Jonas's 'Punishment In After The Giver'

In the book The Giver, Jonas leaves his restricted community to get to Elsewhere, a place where his memories will come true. Jonas’s only companion is Gabriel, a baby who was entitled to a horrible death. The question is, will they both survive in time to get to Elsewhere? Based on clues from the book, it seems like Jonas and Gabriel do survive and get to Elsewhere, because the book suggest that Jonas starts to experience his memories in real life, and he hears music for the first time. A reason to believe that Jonas and Gabriel do survive, is that Jonast starts to experience his own memories.

Despite the fact that he could be killed if he was caught. Jonas also wanted to release the memories into the community to make it a better place. Jonas looked to The Giver for advice, and The Giver was almost like a father to him. Jonas normally followed the rules of the community for what was right and what was wrong except when he ran away. Jonas learned that the rules of the community were harsh, once he had his knowledge he got from The Giver, he kind of made his own rules. The Giver shows lots of moral courage because he helped Jonas run away despite the potential consequences of getting released. Also the Giver took the risk of giving Jonas the memories when the previous receiver ran away because the memories were too much and then those memories were lost. The Giver has all the knowledge from the previous generations so he uses that to decide what is right and

The book starts in the "Community" where people literally don't feel anything. The main character,Claire, is assigned as a birthmother and she is supposed to give birth to three children. But her first birth giving has a problem and she is dismissed after giving to a baby; Gabe. She is assigned to work in the Hatchery. She always takes care of her baby (while hiding the fact that she was his birthmother) in the nutrition center.

He accepts the role and begins training with The Giver. As time goes by, and he has received numerous memories, he starts to realise how cruel his society is. (SIP-A) In one of his later memories, we see The Giver pass on the memory of a rainbow. Jonas starts to learn about colors and vibrance. (STEWE-1) Jonas is first given the memory of a rainbow. “Days went by, and weeks. Jonas learned, through the memories, the names of colors; and now he began to see them all, in his ordinary life (though he knew it was ordinary no longer, and would never be again)” (Lowry 97). He felt good about what he was seeing, for a good amount of time at the least. (STEWE-2) But, Jonas starts to change his mind, and wonder why people don’t have color. He realizes that people can make choices without having the government do it for them. “‘If everything's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things! A blue tunic, or a red one?’” (Lowry 97). Yes, Jonas does agree with The Giver after the fact that decisions can be dangerous. But, Jonas still likes the thought of decisions and colors. (SIP-B) The main reason Jonas decided to flee from his society, is the way that they handled releases. His father had been lying about the process for all of Jonas’s life. (STEWE-1) Jonas asks The Giver about release because of the release his father was doing that

In the complex argument of whether Jonas dies or lives, it is clear that he had fallen into the grave. The text states that Jonas saw a light and felt warmth: “But somewhere ahead, through the blinding storm, he knew there was warmth and light.” The glowing in which Jonas sees is the luminous heaven and the warmth in which he feels is just the embrace of dying and drifting off to the afterlife. The text also states that Jonas was beginning to feel weak and faint, “Using his final strength, and a special knowledge that was deep inside him, Jonas found the sled that was waiting for them at the top of the hill. Numbly his hands fumbled for the rope.” He didn't have any strength left which means that Jonas could not get up and keep moving forward

Jonas’ has had a variety of interesting experiences throughout the book. The Giver by Lois Lowry is about Jonas and he goes through many changes in his life with some help from the Giver. Jonas’ experiences develop a theme over the course of The Giver by teaching the reader for every action there is a consequence. Although some readers may believe that there will not be a consequence, Jonas’ experiences show that there are good and bad consequences for everything you do.

One example of Jonas’ character changing throughout The Giver is that Jonas was obedient at the beginning of the book but later becomes rebellious. An example of Jonas’ obedience is when a plane was flying over the community. The speaker advised everyone to drop their bikes where they were and sprint to the nearest building immediately. Jonas obediently did everything the speaker had said. Another time when Jonas was being obedient is when the Chief Elder said during the ceremony that he had always presented himself on time when he had chastisement. ” ‘We hoped, also, that Jonas would present himself promptly for chastisement, and he has always done so.’ “ (62) These are all times when Jonas was an obedient child and never questioned the community.

(AGG)Why might someone come to reject their society? (BS-1)After Jonas learns different life through memories he comes to accept his society. (BS-2)Then Jonas starts to question his community when he realizes that they have different opinions on how a community should run. (BS-3)Now Jonas is disgusted with his community and acts out against it. (TS)Throughout the book Jonas is driven by loneliness and decides to reject his society because of this.

Imagine a world with no love, no color pain no choices and no color. I just described Jonas’s world and I’ll be comparing our world to his. There's tons of differences but I’ll only be focusing on a few.

Jonas’s father is who performs releases and does not question about it, it’s what's he’s told to do. The Giver states,“It’s what he was told to do, and he knows nothing else.” (pg.153) Jonas’s community chooses Sameness rather than valuing individual expression. At one time in the past, the people in Jonas’s community intended to create a perfect society; they thought preventing people from making wrong choices, the community would be safe. People became controlled and were manipulated. The expression “love” is considered “too general.” Jonas asks his parents if they love him, his mother states, “Your father means that you a very generalized word, so meaningless that it’s become obsolete.” In Jonas’s community people accept all rules and customs.

The impeccable community "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots"(Marcus Garvey). The book The Giver is about a community where there are no choices and the citizens live a colorless life where everything is under control. In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, knowledge does have the power to change a person's opinions, dreams, and fears because Jonas experiences this through the many tasks he takes on to be the receiver of memory. Jonas knowledge gained from the giver changes his own opinions and the way he views others. "Our people made that choice, the choice to go to sameness.

In my opinion, Jonas left the community because of the memories and the reality presented to him by The Giver. After realizing the truth, he wanted to alter the perspectives of the citizens in the community by releasing his memories, he believed that the way people lived without any knowledge of the world surrounding them was wrong, and wished to live a more meaningful life when he left.

In the book The Giver Jonas has a really complicated relationships with his father. It all started when his father told him about release but lied about it. Jonas thought that the people getting released would go to a happy place, but actually his father kills them with a shot then dumps them in the garbage. The Giver showed Jonas a video about the truth of the release because his father told him a lie. Jonas was very displeased when he found out what his dad does at a release and could not get pass the thought that his dad was a liar. Jonas can trust the giver because the Giver has never lied to Jonas and his dad has. This related in Jonas to have trust issues with other people.

”(62)Jonas being alone and apart is a punishment because he would not be able to talk to anyone but the Giver. Meanwhile, Lois Lowry says, “He is to be alone, apart, while he is prepared by the current Receiver for the job which is the utmost honored in our community. ”(58) People might expect that training with the Giver isn’t a punishment because he has someone to train with, and not train completely alone. Still, Jonas is being punished even though he is training with someone, because training with one person isn’t enough and eventually he will not consider the Giver is vigorous enough help.

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