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Jonas 'Character In The Giver'
From the day we are born we are exposed to all forms of media; whether it be television, books or videos games, and you will be exposed to all kinds of characters and ideas. There will be a day where you will discover a character that isn’t just another character in a story or a movie, but a character that will hit home on a more personal level as if you were seeing your own life unfold before you. For me, that was very early on in my life in middle school where I discovered not only a character I could relate to but my very ideology on life itself changed too. That character was Jonas, from one of my favorite books, The Giver. In a world built more so like a cage, Jonas wanted to break out of the shackles his society placed on him and be able

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