholehearted. He had been chosen to be the new receiver of memory for his community when he turns twelve. Most of the time he isn't thoughtful and cares very much and has a lot of concern for his friends and family. He wants to be closer to people and after his training is over his world is different. He is very passionate about the world around him and wants to make it better.

How would you feel if everything was the same? Well, that’s the type of community Jonas lives in. While Jonas live in a community where love doesn’t exist, he learns to be brave and take risks.

Everyone has an ideal life, and in the book The Giver, Jonas’ society is where everyone is equal. Sameness is valued in this society. This is called a utopia. a utopia is defined as a perfect or ideal place. A utopia varies from person to person, though they may share similar concepts. In the book The Giver, the council creates what they believe a perfect society is. In present day society, we have similar attributes, but we accept them in different ways. Jonas’ and present day society share the concepts of how families are meant to be structured, how jobs are supposed to run, and how death is relevant to life.