Chapter 11 Jonas chills out on the bed and waits for the memory of snow. All of a sudden, he's very cold. He can no longer feel the old man's hands on his back. He feels something like pinpricks on his skin, and sticks out his tongue to catch the falling white things. Part of him, he feels, is still lying on the bed in the Annex. But the other part is somewhere else, sitting on a hard surface with a rope in his hands. All of a sudden, he knows that he is surrounded by snow and that he's sitting on a sled. He then races downhill, fast at first, until the snow piles up and the runners come to a standstill. Then he opens his eyes and is back in the room with the old man. The old man says that was tiring for him, but that he feels lightened because
But it was different, it was a memory of his own. Trying to keep themselves warm in the cold weather, Jonas struggled to see through the swirling white snow, but sense warmth and life ahead. Reaching the top of the hill, he saw a sled waiting for him. He got on with Gabe, tugging on the ropes and hugging him close. The snow soon became soft and powdery with no ice, no chance of falling, and no pain. He took a leap of faith and started going down, still holding Gabe tight
Jonas was suddenly filled with a new strength as he picked up Gabriel and trudged through the deep snow. He walked on towards the music that seemed to him to be the most beautiful thing in the world.
In the first chapter of The Giver, Jonas is trying to describe how he feels about the upcoming December. At first he said he felt frightened then he described a time he felt frightened and then took back what he said about how he felt. He felt apprehensive. Then, the next thing that is in the chapter is when they are talking about their feelings. It is a ritual that takes place after every dinner where each person in the family shares their feelings of the day. Lily, the youngest, talks about how other kids her age were visiting their community and they did not follow the rules because they were from a different community. Then, his father shared his feelings about his day. He is a Nurturer and they take care of all of the newchildren. He said
In the novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, the topic of life occurs throughout the story. Jonas lives in a community based on conformity and sameness. Jonas is chosen as the receiver of memory. As he is trained he learns that change is needed in the community. At the end of the book, Jonas tries to go elsewhere to return the memories back to the community. In The Giver, the author uses the characters, plot, and conflict to develop the theme that life can not be taken for granted.
The Giver by Lois Lowry is a powerful novel about growing up, memories, and the contrast of pain vs. pleasure. In this essay, we’ll look at that contrast and examine how without any pain, there can be no pleasure.
Using his final strength, 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.
I believe that Lois Lowry wrote this book because firstly, she wanted to make a difference and didn't write for money, secondly she wrote to show about her journey in life with a book, she also wrote to show that we are all different and special in each and every way.
For the first time, he heard something that he knew to be music. He heard people singing. Jonas, now at the bottom of the hill with Gabriel shivering in his arms, trudged through the snow towards the small dwelling made of some strange material, from which the music emitted from. As he made his way through the dense snow, Gabriel clung closer, hoping to become warmer, to live longer. Once, Jonas reached the front of the dwelling he could feel warmth and love in his body, just like from the memory of Christmas. Jonas huddled Gabriel in his feelings of warmth and love and knocked on the door of the dwelling. An old woman answered the door, with a gleeful smile on her face, ushering Jonas to come in.
The first five chapters of “The Giver” by Lois Lowry, were queer and predominantly talks about the community. These chapters made me feel that the government over rules and dominates the people. First of all, the government entrusts people a job, instead of letting the people determine what they want to become. Secondly, the government gives people a spouse, shouldn’t the people get to select who they want to marry? After reading these chapters, I was surprised by the fact that no one strikes for their rights. How can people live with these sorts of strict rules? So far of reading the novel makes me predict that Jonas will come to perceive a secret of the government or otherwise known as Committee of Elders. Jonas will try to apprise the people
Phillip Noyce’s “The Giver” is a fast-moving film that would fascinate those who have not read the novel, but clearly differentiates from the novel. In the midst of excitement, the story seems to drag on, yet many fascinating scenes were skipped over or felt rushed. However, the film beautifully shows the community, and the look remains seamless throughout the film, complementing the modern dwellings and technology. Throughout the movie, the music is often unfitting and overly dramatic, leading there to be unintentional buildup for a lackluster event.
The antagonist in the novel The Giver is the Committee of Elders, which is the government of Jonas’s community. In dystopian novels, the antagonists are usually the leaders of the government oppressing the protagonist, such as President Snow in The Hunger Games. This is the same in The Giver, as the Committee of Elders leads the government and oppresses the citizens of their community to “sameness.” This is the opposition to Jonas’s goal in the book, which is to give the citizens of the community color and love, and get away from “sameness.” Therefore, the Committee of Elders is the antagonist in the novel The Giver.
Most people worry about their social life and their grades in school don’t need to worry about bringing food to the table or a community rotting away around them. Unfortunately, Jonas from Lois Lowry’s The Giver, and Alex from Susan Beth Pfeffer’s the dead and the gone are not most people. Jonas lives in a corrupt community in which the government does not allow people to enjoy life. He struggles to survive emotionally and leaves the community searching for a permanent solution to the pain. Similarly, Alex lives in New York, until the moon orbits closer to earth and causes massive problems. New York Soon turns into a wasteland where people barter for food and supplies. Alex struggles to support his family and bring enough food to the table to feed his younger sisters. Both Jonas and Alex true personalities come out during these events and they can be described as being determined.
The book The Giver by Lois Lowry takes place in a very futuristic society where there's no pain, war, concern or hate. Their society has eliminated memory all at once. Jonas, the eleven year old protagonist of the book, he is intelligent and sensitive. He has weird powers of perception that he does not perceive. Jonas is chosen to be the new receiver of memory once he turns twelve. Even before Jonas starts his coaching to become the receiver, he's thoughtful and has abundant concern for his family and friends. When he begins his coaching, Jonas’s universe becomes more advanced. His new awareness of lovely colors, robust emotions, and suffering makes him terribly addicted to the globe around him and also the happiness of individuals he loves. Jonas experiences emotional growth as a result of the memories he receives from the Giver, however that very same emotional growth makes him feel anxious and angry.
“Behind him, across vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo.” Jonas had only ever heard music in his memory, but the sound was so much more intriguing in person. He started to realize that the music was not behind him but ahead of him. Jonas carried Gabe toward the sweet sound of the music. As he continued on forward, the snow began to clear and under Jonas’s feet sand began to develop. Jonas remembered the sand from a memory from the Giver. He became curious as to what was around him.
In chapter 14, of The Giver by Lois Lowry Jonas develops a lot, because he becomes an individual and stops following rules set for him. In the beginning, Jonas was very obedient to his community because he followed its strict rules at all times. Like when he didn’t want to share his weird dream with his family but he knew it was a rule so he did anyway. However, when Jonas became a receiver the rules he needed to follow for his assignment as the receiver differed from the rules of the community. As a result, in chapter fourteen he changed and became disobedient. He became disobedient when he stopped following his community’s rules because the rules the giver gave him went against the rules of the community. The more he had to break the community