Jonas's Language In 'The Giver'

is constantly changing. But what if there was no change? Jonas’s community believes in sameness and doesn’t believe in change. The rules are very strict. Everybody has to wear the same clothes and look the same. It is rude to point out other people’s differences. There are no colors or feelings. The people can’t even make their own decisions. If someone breaks the rules,the community releases the person. Precise language is important too. The community has everyone believe that their world is a Utopia and that everything is perfect as it is. Jonas changes throughout The Giver and as a result, tries to change the community.

To begin with, Jonas and the citizens in the community don’t have feelings. Feelings consist of love, happiness, sadness, and pain. In document B it states . “You’re right,” he said. “But then everyone would be burdened and pained.

The more Jonas learns that emotions are needed in life he starts to question the people he thought “loved” him. “Do you love me? There was an awkward silence for moment. Then Father gave a little chuckle. “Jonas. You, of all people. Precision of language, please!”... “Your father means that you used a very generalized word, so meaningless that it’s become almost obsolete,” his mother explained carefully.” (159-160). Now that Jonas knows that his family doesn't love or truly care about him he wants to bring back memories and emotions to the community. This conversation from the book states that because the community has no emotions even saying the word love is considered to have no

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.

Pain, sadness, and love are three feelings which are clearly presented throughout The Giver, while also showing many connections to Alfred Lord Tennyson’s quote: "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” The memory of war teaches Jonas what pain and suffering feel like. Sadness is felt when Jonas learns what “Releasing” actually is. Love helps Jonas to realize what he is missing out on in his “perfect” world. No matter the circumstances, feelings, especially love, are an aspect of life which one should never give

Jonas begins to reject his society. (STEWE-1) He starts to understand more about his society. “Jonas knows answers that he feel should be shared with others” (127). Jonas is getting to the point where he is aggravated with having to hide something from everybody. (STEWE-2) One of the memories Jonas received told him about christmas. “Jonas learns about warmth and Christmas” (123). Jonas wished he had the choice of love, warmth, and Christmas. Jonas finally rejects his own society. (STEWE-1) “Jonas was told not to use the word love” (127). Jonas was disappointed that his society didn’t know what love was. (STEWE-2) “It will take everyone a while to realize that I am not there at all” (160). The Giver said this to Jonas, and Jonas realizes he is going to be lonely the rest of his life. (CS) Jonas changed while realizing the truth of his society.

"It was your first Stirrings...you're ready for the pills.'....he swallowed the pill...the feelings had disappeared. The Stirrings were gone." (37-39) This quote shows that there are no feelings in this society. The Elders make the citizens take pills to subdue their feelings. "Love. It was a word and concept new to him." (125) When Jonas is given the memory of love, he interpreted the feeling and repeated the word to himself because he didn’t know the meaning. This is yet another fact that proves the community is unable to progress and move forward if the members do not have feelings. Without feelings, you cannot have empathy. Having empathy is important because it helps us understand what the other person is feeling. People wouldn’t experience the ability to trust, to have human compassion, to have meaningful relationships and there would be a certain loss of

It had feelings of warmth, happiness and love. He returns home very happy and decides to ask his parents if they love him. But his parents explain to him that love is almost obsolete and if everyone goes around using very generalized words like love then the community can’t function well. At that moment, Jonas

In the book The Giver there is a society with a protagonist named Jonas and in the society they have to have precision of language unlike modern day society everyone talks improper. Early on in the book it gives an example of precision of language “ As a Three, eager for his juice and crackers at snacktime , he one day said “smack” instead of snack as he stood waiting in line for the morning treat”, “ The discipline wand in the hand of the Childcare worker, whistled as it came down across Asher’s hands. Asher whimpered, cringed, and corrected himself

Another thing that is in Jonas’ society that is not in ours is precision of language. In our society, we are allowed to say phrases like “Im starving”, but in the society in The Giver, they are not allowed to say over exaggerated words. For instance, in the book it says “He

In The Giver, by Lois Lowry, Jonas is selected for the position of receiver, which he is told is the most honorable task. Jonas’s position is an honorable one because he carries the weight of the entire community’s past upon his shoulders. In addition, he is honored to be granted many memories of things that the rest of the community cannot comprehend. When Jonas is selected, his mother says, “You’ve been greatly honored,” (p.66) Jonas becomes more curious about being a reciever. Though he is apprehensive about the pain that he was told to expect, he realizes that he should be proud to take on the anguish from these memories for the sake of his community.

I believe that the people in Jonas’ community are not truly happy because they don’t know how to be. I feel as if the people in the community are content with themselves and how they live their everyday lives, but since they don’t know how to feel feelings, I don’t think that they are happy. In The Giver, it stated, “He found that he was often angry, now: irrationally angry with his groupmates, that they were satisfied with their lives which had none of the vibrance his own was taking on.” This shows that Jonas’ also feel that the people in his community and his fellow classmates aren’t able to feel any true joy or feel substantial sadness. Focusing on particular people, I feel that Jonas himself is not happy. Even though he is one of the

Then Father chuckled. “ Jonas. You, of all people people. Precision of language, please!” it shows that precision of language is key in the giver society.

Jonas’s father was acting kind before he released the twins. Some evidence of this is when he helped lily when she was angry at the children from the other group. Lily was angry at the other children because they did not follow the rules. Lily talked with her mother and father about the other children. Jonas’s father helped Lily realize that the other children were probably scared, and did not understand the rules of the playground. A second instance when Jonas’s father was a good person is when he cared about Gabe. On page 12, Jonas’s father said “It was right there in the office, and I looked up number thirty-six — that’s the little guy I’ve been concerned about—because it occurred to me that it might enhance his nurturing if I could

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