Jonas

snow, no rain, and even no sun. Also, there were no hills and people weren’t able to see color. However, when the main character, Jonas, is selected as the new Receiver of Memory, he begins to experience life without Sameness. The Giver, a wise old man who holds all the memories of the world, transits memories of snow, summer, birthdays, Christmas, and color to Jonas. All of this is new to him. Although he wishes

runs perfectly without any problems. A teenager named Jonas is elected by the town's government to become the receiver, a job in which he has to learn all the memories of the past. The man who is teaching him the memories, the Giver, makes Jonas realize that the people of their district are better off if they have all types of memories, good and bad, so that they can enjoy every single emotion. Jonas and the Giver carry out a plan in which Jonas will run away from the community, making all the memories

throughout the book, as well as other novels by Lowry, all relate back to these concerns. She displays the importance of human emotion and individuality along side the fact that utopias are non existent. In the so called Utopia where the main character Jonas resides, sameness takes precedence over uniqueness. “The community was so meticulously ordered, the choices so carefully made." (The Giver Ch. 6) By allowing one haircut and clothing style, assignment of spouses, and the rejection of sexual affinity

how he thought of the society.(BS-1) At the beginning of the book Jonas wanted to continue his friendships with people he was friends with before the ceremony of 12. He also wanted to fit into his family watching over the new child Gabriel.(BS-2) Once Jonas became the receiver of memories he started to question what was happening, to his society that he didn't know before and that the relationships he had were full of lies. (BS-3) Jonas found out that the society was wrong and messed up and the relationships

and assigns the community a job. Jonas’s job is to receive memories from a person named the Giver. The title of this book is called The Giver because the person is giving memories to Jonas. First, The Giver gives memories to Jonas, as the job of the receiver is to get these memories from the giver. The giver gave Jonas a memory of sunlight. “Now it came more quickly, the feelings. This time the hands didn’t become cold, but instead began to feel warm on his body. They moistened a little. The warmth

shown is when Jonas saw Gabe and his eyes for the first time: “...but was considered rude to call attention to things that were unsettling or different about individuals” (Lowry 26). In this quote, Lois Lowry is trying to tell the readers that the Jonas’ Community is a very non-diverse place. Differences are not enjoyed or important. They are kind of an unsaid embarrassment that no one talks about. The author introduces us to this constricted place early in the book, so we get a

beginning for both Jonas and Gabriel. In many cultures around the world, babies are considered new life or new beginning to have in a family. Having a baby in a society where controlled by people who afraid to make any changes Gabriel would be threat, after finding out that he will release a day early. Jonas was able to save the baby before it’s too late. He knew taking Gabriel with him will ensure a new beginning when he grows up, far away from the community that want him killed. While Jonas are no longer

book Fiona was more than a friend to Jonas, but not the other way around. They needed Fiona to be a main character because in the movie they didn’t have Christmas. Since the memory of Christmas shows Jonas love “ ‘ And something else-I can’t quite get the word for it” (pg.155) “ ‘Love’ the Giver told him” (pg.157), and the movie didn’t have Christmas, they replace it with Fiona. Instead of the family and warmth of Christmas, they replaced it with Fiona kissing Jonas, which is also love. Since Fiona is

dystopian society. Setting: The Giver takes place in the future within a dystopian society Major Characters: Jonas: The protagonist of The Giver. Due to the Utopian society Jonas looks just like every other boy his age. Just like most boys he has short brown hair and a warm pink color to his skin. Although unlike the others he has lighter eyes, as compared to everyone’s dark eyes. At age eleven Jonas is very intelligent and loves the people

for not following order. This resulted in the main character experiencing conflict identity and role confusion. The primary character is Jonas who is in his adolescence year, he is chosen to be the new giver and will take on all the burden of the community memories and pain. Jonas will be responsible for making authoritative decisions in the community. Jonas is given access to the world around him and he finds himself questioning his purpose and rebelling