Jonas In The Giver By Lois Lowry

In the book, The Giver, the main character Jonas makes a lot of important choices. But the most important was his plan to escape with baby Gabriel. When Jonas is given his job at the Ceremony of Twelve, he becomes The Giver. He must make important decision based on past events only he will have. He soon is given memories of the past and can see the colors. After Jonas finds out what happens during a “release” and is given memories of war he no longer wants his job. His father's’ job requires him to take care of the newborns. One newborn could live in the nursery so Jonas’s father takes care of him. The baby's name is Gabriel. When Jonas catches wind about Gabe’s release he asks the Giver what he can do to stop it. Finding nothing he can do,

The character in the story that I was most fascinated by was the Giver. This character has many admirable qualities. He is resilient against the painful and hard memories he has seen and he is loving. He and Jonas are the only two characters in the story that are even capable of loving. While reading this story, I felt as though the Giver and Jonas were lucky because they get to understand and feel love, but on the other end of the spectrum, they experience pain and great sadness. The other characters in the story get to be blissfully unaware of the pain and suffering of the past. The first trait that I mentioned above, resilience, is why I like the Giver’s character so much. The quote that exemplifies this is, “The worst part of holding memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” “I’ve shared them with you,” Jonas said, trying to cheer him up. “That’s true. And having you here with me over the past year has made me realize that things must change. For years I’ve felt that they should, but it seemed so hopeless. “Now for the first time I think there might be a way (Lowry 1993 Ch. 20 p. 154-155 para. 9-11).” This shows the Giver’s resilience. He has been lonely because he had these memories, some that were very painful, and no one with which to share them. He saw pain and love and somehow lived with the burden of this knowledge. He continued to carry the burden of being the Receiver while

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

In Lois Lowry’s book The Giver Jonas and The Giver show us different characterization elements in Literature. Jonas is very humble considering how much power he has and lack of use of it. Without him in this book it would be boring and not worth the read. The Giver is very wise, as he has experienced all of the memories of the community and beyond. Without The Giver we wouldn’t know nearly as much about the novel as we do with him. All of these responsibilities would be way too much for me to take on now let alone at age

Through life, people grow. They feel, learn from their mistakes, though In a boy named Jonas’ community, they do not. Without emotions such as happiness, sadness, fear, and no originality. In Lois Lowry’s The Giver, Jonas is chosen to become the next receiver of memory, he is required to take the burden of memories from his community. This helped him grow into a dynamic character throughout the novel.

     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 accepting his society because he's unaware of emotions of the other people in his community. Jonas follows the rule of having the share your feelings everyday. Not telling

Jonas’ has had a variety of interesting experiences throughout the book. The Giver by Lois Lowry is about Jonas and he goes through many changes in his life with some help from the Giver. Jonas’ experiences develop a theme over the course of The Giver by teaching the reader for every action there is a consequence. Although some readers may believe that there will not be a consequence, Jonas’ experiences show that there are good and bad consequences for everything you do.

However, in the novel, the Giver represents all aspects of the human condition. The Giver is genuine saying he had never shared memories before. He was slow to expose Jonas to the memories and wanted to show him something thoughtful and innocent before the hard truths. He knew the burden that he was demanding of this 12-year boy, and was understanding that this journey was not a simple one. The Giver gave Jonas a memory of a sled, it was something fun, and something

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

Also it shows that the giver is very lonely holding the memories and thinks that memories should be shared with the people and everyone. It also shows that Jonas has enough courage to run away, but is sad to leave his new friend behind. From this sentence from the book, it shows that the giver and Jonas are going to change how the community, thinks and feels. So Jonas’s main personality trait in the book The Giver is Courage.

In The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas grows up in a community of sameness, but soon later Jonas’s innocence is lost. As the Receiver of Memory, Jonas gets introduced to both pleasure and true pain. First, Jonas gets the memory of warfare and raw pain, which proves to be very painful and nothing Jonas has ever experienced. Next, the Giver gives Jonas the memory of love, which is a totally new concept to Jonas. Lastly, Jonas is shocked at the true meaning and act of release, this makes Jonas want to change the way things are run in the community. Jonas gets these memories as the Receiver of Memory but it soon makes him lose his innocence and see the world as it really is.

Moreover, Jonas meets the Receiver whom he is to call the Giver now because the roles have changed. Jonas will receive all the memories of the past because they are to be kept secret from the community’s people. When Jonas received the images of war or starvation, he could feel the pain. During the trainings “The Giver led Jonas firmly, little by little into the deep and terrible suffering of the past” (Lowry, 1993, pg. 139). He also received beautiful memories of love and pleasure after to help with the bad memories. He is very

One of the rules in Jonas Jonas's rules is that he could lie. Jonas has never lied before and this came as a little shocking to him now that he could lie as the new receiver of memory. Jonas got out of dream telling because of his new rules as a receiver.(65)Jonas did not like dream telling and now that his the receiver of memory, he does not have to tell his dreams. Pg.65 Another one of Jonas’s rules was that Jonas could not apply for a release.(65)But that is wrong because, even at the hardest times and the hardest memories and times Jonas Jonas could not apply for a release. Jonas was the only receiver of the community.

Since heroes have traits that make them a hero and challenges that define their character, Jonas, in Lois Lowry’s book, The Giver, is a hero who is selfless, fights for what he’s passionate about, and has proved his heroic traits and character in the challenges he has faced. “On his knees, unable to rise, Jonas tried a second time. His consciousness grasped at a wisp of another warm memory, and tried desperately to hold it there, to enlarge it and pass it into Gabriel.” (p.176) Jonas went to great lengths to save Gabriel, who he obviously cares about deeply, such as sacrificing his own life and memories of warmth in order to keep him alive. Selflessness is a quality that many, if not most, heroes have, and Jonas possesses that quality, his