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Quotes From The Giver By Lowry
The Giver by Lowry, Lois
Jonas’s Departure In The Giver by Lowry, the beginning of jonass journey was Lois Jonas began his adventure at the ceremony of Twelve. All the twelve’s lined up and each was assigned a job. When she got to Jonas she skipped him. At the end she announced to the crowed “Jonas has been selected” (60). She explained that Jonas has been selected to be the next Receiver. The chief elder told him that he had courage, wisdom, integrity, and intelligence, all the traits that he needed to be the Receiver. Jonas then thought to himself he can’t do it and he couldn’t endure the pain that she explained he would go through. “Now was the moment when he would have to confess, to say “no I don’t, I can’t” (63). He thinks they

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