Jonas Mekas

Jonas finally reached the summit of the hill. Feeling the warmth of happiness to have the feeling of being so close, he continued on strong and excited again. His family unit, friends, and Giver came to mind. “We’re almost there!” Jonas whispered. “I remember this place, Gabe.” 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

by: Lois Lowry Entry Log 7, Chapters 13-14, Questions 2 and 4: In chapters 12-13, Jonas’s father talks about a Birthmother that will be giving birth to twin boys the next month and it’s his turn to decide which one of the twins to release and Jonas continues to receive memories that might turn out to be more of a burden than he thought. The government made it that way because it would be an inconvenience to have someone who looks exactly like you. It’s weird for me to talk or read about someone

Jonas is a normal kid, in a normal town, with normal people, and normal everything. Jonas lives in a world without color, without feelings, and without struggles. The book The Giver by Louis Lowry . It is a about a community where everything is the same. The same clothes, The same amount of people in each “family unit.” A boy named Jonas lives in this community with his “family unit” His mom (Who is not his actual mom.) His Dad (Who is not actually his dad.) And his sister Lilly (Well you get the

Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas grows up in a community of sameness, but soon later Jonas’s innocence is lost. As the Receiver of Memory, Jonas gets introduced to both pleasure and true pain. First, Jonas gets the memory of warfare and raw pain, which proves to be very painful and nothing Jonas has ever experienced. Next, the Giver gives Jonas the memory of love, which is a totally new concept to Jonas. Lastly, Jonas is shocked at the true meaning and act of release, this makes Jonas want to change the

just dropped the apple again. So Jonas laughed too, and with his laughter tried to ignore his uneasy conviction that something had changed…” - The Giver, page 31. In the book “The Giver” Jonas sees things variously than everyone else. Jonas gets a different perspective from his assignments, his adventure, and his opportunities. The first reason why Jonas has a different perspective is that of his assignment and the memories he had received. As a result, Jonas was selected to be the new Receiver

and no strong feelings. Jonas became the new Receiver of Memory who acquires all the memories of the past in order to gain wisdom. While Jonas lived in a community where those who never take risks never grow, he learned when there is no sorrow felt there is also no joy felt, and being true to oneself takes great courage. In Jonas’ world, people are expected to follow the rules and be safe but as Jonas receives new memories he starts taking risks. For example, after Jonas received his first memory

memorable part of the book because there was lots of joy, but there was also a sense of mystery and sadness. There was a lot of joy because at each ceremony you move up a level so it is a happy day. On page 51 there is a sense of mystery because Jonas got skipped when the twelves were being assigned their jobs. There is also a sense of mystery that his job is very important and he has no idea what he does for his job. The sad part of the ceremony was that Gabriel was not assigned to a family unit

difference creates a deeper, true meaning to emotions. An example where sameness occurs is when Jonas questions what his parents feel towards him. One evening, Jonas asks his parents, “‘Do you love me?’” His parents hesitates before replying, “‘Jonas. You of all people. Precision of language, please!...you used a very generalized word, so meaningless that it 's become almost obsolete’” (127). In Jonas’ community, people do not feel love to one another. They consider the term to be meaningless and

The author includes scenes of the Giver transmitting memories to Jonas that contrasts to Jonas’s environment. Although, the author fails to effectively describe the effect on the society. Lowry includes a lyrical style by describing the emotions, thoughts, and feelings. The protagonist of the novel, Jonas, is able to communicate his intelligence and perceptiveness to the readers. Lowry creates the story only in the perspective of Jonas which helps the reader depict the events he went through. They

between those years. In my point of view there are more differences in the movie and the book than similarities. First of all the Giver book and movie had lots of similarities like Jonas first color he saw was red. The next similarity is that they discussed feelings at the table at dinner. Another similarity was that when Jonas was training to be a receiver the rules of memory were the same. A big similarity in the book and movie is that they both received bicycles at age 9 and used it for transportation