The Giver Dialectical Journal Essay

1. Jonas is an upstander because he makes the decision to save Gabe's life and flee with him. Jonas risks his life to move to a new society where there are things like color hills and snow. He figures out that Gabe is going to be released in other ways get killed and decides to protect Gabe and give him a better future. Jonas realizes what release means after he watches his father release one of the twins on a screen with The Giver. He decides not to go home and stay and sleeps over with The Giver, upset at his father for what he did. On the journey, Jonas has to transfer memories of heat to Gabe and trying to hide from planes that pass by. At first, it is easy because he has tons of memory but as the journey goes on Jonas continues to risk his life trying to grasp those memories of warmth.

He shows this in the last section of the book after he watches his own father mindlessly kill a child. He also finds a way to save Gabriel before he is going to be released. (SIP-A) Jonas has finally realized what’s going on. Nobody in his society knows what death is. They think that people just go somewhere else, elsewhere, like they’re still alive. He couldn’t take it anymore so he decided to escape to elsewhere. (STEWE-1) Jonas starts to realize that Fiona is working at the house of old, and is being trained on how to release the elderly. "’And what about Fiona? She loves the Old! She's in training to care for them. Does she know yet? What will she do when she finds out? How will she feel?’ Jonas brushed wetness from his face with the back of one hand. ‘Fiona is already being trained in the fine art of release,’ The Giver told him. ‘She's very efficient at her work, your red-haired friend. Feelings are not part of the life she's learned’” (Lowry 153). This is a problem for Jonas because he realizes that red isn’t all that great of a color now that Fiona is associated with it. He also has no more feelings for her. (STEWE-2) On the opposite end of the spectrum, Jonas’s family’s newchild, Gabriel, has been scheduled for release. His parents didn’t feel they could take care of him. He was a struggle. “‘He cried all night, apparently. The night crew couldn't handle it. So, we obviously had to make the decision. Even I

In Document B, The Giver transmits a memory of hunger to Jonas. It states, ““I didn’t. I used my wisdom, from the memories. I knew that there had been times in the past — terrible times — when people had destroyed others in hast, in fear, and had brought about their own destruction.” This document can be used as evidence that Jonas’ community is a utopia because it show how much pain the community has to go through versus what the rest of the world has to go through.

Ordinary World “Who wants to be first tonight, for feelings?” Jonas’s father asked, at the conclusion of their evening meal. pg 5

This will then give all of his memories to the community around him. Jonas doesn’t know what is out beyond the community. He decides to do this because even though they get ad memories like pain and war, they are overshadowed by the heartfelt memories of Christmas and sledding. This is just also to take pressure of the Giver, someone he liked and wanted to make the world a better place for because he has been suffering from the painful

Mary Radmacher once said, “courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow. ”In The Giver jonas gets selected to be the Receiver Of Memory. So the community don’t have to feel the pain, just jonas.

The novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is an everlasting story that shows the importance of individuality. This novel is about a young boy named Jonas who was elected as the Receiver of Memories, a person who is given the memories from the world that existed before their current society, Sameness. In this society there is no individualism. People can not choose who to marry, or what they want to do for a living. Over time Jonas becomes more and more wise, and realizes that the supposedly perfect community actually has some very dark and negative aspects. The author, Lois Lowry is a 76-year-old writer who focuses her writing on helping struggling teenagers become individuals. Lowry had a very tragic childhood. After both of her parents were

In these chapters, The Giver says that he wishes newborn children were not released. Then Jonas tells him why it will be confusing. This contradicts our society and our thoughts on abortion. I believe the idea Lois Lowry is trying to convey is that every human has a right to life and should not be treated this way. Lowry is also trying to express a

     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.

The protagonist also becomes a symbol of salvation for humanity, not only as a character in the story but also in the real world, because Jonas ' attempt to share the memories of the past with everyone is a sign of people 's unification. In the scene when he and the Giver are united in the mission to share the memories with everyone in the community, Jonas states, “Together we can think of something” (Lowry 142). Despite their differences, both the characters had a common goal that brought them together.

And, because of this Jonas risks his life by leaving the community with few resources to have the rest of his community have the memories like he does. This is because, when he received the memory of love, he truly wished that everyone could experience it. After he receives this memory Jonas and The Giver have a conversation, “‘What did you perceive?’ The Giver asked. ‘Warmth,’ Jonas replied, ‘and happiness.

Jonas wanted to live a different life. In his journey, Jonas travels with Gabriel, the child that was being nurtured by his family. He needed to saved him from being “released”. Together they faced danger and fear but it was just the beginning of a new life in the land of Elsewhere.

Crime rates have fallen, the weather has been controlled, and people are considered equal but do not let this fool you. There is no perfect society, this is no exception, the people in Jonas's community are given a limit but in some instances, being born is a crime. Being released is a passageway into another world. That is true but not in the way the people in Jonas's community have been lead to think. In document D, the Giver has Jonas watch a recording of a new child supposedly needing to get a shot, he also sees that it is his who will be giving said shot. After watching his father insert the needle into the head of the small child, Jonas realizes what actually happened. "Jonas stared at the screen, waiting for something to happen. But nothing did. The little twin lay motionless. His father was putting things away. Folding the blanket. Closing the cupboard. He killed it! My father killed it! Jonas said to himself, stunned at what he was realizing. He continued to stare at the screen numbly." In that moment, Jonas realizes the truth, not everything is what it

Suffering is horrible and painful, but it’s an integral part of the human experience, and without it we’re not living the way we are intended to. Without memories of pain we can’t hope to learn from the past and better our futures. In chapter 20 The Giver tells Jonas, “The worst part of holding memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”

“’Memories are forever”’ (Lowry). People make new memories every day without even realizing it. Some good some bad, that’s just the way of life, but in The Giver nobody knows what happened before them. People barley remember what their childhood was like, they don’t understand the importance of memory and that memories are forever. Aspects of life, rules, and prosperities between our world and Jonas’ world are very different yet have some similarities. Things that are crucial to the characters in The Giver are not as meaningful to the people in our world.