Jonas closed his eyes and waited for the impact of the snow‚ but none came. His eyes fluttered with the tiny snowflakes on his lashes. Jonas held Gabe tightly‚ letting the heat from his body soak into the baby’s. As the sled slid to a stop‚ Jonas stiffly climbed out‚ clutching Gabe to his chest. He squinted through the thick snow swirling in the air. As Jonas peered through the snow‚ he became aware of the silence. There was no noise‚ no singing‚ no music. Had he only imagined the warm‚ friendly
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lives. When Jonas was speaking with The Giver after being given the memory of color‚ Jonas became angry that he was not given choices‚ but in the end they both agree that it is dangerous‚ because people‚ “‘might make the wrong decision’... ‘We don’t dare to let people make choices of their own’” (98). Then‚ Jonas was suddenly given more choices after becoming the Receiver of Memory like escape and the correct time to lie. He was able to feel more love. When given the choice of escape‚ Jonas discovered
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Jonas and Gabriel find a sled‚ the same sled that Jonas saw in his very first memory. They take this sled down into a little village‚ it seems like it is Christmas‚ they finally reached Elsewhere‚ or they have died due to hypothermia and starvation. The story ends here leaving the
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Imagine a world without color‚ pain‚ or feelings...This type of world is reality for Jonas and his fellow neighbors. Jonas has lived in a "perfect" community all his life‚ but The Giver finally shows him what he’s been missing all his life. The main character‚ Jonas‚ in The Giver discovers his “Capacity to See Beyond.” Jonas begins to see his Community differently‚ with mindfulness that most people in the Community havent known of. Mindfulness‚ is one of main themes in The Giver. Although the book
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definition‚ and illustration‚ Jonas paints a beautiful picture of how one should view death and the many views in which one can look at its foreboding shadow. Just by reading the title of this excerpt‚ the reader can easily establish that the rhetor uses many examples of division‚ the concept of death being divided into both a burden and a blessing. Jonas tells the reader that mortality is like a burden because‚ “… life must depend on conditions over which it was no control…” (Jonas 417). The unpredictable
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In the Novel The Giver‚ the author‚ Lois Lowry‚ presents a young boy named Jonas living in a world that is full of conformity and no choices allowed. In the community which Jonas lives‚ everyone is assigned a job and is disciplined when they do something wrong. Along the way Jonas learns he has a special type of Job as the Receiver of memories and he has special advantages he learns and wants to give people in the community to have choices. Lowry argues that over conformity is detrimental and the
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1. Jonas: Jonas is an upstander. Before his Ceremony of Twelve‚ Jonas didn’t put much thought into Releases. Yet after becoming a Receiver of Memory‚ Jonas gets memories about colors‚ music‚ death‚ love‚ pain‚ family‚ war and much much more. When Jonas sees his first Release‚ he realizes that his community is messed up and needs help. Jonas understands that people in his community have no understanding of love‚ death‚ family‚ etc. Jonas sees a situation‚ and takes a personal risk to go away so that
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promotes efficiency by limiting freedoms. The main character Jonas gets chosen to be receiver of memory where he receives all the memories in the world so the people of the community do not have to bear them. Lowry demonstrates that love is more important than conformity through Jonas’s understanding of the community’s structure‚ release‚ and his love for Gabriel. Lowry illustrates that love is more important than conformity through Jonas leaning of the community’s structure.Jonas’s family unit shares
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into a paralyzed state. But‚ if you haven’t had a chance to read the novel yet‚ here’s a quick summary of the story. The novel starts off with a 12 year-old boy named Jonas whom was chosen as the next receiver in his community. But as reality bleeds‚ mysteries unfold and secrets are revealed; the truth becomes overwhelming and Jonas is determined to reverse things back to how he believed in‚ should’ve been. So‚
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Jonas couldn’t keep his eyes open any longer. The two bumped into a large pile of snow outside the welcoming cabin from his memories and dreams. When Jonas woke up‚ he smelled fresh cookies‚ burning wood‚ and pine. He didn’t remember what had happened at first. He was on a pull-out bed next to a toasty fireplace with a warm fleece blanket wrapped around him. The memories of the past few days came back to him. He sat up and looked around; there was an ancient wood chair to one side with a little
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