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Jonas 'Obedience As Depicted In The Giver'

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Jonas is very obedient and wants tofit in.
(SIP-A) Jonas obedience leads him to accept his society like everybody else in his society.
(STEWE-1) Jonas has just begun to learn more about colors. He feels that he wants all the colors. He wants everyone to know about the colors. Jonas things that the community safer without making choices, even if it is the choice to choose what color T-shirt do you want to wear in the morning. Jonas think that choices lead to bigger choices that lead to mistakes. ““Yes,” Jonas agreed. “Much safer.”” (98). Jonas agrees that it's going to be much much safer without choices, but after that he wants his roommates understand about feelings he will. He wants he wants them to know what he knows, and if he was angry that they don't know what he knows and he can enjoy it what he enjoys. If you was angry because he knows that they will never understand him, and he will never fit in. He knows that now he has a different life and do whatever he wanted for his whole life to fit in whatever happens ever again. …show more content…

“almost would have preferred" (9). Jonas is obedient and has always followed the rules even the rule of proper talking. Jonas thinks about how he really doesn't share his feeling to anyone but his family.
(SIP-B) Jonas wants to fit in.
(STEWE-1) “ Jonas brightened. He knew about the pills. His parents both took them each morning. And some of his friends did, he knew. Once he had been heading off to school with Asher, both of them on their bikes, when Asher father had called from the 12 in doorway, “you forgot your pills, Asher!””
(STEWE-2) “And he has funny eyes like yours, Jonas!” (20).
(CS)mJonas is acceptence of his scoiety is mainly because he follows the rules because he wants to fit

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