Jonas The Hero In 'The Giver'

In the book The Giver, Jonas leaves his restricted community to get to Elsewhere, a place where his memories will come true. Jonas’s only companion is Gabriel, a baby who was entitled to a horrible death. The question is, will they both survive in time to get to Elsewhere? Based on clues from the book, it seems like Jonas and Gabriel do survive and get to Elsewhere, because the book suggest that Jonas starts to experience his memories in real life, and he hears music for the first time. A reason to believe that Jonas and Gabriel do survive, is that Jonast starts to experience his own memories.

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 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 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.

Jonas experiences trials and unconditional love which is representative of the Hero’s Journey Archetype. The unconditional love is when The Giver gives Jonas advice about what he should do with all of his memories because Jonas thinks that holding onto all of the memories and boring and he feels lonely. The Giver and Jonas made a plan to go, “Elsewhere” and let the memories out to the community. The Giver says, “If you get away, if you get beyond, if you get to Elsewhere, it will mean that the community has to bear to burden themselves, of the memories you had been holding for them. Jonas experiences the road of trials when he has to face running away with Gabriel so that Gabriel wouldnt get released.

Ned, from Code Talker and Jonas from The Giver, are two unique characters. Although they lived in hugely different societies there many similarities can be drawn between the two. There are obvious differences between Ned and Jonas. For example, Ned and Jonas lived in completely different societies with extremely different cultures. Jonas’ home was very orderly and peaceful, whereas Ned’s gave free will and was experiencing a time of war.

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

Jonas stole Gabriel from the dwelling that they both here staying at because his father said that they were going to have to release Gabe and he didn’t want that to happen to him so he stole him as he left and then rode off. Jonas thought Gabe was dead from the cold and then Jonas gave Gabe the whole memory of warmth to keep him warm so he doesn’t die. He does everything to make sure Gabe would stay warm and to keep him alive, he would give him the food first and he would wrap Gabe in most of the clothing to keep him warm. He just loves Gabe so much that he wanted to do anything to keep him safe and

“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.

So he lied and pretended he took them. He also breaks the rules again through the book. Jonas passes on memories the Giver had passed him that were from love and warmth. Even though no one else had the right to see those memories, Jonas passed them on to Gabe. He passed them down because it was helping Gabe fall asleep and he also quite enjoyed helping Gabe. Especially as Gabe and Jonas’s Bond got closer. By doing so, this is one of his ,Jonas’s, first acts of rebellion. He also breaks the rules again through the book. Even though it is dangerous, Jonas does so anyway because he wants Gabe to be able go through the ceremony of ones. Lois Lowry herself writes, “....though he felt guilty...Each night he (Jonas) give Gabriel memories.”(Lowry, 128) Even though Jonas does not want to be caught, by the committee elder. Jonas acts unruly anyway because he feels he has to do it in order for Gabe to stop crying. This also shows how loyal Jonas is. Throughout the book, Jonas starts to have a character change/ In the beginning of the book starts as being naive. Through the book, he starts being more heroic, bold, and daring. Jonas used to be so naive until he became the receiver and gradually started to

In the Giver, Jonas realizes that being released to the elsewhere means death, but the people didn't know that. When Gabriel comes around, and all his caretakers want to release him to elsewhere, Jonas is determined to save Gabriel because it is not fair that people are killing others without knowing. So Jonas runs away with Gabriel then escapes from his communities. He runs past the triangle of memory, so the people will receive them back all the sorrow he felt and happiness.

(AGG)The main character in The Giver, Jonas, has to face the truth and eventually rejects his community. (BS-1)Jonas has some outlooks on his community that change later in the book (BS-2)There are some events that make Jonas think about his community differently, but have not made him fully change his mind. (BS-3)This section has made Jonas fully change his mind about his community and the way it works. (TS)In The Giver, Jonas has certain outlooks on his community that change later in the book and eventually make him reject his community (MIP-1)Jonas has some outlooks on his community that change later in the book. (SIP-A) Jonas has seen things around the community change, and he doesn’t know what is happening (STEWE-1) There have been

In the book The Giver Jonas has a really complicated relationships with his father. It all started when his father told him about release but lied about it. Jonas thought that the people getting released would go to a happy place, but actually his father kills them with a shot then dumps them in the garbage. The Giver showed Jonas a video about the truth of the release because his father told him a lie. Jonas was very displeased when he found out what his dad does at a release and could not get pass the thought that his dad was a liar. Jonas can trust the giver because the Giver has never lied to Jonas and his dad has. This related in Jonas to have trust issues with other people.

Jonas’s experience in The Giver molds him into the classic archetypal hero. The journey includes both positive and negative experiences from his call to duty, training, departure, and the return home. Through these experiences, Jonas grows into an archetypal hero.

Training has to take place before the person actually takes on the job. Jonas’ mentor is The Giver, and The Giver is the lame duck in this case because once the training is done he becomes an official elder. The Giver passes on all sorts of memories to Jonas, and some are so excruciating that there are mental scars instead of physical. Jonas battles himself to either overcome that pain or give into it, and if he gives in. That means; no more Jonas.