Jonas 'Change In The Giver'

In the Giver, Jonas is waiting to become a 12. Which means he is a 11.Jonas finds out that he is the next receiver, but along the way he is becoming very courageous young man.The setting is a time in the future in a unknown . In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry,the protagonist Jonas shows that he is very observative , he also has the ability to see beyond, and the stress that makes Jonas change mentally.

In The Giver by Lois Lowry, the main character, Jonas, can undoubtedly be considered a hero. Jonas’ actions throughout The Giver are a quality example of the archetypal pattern of the Hero’s journey, and to depict this I used a variety of text, illustration, and color throughout my graphic novel.

The cliffhanger ending is more powerful because we are left to wonder Jonas and Gabriel’s fate and we don’t have anything decided for us. In chapter 23 Lowry writes, “For the first time he heard something that he knew to be music. He heard people signing”(179). Since Jonas had never heard music before it makes us wonder how he knows what it is. He could be dead and be hearing music or he could be having a memory from the Giver but we don’t really know. This ending is more powerful than the ending in the movie because it creates suspense by leaving us with a cliffhanger. We don’t know what happens to Jonas and this is more powerful than a happy ending. In the movie, Jonas goes down the hill on a sled and hears music, like in the book. Then we see him stand up and walk towards the house and the movie ends just as he reaches the house.

“But he had come this far. He must try to go on” pg.175. His determination drove directly towards the child that lay cold and restless in his arms. He knew to fight for his community. He knew how to feed Gabe and take care of him. The only reason Jonas was still alive was because of Gabe and his community. If he would have chosen to give up, than he would have done everybody wrong. . All the memories that he had been exposed in the last year would have proceeded to stay trapped outside and the community would have never had to face the consequences of their doing. They don't know how to handle it because they were always taught to live like the community. Jonas wanted them to know. They were just going to have to get used to the

Today 's society and Jonas’s have some similarities. Such as, in both children are given comfort objects to help them through rough times. Well just like in The Giver all children go to school in our country too. Another similarity is in The Giver people are punished from chimes just like us today. In The Giver memories last forever they do today to, but people hold onto them not two people. “If you were lost in the river Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you memories are

On chapter 18, page 143, the giver tells Jonas about the previous receiver, it says that , “Rosemary left here that day, left this room and did not go back to her dwelling. I was notified by the speaker that she had gone directly to the chief elder and asked to be released.” the Giver told Jonas that once Rosemary got released, and the memories were released too. So Jonas thought that if Rosemary released the memories, he thought that he could too, to make the memories go back to the people, so he asked the giver. On chapter 21, page 163, it says that, “ That night, Jonas was forced to fee. He left the dwelling shortly after the sky became dark and the community still.” So on chapter 23, page 180, when Jonas when to the boundaries it says, “ Downward, downward, faster and faster. Suddenly he was aware with certainty and joy that below, ahead, they were waiting for him. Behind him, vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left. He thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was an echo.” and he accomplished his wanting to save his community. He did this to have a good life and not

Would you give up love and true happiness for a life without pain? In the dystopian novel The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, strong emotion is sacrificed for a peaceful environment. The depicted community at first appears to be a utopia, where hate and discrimination are abolished, but the emotionless society is quickly revealed to be dystopian as the story continues. They live in a world of sameness; there is no hunger, suffering, or war, but also no color, diversity, or sensuality. The protagonist, a twelve-year-old boy named Jonas, uncovers the truth about his community when he is assigned to be the Receiver of Memory, and acquires the memories from the past from an elder called the Giver. When Jonas experiences both painful and pleasurable memories, he becomes willing to accept pain and suffering in order to experience the fullness of life. He decides to leave, that he will no longer live within the constraints of his community, and that security is not worth the absence of freedom. The line between public safety and personal freedoms should be drawn where extreme harm can occur, and most freedoms are more essential than an orderly society. These freedoms include color and diversity, personal freedoms such as dress code, speech, and religion, and love and marriage.

Different feelings and emotion are not known in the community within the people.The Giver and Jonas are the only true people that know how to feel the different emotions. Every night at the conclusion of their evening meal one of the rituals is the evening telling of feelings. In the very first Chapter Jonas talks about how it was almost December and Jonas was beginning to be frightened. But then thought that was the wrong word to use. Frightened ment that deep, sickening feeling of something terrible about to happen. Now that it was almost upon Jonas he wasn't frightened but he was eager he decided. He was eager and excited. But then their was a little shudder of nervousness when he thought about what might happen at the ceremony of twelve. Apprehensive, Jonas decided. That's what I feel like. (chapter 1)

“You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your purpose and to do it courageously.” This quote by Dr. Steve Maraboli states that life has a purpose that you have to reach out to. The objects in life are growth and the discovery of new things, and that can’t happen unless you push your limitations. The main character, Jonas, in Lois Lowry’s The Giver goes through a similar encounter when he is specially selected as the Receiver of Memories for his community. With his assignment as the Receiver, Jonas begins to see his community differently and its absence in color, feeling, and choices. In order to live your life, you have to uncover new things, and when that happens, it will open a door for more things to discover.

I have read the dystopian novel “The Giver” (1993) which is written by the beloved American author Lois Lowry. “The Giver” is about a twelve-year-old boy with the name Jonas. Jonas lives a similar life as all the others in the community, until the Ceremony of Twelve when he got assigned the task as the Receiver of Memory. As The Receiver of Memory it is Jonas’ task to keep all the memories of the past so not everyone needs to keep this burden. Although Jonas received beautiful memories with a lot of colors and happiness he also felt grief, pain and anger. The Giver and Jonas were tired of being the only ones who have to keep the memories and feel the pain. Therefore, does Jonas leave the community so the memories will bit by bit, come back to the citizens of the community.

Imagine a world where everything seems perfect but truly it is not as pleasant as it appears. In The Giver by Lois Lowry shows us a community in the future with no feelings at all. Jonas a twelve year old boy knows his life as it is and one evening he learns the truth about the community. Jonas set’s off into a adventure to change it all. Character,conflict,and symbolism makes the reader see thru the eyes of a twelve year old in a place of slavery disguised without anyone knowing it.

He realized that the baby that had temporarily been staying at their dwelling named Gabe, would be released in the morning. Jonas had become very attached to Gabe and he could not let him die so he took him on his journey to elsewhere. In their dwelling, Jonas’ father says “ It’s bye bye to you Gabe in the morning.” (165). Jonas and the Giver had discussed their plan and Jonas would have to leave at a certain point at night so he would not be caught. If he was caught, he would be released along with Gabe. Luckily Jonas did escape the community with Gabe and found their destination, elsewhere. This was hard because if he made one mistake, it could mean life or

The final reason was when Jonas escaped from the community. According the the author, “ It was possible, what they had planned. Barely possible. If it failed, he would very likely be killed” ( The Giver, 155). Jonas knew that his community needed the memories to feel feelings; as a result, Jonas and the Giver made a plan for Jonas to escape to Elsewhere so the memories would return. He committed several transgressions during his revised escape plan: he stole food, he left his dwelling at night, and he stole his father’s bicycle so Gabe could be in the child seat. After receiving some of the memories, Jonas quickly knew things had to change, despite knowing he could never come back once he left. No one knows what would happen if Jonas was caught, though Jonas thought he would most likely be killed; in fact, the Giver even stated he didn’t have a memory for an escape like this. Jonas took a big risk in escaping like this, especially since he left two weeks before he meant to leave because of Gabe’s release. His rebellion was through taking Gabe so he wouldn’t be released, and forcing the community to bear the memories themselves. In summary, Jonas’s escape show that rebellion still happens when life is supposed to be perfect.

(STEWE-1) Jonas now knowing the truth has broken him into a thousand pieces. This is a big moment because this is when the giver and Jonas begin to plan his escape. Jonas is desperate to be with the giver because it is his only real relationship “I 'll do it. I think I can do it. I 'll try, anyway. But I want you to come with me.”(Lowry 155). The giver says that he must stay which is a weight on Jonas, but it does not change his mind.

Imagine living in a perfect society. No pain, everyone is equal, and perfect laws that every person follows. Now imagine being exactly like every other person with all your daily choices being made by someone else for you. In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, this is exactly how they are living. The author writes about how Jonas’ perfect society is not so perfect after all. There is no troubles, pain and inequality but there is also no love, choice or individuality. Everyone is the exact same person. People need there differences to be who they are, otherwise what is the point in living if it means nothing special? Although an utopian society seems perfect with equality and peace, everything has its faults even in if considered perfect such as loss of individuality and choice as in societal ideas like birthday celebrations, being assigned a family and having others choose your time of death.