Jonas, the Real Giver
“Things could change Gabe, things could be different,” this is one well known quote from the book, The Giver, written by Lois Lowry. The genre of this book is Science Fiction, even though many are not very big fans of science fiction, Lois Lowry found a way to capture the audience into the book. In the story, a young boy named Jonas is selected out of his age group to be the new receiver of memory for his community. Little did he know that he would bring freedom and imperfectness to the “perfect” community he was living in; allowing them to feel things they have never felt and find a whole new world he was not familiar with. Even though the old man told Jonas to call him the Giver, Jonas is the Giver because he tried to show his friends and family what life was supposed to be like. He also shared the memories with Gabe to make him more happy which helped him to become more calm. Also, unlike the old man, Jonas decided to step up and help his community so all of the community members could have feelings and live in an imperfect community because he knew it was the right thing to do.
Many reasons are stated in the book that explain why Jonas is the real giver. One of these reasons is because he tried to show emotions to his friends and family. Jonas did this many times, knowing it was against the rules. One of the times he asked his friend Asher if he could see color and tried to explain it to him but it did not work, it just made Asher confused. In the book, Jonas also asked his parents “Do you love me?” his parents told him, “Jonas, precision or language, please . . . You used a very generalized word, so meaningless that it’s become almost obsolete.” Jonas was ashamed and also frustrated that his parents did not know what he was talking about; they did not know love or emotions and they would never know what anything pertaining to the memories felt like.
In addition to trying to show his friends and family what life was like, Jonas showed his emotions, broke rules, and shared the memories to Gabe so others would get somewhat of a clue of what life should be like. Even though he knew that what he was doing was wrong he felt that he needed to give the people of the community as much as he could without transmitting the memories. One morning, Jonas felt that he should skip his morning pill. The pill that kept the towns people from having emotions and feelings toward others, whether they were good or bad. This was breaking a rule but he wanted to feel emotions all the time instead of just in the memories. He also gave memories to Gabe every night. He would give him memories of happiness to sleep. Jonas would get frustrated and say things like, “They have never known pain,” or ask questions like, “But why can’t everyone have the memories?” These feelings that he felt show how much he wanted to live in an imperfect community with emotions, choices, and color.
Another very important reason that Jonas is considered the Giver is because he, unlike the old man, decided to do something about the problem of sameness in the community. Instead of just waiting for someone else did it, he stepped up to do it. As Jonas went through his training it became clear to him that he did not think that sameness was right and that things should change for the community. After he had received quite a few memories, he talked to the old man and made a plan on how to get all of the memories back to the community. The old man told Jonas something that helped him to pursue the plan that he made he told Jonas, “I’m grateful to you, Jonas, because without you I would have never figured out a way to bring about the change . . . your role now is to escape and my role is to stay,” this quote alone says a lot about Jonas being the Giver because without him, no one, including the old man, would have brought up the change that needed to happen. The book also shows how brave and willing Jonas was to go on the long and harsh journey to save Gabe, and to finally return the memories to the entire community.
In conclusion, Jonas is clearly the giver because he tried to to show and give as much information and emotion that he could to his friends and family to show that things could be different. He broke rules, took chances so he could try to show his friends and family what life used to be like. Jonas shared memories with Gabe, and most importantly, he shared the memories with the entire community. Jonas clearly deserves the title of the Giver because he is brave, intelligent, wise, strong, and never gives up; this all leads to helping his community. It is because of what he did to help his community, he gave life to them and they will forever remember him.
“Things could change Gabe, things could be different,” this is one well known quote from the book, The Giver, written by Lois Lowry. The genre of this book is Science Fiction, even though many are not very big fans of science fiction, Lois Lowry found a way to capture the audience into the book. In the story, a young boy named Jonas is selected out of his age group to be the new receiver of memory for his community. Little did he know that he would bring freedom and imperfectness to the “perfect” community he was living in; allowing them to feel things they have never felt and find a whole new world he was not familiar with. Even though the old man told Jonas to call him the Giver, Jonas is the Giver because he tried to show his friends and family what life was supposed to be like. He also shared the memories with Gabe to make him more happy which helped him to become more calm. Also, unlike the old man, Jonas decided to step up and help his community so all of the community members could have feelings and live in an imperfect community because he knew it was the right thing to do.
Many reasons are stated in the book that explain why Jonas is the real giver. One of these reasons is because he tried to show emotions to his friends and family. Jonas did this many times, knowing it was against the rules. One of the times he asked his friend Asher if he could see color and tried to explain it to him but it did not work, it just made Asher confused. In the book, Jonas also asked his parents “Do you love me?” his parents told him, “Jonas, precision or language, please . . . You used a very generalized word, so meaningless that it’s become almost obsolete.” Jonas was ashamed and also frustrated that his parents did not know what he was talking about; they did not know love or emotions and they would never know what anything pertaining to the memories felt like.
In addition to trying to show his friends and family what life was like, Jonas showed his emotions, broke rules, and shared the memories to Gabe so others would get somewhat of a clue of what life should be like. Even though he knew that what he was doing was wrong he felt that he needed to give the people of the community as much as he could without transmitting the memories. One morning, Jonas felt that he should skip his morning pill. The pill that kept the towns people from having emotions and feelings toward others, whether they were good or bad. This was breaking a rule but he wanted to feel emotions all the time instead of just in the memories. He also gave memories to Gabe every night. He would give him memories of happiness to sleep. Jonas would get frustrated and say things like, “They have never known pain,” or ask questions like, “But why can’t everyone have the memories?” These feelings that he felt show how much he wanted to live in an imperfect community with emotions, choices, and color.
Another very important reason that Jonas is considered the Giver is because he, unlike the old man, decided to do something about the problem of sameness in the community. Instead of just waiting for someone else did it, he stepped up to do it. As Jonas went through his training it became clear to him that he did not think that sameness was right and that things should change for the community. After he had received quite a few memories, he talked to the old man and made a plan on how to get all of the memories back to the community. The old man told Jonas something that helped him to pursue the plan that he made he told Jonas, “I’m grateful to you, Jonas, because without you I would have never figured out a way to bring about the change . . . your role now is to escape and my role is to stay,” this quote alone says a lot about Jonas being the Giver because without him, no one, including the old man, would have brought up the change that needed to happen. The book also shows how brave and willing Jonas was to go on the long and harsh journey to save Gabe, and to finally return the memories to the entire community.
In conclusion, Jonas is clearly the giver because he tried to to show and give as much information and emotion that he could to his friends and family to show that things could be different. He broke rules, took chances so he could try to show his friends and family what life used to be like. Jonas shared memories with Gabe, and most importantly, he shared the memories with the entire community. Jonas clearly deserves the title of the Giver because he is brave, intelligent, wise, strong, and never gives up; this all leads to helping his community. It is because of what he did to help his community, he gave life to them and they will forever remember him.