The Giver Selfish

Jonas is essentially the only character to realize that choices are made for everyone. He is the only one in the community to realize not everything has to be

Jonas is the protagonist of the novel and a third-person narrator tells the entire story from Jonas perception of things. He is intelligent, curious, caring, and his thought process is very mature for being 11-13 years old. A good quote portraying both his matureness and his intellect is “If everything's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things”(97). This is also one of the first signs that he is displeased with the community. Another quote showing his courage and curiosity is "It hurt a lot," Jonas said, "but I'm glad you gave it to me. It was interesting. And now I understand better. What it meant, that there would be

Imagine a world with no feelings, no color, no choice; a world where individuality and freedom are exchanged for security and sameness. This type of world is a reality for Jonas, the protagonist in Lois Lowry’s The Giver. After being assigned the next Receiver of Memories in the community, where he has the capacity to see beyond. As he begins his works, he gains wisdom and through that wisdom, learned that protecting the community from the memories, their lives lacked understanding and feelings. Jonas goes on an archetypal hero’s journey and chooses to risk everything to restore memories and wisdom to everyone in the community. Throughout this novel, Jonas is represented as a hero considering he demonstrates integrity despite living in a

Jonas never lied nor got in trouble by his parents, Jonas' society never lied to nor harmed eachother they all cared for one another. Jonas started out not taking his medicine that lead him to see color, then had a dream and kept it to himself. Jonas' friend Fiona was a really nice and pretty girl and it made Jonas fall in love, but in his society ur not suposed to fall in love, he wasn't like the other people in his society.He the same as everyone else at the begining of the novel but because of his choices it affected the way he felt, he started to feel depressed because of the things he had found out about the comunity.

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

In this novel, foreshadowing is a crucial literary element that Lois Lowry uses to give the reader hints about what is going to happen later on in the book. Foreshadowing gives the reader an idea of the main character's personality, introduces the conflicts that are yet to happen, and discreetly proposes the main theme: the importance of being an individual. Lois Lowry even chose to begin her book with foreshadowing by saying, "It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to feel frightened." (Lowry 6). For example, at the beginning of the book, Lowry introduces the one thing that makes Jonas physically different than the rest of the population in the community: his eyes. Jonas has pale looking eyes, just like the Giver. This is a way of telling the reader that he is special, and will have significant role in changing the community. Another example of this element in the book is the “seeing beyond” that Jonas starts to experience. This example foreshadows the internal changes that are going occur to Jonas later on in the story. “The apple had changed. Just for an instant. It had changed…” (Lowry, 51). Through these examples, foreshadowing easily gives the reader a better understanding of how important it is to have a unique personality.

What would happen if you lived in a world with no emotion, no emotion, and no choice? This is exactly the case in The Giver. When a boy, Jonas, who lives in a futuristic community starts to receive memories from the Giver he realizes there are so many beautiful yet terrible things inside and outside of the community. He dosen’t know another way to save the community from sameness except to release his memories to the community, good and bad. Three things that could have been done to the community to avoid this is adding the arts, emotions, and weather.

Since like every other person in the society, Jonas was sheltered and kept away from true emotions his whole life, at the moment he opened up to them he was exposed to something that truly shocked him internally. Another issue is the loss of privacy and enforcement of surveillance. This is nearly true in today’s world, because being monitored is becoming easier with all of the vulnerable electronics we own. One device that is frequently used are cameras. There are cameras that cover every single spot of the community. Also, there are hidden voice recorders and cameras in “dwellings”. Another commonly used method of monoritizations are communication through

I think the author teaches anyone a good lesson on determination. I think the theme is determination is the key to success. The first reason is that a decent chunk of the book is about Jonas trying to save his community. One piece of supporting evidence is when he was determined to leave the community and return all the memories. In order to get memories back, he was determined to go and wasn’t giving up.

The statement, “Why can’t everyone see them? Why did colours disappear?” (p.124) tells us that his interrogations led him to sheer curiosity to the extent where he witnesses a clearer insight into his so-called ‘ideal’ society. Another statement by The Giver, “… memories need to be shared… you needed me then and now they will…” (p.194-196) foretells Jonas escaping his disingenuous world. This goes to show that Jonas has been led to believe countless lies and has contemplated on his whereabouts throughout which then reveals the initiative that he along with the Giver must flee to Elsewhere.

He is given his Assignment in chapter 8. Once again, Jonas is fearful of what is to come, but he sees the audience accept his Assignment and he feels a change within himself. The author writes on page 80 in chapter 8: “I think it’s true” he told the Chief Elder and the community. “I don’t understand it yet.

Additionally, in the middle of the book, Jonas is upset when he sees Asher playing with a group of kids, a game, that he himself had played in the past. However, after training to be the next receiver, Jonas only then sees the true meaning behind the game. “It was a game he had often played with the other children...He had never recognized it before as a game of war...In his mind, Jonas saw again the face of the boy who had lain dying on a field and had begged him for water” (Lowry 167). As Jonas receives more memories, he begins to realize deeper meanings and is unable able to overlook events so easily. He himself sees the true significance and is frustrated when everyone else is deceived, only seeing what is on the outside. Near the end of the book, Jonas and the Giver watch a newborn child being released by Jonas’s

The people who have bravery and curiosity have a very big chance of succeeding in life, and Jonas both has these characteristics, and these two things help him get through the part taking in his new title. Jonas from The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, is a very interesting and dynamic character, and he changes very much when he gets the job of The Giver, as a person and as a friend. He receives these memories that makes him wonder about the way they live, and why they live this way. No one is allowed to know about anything besides their community, but when Jonas receives these memories, he starts to see colors and learn more about other things than his community. To start off, one example of Jonas changing is on page 82, when Jonas tells the Giver, “I am brave, I really am” At the beginning, he was

H- Jonas had conflict with the society he was living in. Jonas had problems when he was going to train to be the new Giver of the communtiy. In the begining, Jonas thought that his community was a safe and good place to be a part of. Jonas had problems with his training because he was learning the trust about the community, and he didn't like it. The main character Jonas was on his way to the Giver when he seen a color he never saw before the color red on a girl named Fiona's hair.

At the beginning, Jonas feels isolated and different from other children, as he sees things differently from the others. For example, Joans began to see the colour red when he was playing with an apple. His “difference” from the other children foreshadows Jonas’ isolation with the Community after he gets “selected” as Receiver. Later in the story, Jonas receives feelings of pain, hatred, love and the concept of a