Jonas: The Beneficiary Of Memory

First, Jonas’s decision to leave was correct because it saved Gabriel from dying. Gabriel is a newborn who is not doing well, so he stays with the nurturer, Jonas’s father, taking care of him and gets extensive care. Jonas develops a bond with the newborn, and he starts to love him. Eventually, though Gabriel is deemed unfit to live in the community because he was not growing fast enough and was not healthy, and the

The child isn't growing at a normal rate,which means that he will be "released" if he doesn't begin to grow the way he is supposed to. For Jonas Gabriel is a symbol of hope, and starting over. Because Gabe is just a baby and has not conformed to the rules of this society Jonas can show him the memories that he receives, and he does so because he feels that the baby could be a new beginning. All of the memories of the past that Jonas receives, show him how the society that he lives in is constricting to the people. He is genuinely scared of what could happen if he or Gabe stays where they are. This shows that although Jonas wouldn't want to break the rules, he feels the need to protect baby Gabe, and would go to any lengths necessary to do

     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.

"So, Jonas, what brought you and Gabe here?" She asked one day. So, Jonas began to to her his story. About the community and sameness, and how everything is chosen for you. About their family units and houses, climate control and their lack of emotions. He told her about the Giver, and all the emotions the two of them held. And then, last of all, Jonas told her about release. About the twin and the anger that filled him when he saw the recording. And about Gabe: why they had to leave. Laura sat quietly, and when he was done, she still said nothing. "Jonas," Laura said eventually. "I want you to know that this is your home

In the story, the wise old man is the Giver. The Giver’s mind is filled with good and bad memories. He is in charge of holding the memories from the community to avoid pain or suffering. He is the only one that is allowed to break certain rules. His power cannot be “given” to anyone except for a special person selected by the Elders. Jonas is that special person, he is the “receiver of memory”. So, the giver’s mission is to “give” Jonas the power of receiving all the memories. Also, he must share all his knowledge with Jonas so he can become the new “giver” in the community.

Gabriel, the adorable Newchild is staying at Jonas's house, but he is about to be released because of his inadequate weight and bad sleeping habits. Therefore, when Jonas decided to run away, he takes Gabriel with him so that Gabriel can avoid a death from release. Jonas did make the right decision of bringing Gabriel with him to Elsewhere. By doing this, Jonas has given Gabriel a chance to live and possibly to live an exceptional life, and for himself, Jonas gave himself the opportunity to love something for the rest of his life.

Despite the fact that he could be killed if he was caught. Jonas also wanted to release the memories into the community to make it a better place. Jonas looked to The Giver for advice, and The Giver was almost like a father to him. Jonas normally followed the rules of the community for what was right and what was wrong except when he ran away. Jonas learned that the rules of the community were harsh, once he had his knowledge he got from The Giver, he kind of made his own rules. The Giver shows lots of moral courage because he helped Jonas run away despite the potential consequences of getting released. Also the Giver took the risk of giving Jonas the memories when the previous receiver ran away because the memories were too much and then those memories were lost. The Giver has all the knowledge from the previous generations so he uses that to decide what is right and

Also, Jonas’s community has something call a receiver of memories. They take in all the memories so the community does not have to deal with the bad ones or the good ones. The text also mentions that no one else knows these memories except for the receiver(Lowry 104). All of the secrets are unknown to the

He gets hypothermia he does and it sad because the baby would have died long before him. Like I said before, you die at an internal temp of 70 degrees the clothing Jonas wears has about .36 clo units. That won't work when your spending days in the snow just trust me on this one; he will get hypothermia and die. The wind chill would make the air feel like it was almost 0-15 degrees or colder depending on the wind and the actual temperature. When a baby's temp is lower than 97.7 degrees, it requires medical attention, so Gabe would have died by the time Jonas thinks he sees the

Again Gabriel slept.”. When Jonas and Gabriel were on their way to Elsewhere, Jonas gave Gabe memories of warmth, happy memories, and memories of food and eating at Thanksgiving so that he would not be hungry. The biggest thing of all that Jonas gave Gabe is life, if Jonas didn’t take Gabriel on his journey to Elsewhere he would have been

To me this shows that no matter how painful, scarring, and threatening these memories may be you still have to experience and enjoy them, or at least learn something from them. I believe that when you neglect people of their memories and authentic emotions they aren’t really living. They are just existing, and that’s not fair to them. You could argue that it’s better for Jonas to carry and endure all memories because then he would be the only one suffering. I disagree with this argument because once Jonas starts receiving memories he realizes that he doesn’t want to live in a place where everybody is exactly the same and being different is considered shameful.

However, Jonas is different. Unlike those in the community, he has light eyes, and the rare ability to see objects change; he can see flashes of color, before the object returns back into a monotonous shade of black and white. One day, his father, a nurturer, brings home a “sick” baby boy, Gabriel, and begins to take care of him. However, this baby has a strange characteristic; like Jonas, he has light eyes. If this baby does not get better, he will be released. At the Ceremony of Twelve, due to his traits and his ability to see beyond, Jonas is chosen to become the Receiver of Memory, the holder of the Community’s

Being the Receiver of Memory is positive for Jonas because because the Receiver of Memory Is said to have great honor, and importance among the community. This is said on page 66-67. “You’ve been greatly honored,” his mother said. ”Your father, and I are very proud.” “It’s the most important job in the community.” It is also positive for Jonas because he gets to see what’s outside the community, and what it’s like. He get to see the weather, such as on page 80-81 where he saw his first memory about sledding down the hill, but the most important thing in that memory was the snow. Jonas also learns about animals, such as on page 100 it says “Now he saw another elephant emerge from the place where it had stood hidden in the trees.”

With all of the painful and glee memories that Jonas has endured, he realizes that everyone is clueless and life is meaningless without memories. Jonas thinks that the memories should be shared and they should apply for the Elders to take away the sameness. "When did they decide that?" Jonas

The differences between Jonas before his selected assignment as Receiver of Memory and after his selected assignment, Jonas has changed quite a bit. He now has more feelings for things and understands things much better as well as wants more things for the people of the community. But at the same time, doesn't understand a lot of it, and no longer wants to be the Receiver of Memory sometimes. These changes are important however, because by having Jonas change, the other characters in the story get more involved and start to change as well which later makes the story much more interesting. It also lets the reader be able to better understand the story and how the community was made and why it was changed so much. Such as being able to fully