Punishment In The Giver

This knowledge of pain changed Jonas's likes because when he was told that his training would include pain, he was not so sure that he wanted to receive memories. Now that he knows what pain is, he still wants to receive the memories that The Giver has to offer. Right after Jonas was given a memory of love, he said, "I liked the feeling of love. I wish we still had that."(158). Ths memory in particular is one that Jonas cherishes.

Teenagers also dream about being the hero. In the book it says, “Then, in the middle of the night before the Ceremony, Jonas would secretly leave his dwelling.” pg 158. Jonas was going to run away and give everyone the memories, so they could experience real

Jonas, thé protagonist for thé Giver, is planning to escape from his community. But, there’s one problem. Thé Giver tells Jonas that he can’t go with him when he says “No. I have to stay here,” Thé Giver said firmly “I want to Jonas. If I go with you, and together we take away all their protection from thé memories, Jonas thé community will be left with no one to help them.

In the dystopia where they live, there are many unusual features. They all have jobs, and there are a lot of strict rules to follow. Some things one may find unusual is the fact that all people are incapable of holding memories as well as seeing color unless they were given special jobs that would give them different abilities. One job that was especially rare and major was the Receiver of Memory because this job allows for whoever has it to receive and remember memories for everyone and the Receiver is given the ability to see color and things others can’t. Jonas was very puzzled to find that he had been selected as the Receiver, he didn’t even know what that was until it was announced: “‘Jonas has been selected.’

“When people have the freedom to choose, they choose wrong.” The quote states that if people get to choose they don't choose the right things. Jonas doesn't follow the rules the city has because he's finding out new things that the world has to offer the citizens. He believes the others should know of the new knowledge he receives from the giver. Jonas brakes many rules just to cross the border to release everything hidden from the citizens.

This remind me again of the “perfect society” seting that they all cant feel pain or the feelings of scare,happy,or thrilled.. This quote shows that the giver is really focus in his job that he didnt want to have childrean or A spouse he just wanted to be the reciver. I think jonas will understand why the giver life is memories when he gets some more. If was jonas i would have understand why the giver says that the memories is his life because thats the only thing he dose. It seems unfair that theres a reciver of memory i say this beacuse everyone should experince the worst feeling and the best feeling and not just let everything on one person with all differnt kinds of momeries and

Jonas as a character shows bravery or courage throughout the story in many different ways. To begin, he shows bravery and courage because he was told that he was able to take on what no one else in the Community could. Lois Lowry states in the novel, “‘But you will be faced, now,’ she explained gently, with pain of a magnitude that none of us here could comprehend because it is beyond our experience”(63).Lois also wrote, “‘But we feel certain that you are brave,’ she said to him”(63). These quotes are saying that they think that he is brave enough to face the pain of a magnitude or extent that only he and the Giver could understand because they in the Givers case was the receiver or in Jonas’s case is the

Lea Vilna-Santos Mrs. English, 7th September 1st, 2015 The Giver, by: Lois Lowry Log Entry 5: Chapters 9-10: Question 7: In chapters 9-10, Jonas realizes from reading the last rule in his list that allows him to lie, that what if what people say isn’t the truth, despite what everyone in his community learns about the importance of telling the truth. He was even chastised when he exaggerated as a Four. He said that he was starving, but he was only hungry. His teachers made sure he understood that even though it was an unintentional lie, it was still a lie because as long as he lives in their community he will never be starving so they didn’t want him to ever say anything like that again.

As the Receiver, Jonas experiences the memories passed on by the Giver and soon learns what the world without Sameness is like. This changes his perspective on his community and he soon realizes the lack of choice, feeling, and color his community has. As his perspective on things become different, so does he. He becomes confused, overwhelmed and unhappy about the deficiency of color, feeling, and choices opened to his community. After Jonas watches the release of the newchild, he finally understands that it is actually a killing and reacts by saying, “ ‘I won’t!

At the start of chapter ten Jonas is riding with Fiona to their designated assignment training buildings. When Fiona enters the House of Old, Jonas sees Fiona's hair change similar to the way the apple had, along with all the people in the Auditorium. Jonas goes into the Annex building and is greeted by a woman who unlocks the door to the Receiver’s room. This makes Jonas even more unnerved because the community did not have locks. Jonas greets the old Receiver who tells Jonas to ask as many questions as he wants

He is under sameness and the influence of the community. Jonas is chosen to receive feelings, colors, and emotions from memories. As time goes by Jonas sees the community not as a utopia but a horrible place. Jonas wants to change

Jonas felt anger for his father and the pain he feels for the baby twin. On page 168 in the giver,Jonas realized that they been playing a game of war ( Lowry). Jonas feel sad and misunderstood for the boy in war. Jonas sadly understood that no one know what he is feeling. These are like real life because some careless people don 't think about others and think that everything is just a joke.

He knew that it was kind of like war and he didn’t like it because of the pain that war caused. Because of Jonas’ knowledge through the memories, he was able to realize the true meanings of things and how important the memories really are. Throughout The Giver, there were obviously multiple themes, but the three above were the ones that make up the story. Through these themes, feeling and mood was portrayed.

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.

Jonas hates how his society decides to keep memories a secret from everyone. Jonas remarks: “The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared” (Lowry 154). Jonas feels that memories, whether it be good or bad, should be shared with everyone.