How Does The Giver Show Courage

In the book, Jonas stops taking the pills for his Stirrings after he learns about 'love' and feeling for one another. The text states, "The next morning for the first time, Jonas did not take his pill something within him, something that had grown there through the memories, told him to throw the pill away." (Lowry, 162). After Jonas stops taking the pill, he feels the emotion of the memories rushing back to him. He begins to feel something, which other people who take the pill don't feel.

To begin, He is rebellious. All the citizen must take medication of anti-dreaming. Jonas doesn't take it because he learns all the feeling from the memories and he wants to keep all the feeling with him. Furthermore, He is courageous. Once he knows everything about his community that his father kills the twin and going to release Gabriel. Jonas says that" No fear, nor any regret at leaving the community behind. But he felt a very deep sadness that he had left his closest friend behind"(Lowry 163). It indicates that he is going to escape to elsewhere. he knows that he will never come back to the community again and see his friends again. He decides to steal his father's bicycle, steal food from the community, leave his community in the middle of the night, and take Gabriel with him. Last, He is strong. On his way to elsewhere he suffers with problems for instance, running out of food and running out of energy because of travelling in a long distance. Also, the condition of climates. Snowing almost caused him to death finally he tries hard and makes it to elsewhere. Accordingly, in the end of the book. Jonas is courageous, rebellious, and

The Giver is a story about a city that is cut off from all memories from the past and is strictly controlled by the government or the so-called “Elders”. There is only one person in the community called the “Receiver of Memory” who has the role of holding all the memories of the past and giving advice to the government when they need it. When Jonas gets chosen for the Receiver of Memory position, he realizes that there is and was much more to this world than the people in the community know about. Jonas soon starts to see colors(which only the person who had the memories could see) and comes to the conclusion that the other people need to know about and have the memories. He goes to the Giver(the person who gives Jonas the memories) and asked him for a way he could return all the memories to the citizens. The Giver said he was proud of the courage that Jonas had; that he was proud he had the courage to rebel against the government to get what he thinks is right. The Giver gives Jonas more memories of courage so that he will be able to survive through the harsh conditions outside the city. Jonas goes to the outside of the city and is faced by many harsh conditions and also troops from the government. But he doesn’t give up. He has the courage to get what he wants. In the end, Jonas makes it to the Boundary of Memory and releases all the memories to every citizen in the city. Therefore, courage can be

For example, he saved Gabriel’s life, and he also took the journey to release the memories to his community without knowing what was beyond its boundaries. In the novel when Jonas was on his way to leave the community the author states, “Third, he had stolen his father’s bicycle. He had hesitated for a moment, standing beside the bikeport in the darkness, not wanting anything of his father’s and uncertain, as well, whether he could comfortably ride the larger bike when he was so accustomed to his own. But it was necessary because it had the child seat attached to the back. And he had taken Gabriel, too” (Lowry 166). This shows that Jonas is courageous because even though he is hesitant to do something that could possibly ruin his plan, he still is courageous enough to save someone's life. Also, he took the journey outside of the community without knowing what is beyond

As Jonas receives memories from the Giver, he realizes that knowledge is useless without them. For example, the Giver explains his role with the Committee of Elders, “‘...when they are

The book The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a kid name Jonas trying to live in a so called perfect union. Jonas experience develops a theme over the course The Giver by teaching the reader for every action there is a consequence. Although some readers may believe that for every actions there’s not a consequence, Jonas’ experience shows that once Jonas leaves the community he suffers from starvation and also pain.

Jonas makes a journey and breaks the barrier letting all those components back into the society. Jonas goes through a long, dangerous journey to make a better tomorrow for his society. By choosing to save his community, Jonas jeopardized his life because if the Elders caught him he would have been released, which means prosecuted. In his community there is no love and passion. After the Giver gives Jonas the memory of love he is confused about why his community does not have it.

In The Giver, on page 64, it says,¨You´ve been greatly honored Jonas. Greatly honored.¨ This illustrates the way the community realizes and knows about the past, in helping Jonas out in realizing how honored he is, leading up to future tools and events.On page 81 in The Giver, it states, “‘Honor,’ he said firmly. ‘I have great honor. So will you. But you will find that it is not the same as power.’” Jonas believes he has omnipotent power, but the Giver sees his and Jonas’s extraordinary honor in this assignment. He sees how far Jonas will go within. The Chief Elder, on page 57 in The Giver, says, ¨Such a selection is very, very rare.¨The Chief Elder tells Jonas about the pain, but uses strong, accelerating words from within her heart to cheer Jonas up and make him feel confident in himself. She knows the pain within Jonas will experience. She knows pain turns to honor all in the end. In page 58, it states, “Alone? Apart? Jonas listened with increasing unease.¨ Jonas fears being alone, so what he thinks is he won’t see anyone ever again. The truth is, he has the Giver on his side, his family on his side, and Gabe on his side. He still sees them, because he is home almost every night. Just because he can’t discuss his training, doesn’t mean he’s

Imagine living in a world where you can’t make your own choices and don’t have any feelings. In The Giver by Lois Lowry, this is Jonas’s everyday life. He lives in a world with no mountains, hills, color, and weather. All the houses and landscapes are the same, but the people in community seem to still think they live in a utopian society. In the beginning of the book Jonas seems to think that too, but as Jonas becomes wiser and more mature he realizes that he wants to enjoy weather, color, and make his own choices. Jonas knows what real pain feels like, and as the book goes on he thinks the whole community should too. Jonas changes throughout The Giver and as a result, tries to change the community.

Character Analysis when focused on survival Bravery is a hard trait to come by, but many people have this quality even if they don't know it yet. In both The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan and The Giver by Lois Lowry the main characters find their own bravery when focused on their own survival. In The Giver, Jonas’ bravery shined through when he decided to leave his community for the better of others. In The Forest Of Hands and Teeth, the bravery in Mary is evident when decided to leave her community on the risky, forbidden path that she had always been warned of. Both of the characters bravery is shown when their lives are put at risk and they are able to go after their own wildest dreams without restriction.

After a few sessions with The Giver, Jonas has made realizations about all the misconceptions about laws and safety his people hold. He recognizes and relates the actions of his peers to all the memories he has received recently, good and bad; love, war and color. Lowry describes Jonas' situation, about all his

The giver talks about how its hard to be a giver because you have no one to share the memories with but Jonas tries to cheer him up by reminding him that the giver has Jonas to share the memories with. "That is true. And having you here with me over the past year has made me realize that things must change. For years I have felt that they should, but it seemed so hopeless’” Says the giver (154-5). This shows that Jonas is not being selfish because the giver agrees and he even says he wanted to leave the community so there would be no sameness but he was not as determined as Jonas. If Jonas was doing it for a selfish reason then, why would the giver support Jonas and think about doing the same thing and not going through with it if it was a selfish idea. Jonas is being selfless by leaving the community because he leaves, for the community members and even the giver thought of the same idea before and he was strongly against sameness too; because he thought that people should have

Jonas goes through a lot while receiving the memories from The Giver. He first gets happy memories such as the sled, but then The Giver has to give him painful memories. He first receives the memory of physical pain from sunburn (Lowry 86). The pain is minimal compared to the memory of a broken leg (Lowry 109) and an injured arm during a war. During the war memory, he sees death (Lowry 119, 121). He experiences grief when he receives the memory the shot elephant (Lowry 100). Most haunting of all are the memories of the release of old and the part his father plays in the release of new born (Lowry 150). These trials at first horrify Jonas but he learns to deal with the

Jonas discovers what is really beyond his community, beyond all the rules and policies they have to follow; he decides to leave and give all of his memories to the rest of the community so they would know about what they have not seen or experienced before. Jonas discovers that the community has decided too many things for everyone. He realizes Sameness is not right, that it cannot last any longer. He thinks of all the what-ifs. What if the Elders choose a wrong spouse? What if the Elders choose the wrong job for someone?

The Giver shows us that love is an essential part to this world. The Giver shows Jonas the memory of pain and suffering and reacted in a way that made him upset, expressing love to Jonas as well as regret. Jonas was “no longer enjoying the freedom but instead, terrified…”(137). The Giver knows what Jonas is experiencing and regrets it although it is what he is told to do. The Giver took a liking to Jonas but couldn’t bare to watch him in pain. Jonas sacrificed his own comfort so the Giver could be relieved of these memories for himself. These same memories were given to the Giver because it was his job. The Giver of each generation feels love toward the new Receiver because the Giver knows what pain is like. Love is essential in this moment, especially for Jonas, because he needs a person to help him to start a new, more utopian society. People show love by sacrificing themselves for