Jonas. The main character in the book. He has a nice personality and is twelve years old. Jonas has different colored eyes compared to everyone else as mentioned on page 20. In chapter 8 it is revealed the Jonas has been selected as the new Receiver. As a part of being Receiver Jonas is allowed to lie and ask anyone questions‚ which he too to his advantage. Throughout his training‚ he learned about many things like color‚ war‚ and the meaning of release. With the knowledge of the bad things the community
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Chapter 1 Quotes After Twelve‚ age isn’t important. Most of us even lose track of how old we are as time passes. –Jonas’s father Chapter 3 Quotes The apple had changed. Just for an instant. It had changed in mid-air. No one mentioned such things; it was not a rule‚ but was considered rude to call attention to things that were unsettling or different about individuals. Chapter 4 Quotes It was against the rules for children or adults to look at another’s nakedness; but the rule did not apply
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In Anzia Yezierska ’s novel entitled Bread Givers‚ there is an apparent conflict between Reb Smolinsky‚ a devout Orthodox rabbi of the Old World‚ and his daughter Sara who yearns to associate and belong to the New World. Throughout the story‚ one learns about the hardships of living in poverty‚ the unjust treatment of women‚ and the growth of a very strong willed and determined young womanSara Smolinsky. After leaving Poland to venture out into the New World of America‚ the Smolinsky family endured
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made up of secrets and lies. When he becomes receiver of memory he is taught by The Giver (Jeff Bridges) that there is more beyond his community. Beyond his community there is a world full of colors and sounds‚ a world with more than just rude. As receiver of memory he has no choice
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For the first time‚ he heard something that he knew to be music. He heard people singing. Jonas and Gabe headed towards the very familiar sound through the heavy‚ thick‚ white snow. Jonas looked at Gabe still wrapped comfortably around his tunic. He then started to see a variety of bright color arranging from red‚ green and so on from a distance. After walking through the snow while carrying Gabe in his cold arms. He finally came across a couple of buildings. Unlike the community they all looked
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Chapter 1 and 2 in the giver‚ we found out that Jonas lives in an equal community. Jonas community encourages sameness‚ and discourages diversity. The community is unfair for the age for someone when they receive items and their family units. On page 13 lowry writes‚ “Two children — one male‚ one female — to each family unit. It was written very clearly in the rules.” This is very unfair for everyone because people like to be different‚ and not the same‚ but with this rule the citizens can’t.
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imagine a world without color‚ personal freedoms‚ and love‚ but in this book‚ the society is exactly this. Being able to make your own choices is really important‚ most of us don’t realize it right now but it’s important to appreciate freedom. In the Giver‚ what may seem like a perfect society is actually a dystopia is because theres no individuality‚ you are assigned a family‚ and jobs were assigned as well. To begin with‚ individuality didn’t even exist in this community. Everything is conform‚
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missing from our human lives. Having a perfect world would eliminate a true family unit‚ a graduation‚ and a job. I don’t think living in a perfect world is worth giving up choices because you would have to give up your true family and parents. In The Giver‚ everyone has an assigned family unit. “Like the Matching of Spouses and the Naming and Placement of newchildren‚ the Assignments were scrupulously thought
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Was this what the Giver was talking about? Jonas pondered to himself. Was this the beautiful sounds the Giver had described before? Could Gabe hear it? Jonas decided he had no choice but to keep going‚ at least until he reached the first house. He felt ashamed to be disruptive on whatever they were celebrating‚ but Jonas knew it was what was meant to happen. Jonas got off the sled‚ with Gabriel still in his arms‚ and began his trek. The distance seemed insignificant now‚ after the long voyage
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In the book The Giver‚ there are all these different rules of the community to prevent people from doing the wrong or bad things‚ but in all the rules‚ there are always positive ones and negative ones. So comparing to the real world and to the community‚ what rules from the community should we learn from? According to the book‚ Pilots cannot fly over the community‚‚ Each person in a family must share his/her dreams in the morning‚ and in the evening‚ his/her feelings of the day‚ There can only
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