In Lois Lowry’s novel, The Giver, Jonas is the hero and the protagonist. Jonas is an eleven year old boy who Ii different from everyone else. Jonas is a sensitive and intelligent boy who grew up in a community where nothing is different. He has a strange ability that no one has. Jonas looks just like an ordinary boy who is not different from others, but he has a strange ability where he could see colors. No one in his community could see colors because of sameness. Because of his ability to see colors, he was chosen to be the next receiver. In Lois Lowry’s novel The Giver, the main character, Jonas, is a dynamic and round character whose purpose is to be the hero in the story. Jonas is a dynamic and round character. Jonas is a dynamic character because he changes during the story. Before he was the Receiver in training and before he …show more content…
Jonas’s character also affects the plot by being relatable. Jonas is determined. He is determined to reach elsewhere. He was determined to get the memories back. He was so determined that he forgot the consequences that he will ’ll receive. Jonas was also relatable. As Jonas changes during the story, he became an outsider in his community. Another reason why Jonas is relatable is because he is just like us. Just like us, he doesn’t want to be different from others that is why he kept his ability to see beyond a secret and just like us, he also wants to remember the memories. In Lois Lowry’s novel, The Giver, the protagonist Jonas is a dynamic and round character whose purpose is to be the hero of the story. In writing this paper, I proved how Jonas is a dynamic and round character. In writing this paper, I realized that Jonas is actually a really brave character. I realized that Lois Lowry is really good at creating characters. Lastly, I learned that being different isn’t a bad thing. No one in this world is the same, some people may have some similarities, but no one is the
The Giver was the only one who could relate with Jonas and understand his pain and also his happiness as he received each memory. Wihout The Giver, Jonas would have not been able to complete his task. Although it was The Givers job to give relate painful memories to Jonas he also tried to give Jonas happy memories even giving him his favorite memory of grandparents and
Outline Imagine being chosen a job for a lifetime, but this job had a lot of pain, and loneliness. Well that what it was like for Jonas. Which makes Jonas being selected to be the receiver of memory is more like a punishment than an honor. Jonas has to deal with the pain that comes from the memories. He is missing out on things others can do.
Jonas’s society is extremely different than the one we live in today. The first difference between The Giver and our society is the number of family members. In the book they can only have two kids, one boy and one girl; however, in America we are free to have as many kids as we would want. The second
Imagine living in a world with no freedom, choice, individuality, and color. Would you want to live in a world like this? Most of you would have said no, but a boy named Jonas has no choice, but to adhere to his community’s rules. In the book and the movie, “The Giver”, by Louis Lowery, Jonas finds it difficult to accept his community’s way of life. However, after he becomes the receiver of memory, he challenges the community after discovering what the world used to be like before sameness.
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 Jonas realizes this, he wants to fix the problem. He leaves the community and discovers his power to take risks, and learns that sharing memories with others can help overcome the bad and knows deeply in his heart that love and family is the most important thing. In Jonas’ community no one takes risks, but in the book Jonas starts to take risks to help fix the utopia he lives in. For example, when Jonas is comforting Gabe, he gives Gabe a memory “He was not aware of giving the memory; but suddenly he realized that it was becoming dimmer.
In The Giver, Lois Lowry shows her readers what it is like to live in a society with no diversity, no color, and no freedom. In this society, there is a twelve-year old boy, named Jonas, who finds the truth about life outside of his community. He does not have the option of choice, and he is stuck in a futuristic world of “sameness”. Jonas’ world is dull, and he wants to change it because it does not have the amazing features and opportunities that he learns about. In this story, Lois Lowry is warning her readers that too much conformity can lead to no freedom and no true happiness.
(95) This quote explains how the decision to remove colour may help eliminate differences, but it takes away what makes people and life special. It is also a sort of turning point to Jonas, as it builds on his opinion about why his community isn’t perfect. In relation to the book, in “The Giver” movie colour is also a factor that has been removed from the community. This is clear to the viewer, as in the movie until Jonas gains the ability to see colour, the viewer gets to watch the movie in black and white.
Jonas changes dramatically throughout the book by three major changes. First, one of the changes Jonas goes through is him not being able to talk to his friends about his new job as the Receiver of Memory. This moment puts an awkward barrier between Jonas, Asher, and Fiona. In other words, Jonas is going to be the odd one out from the world. In the text, it states, “Now, for the first time in his twelve years of life, Jonas felt separate, different.”
Before Jonas became the receiver he was like every other citizen. A deadpan. Except sometimes he saw flashes of color. Jonas had what he thought were friends
Books in the same genre always have key similarities; that’s why they’re in the same genre. But, they also have their differences that make them make unique. This holds true for the books The Giver and Uglies. They both deal with the idea of a utopian society; perfection. There are several comparisons between The Giver and Uglies such as the rules they have, the adventures that the main characters have, the love story between the characters, and the main characters themselves.
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.
Feelings and Emotion 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.
Jonas thought that after they received their assignments, him and Asher, his best friend, he thought that they would grow apart and no longer be friends. Throughout the beginning of the book, Jonas kept worrying about how they might grow apart from each other. In the book Jonas thought to himself “...but what would become of me and Asher and the assignments we received”. Jonas did not want them to grow apart because they have been best friends since they were little. This was hard for him because he didn't know what would become of them and what would become of them.
PL.1 Embedded Assessment 2.1 The Giver VS Modern Society How is the society of The Giver really that different from being a modern day society? When people try to create perfect societies, it creates mayhem! Our modern day society is far from a perfect society in the novel The Giver. While appearing perfect, Jonas’ society has many rules and laws under the surface that make it much more dangerous than modern day society.