Essay On The Giver
What would it feel like to live in a world without love, friendship, family, or memories… The author Lois Lowry writes about a twelve year old boy named Jonas who is in a non-feeling Utopian society and is chosen to be something that he is not ready for. He becomes Receiver and as Receiver he has to take the burden of the memories of the past world and endure the mistakes they had made. Jonas changes throughout The Giver and as a result, tries to change the Community. In the beginning of the story Jonas is still eleven and it is nearing the Ceremony of December. The new twelve year olds get chosen their jobs and Jonas is feeling apprehensive about what might happen or what job he could be picked. Sometimes at the ceremony of December the twelves
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Before Jonas has to take the burden of the memories he is honest and apprehensive and still mostly a kid. But once Jonas gets chosen as Receiver everything changes. Also in the beginning Jonas still follows all the rules of the Community including honesty. Jonas has to restate of the weird and awkward dream he had the last night because of the rule saying that there had to be story telling in the morning. And even though he would rather not tell the story because he is honest and does not lie he retells the story. Near the end Jonas becomes deceitful but also brave. In the beginning Jonas still hasn’t been chosen a job yet and does not have to hold the burden as Receiver yet, but his new job is about to be chosen and he is feeling apprehensive about what he could be chosen. But when he actually is chosen he feels pride and courage for the long and painful training ahead of him. The Committee of Elders explain that his training will be hard and painful but Jonas understands this and still goes through with the training, this shows bravery. Jonas is changed by the memories and their wisdom and with this wisdom he can see most of things he had never noticed in a whole new light and notices things that the Community and the people do not understand. Jonas notices with the memories that this Community is not as much of a Utopian society as he thought it
Before Jonas has to take the burden of the memories he is honest and apprehensive and still mostly a kid. But once Jonas gets chosen as Receiver everything changes. Also in the beginning Jonas still follows all the rules of the Community including honesty. Jonas has to restate of the weird and awkward dream he had the last night because of the rule saying that there had to be story telling in the morning. And even though he would rather not tell the story because he is honest and does not lie he retells the story. Near the end Jonas becomes deceitful but also brave. In the beginning Jonas still hasn’t been chosen a job yet and does not have to hold the burden as Receiver yet, but his new job is about to be chosen and he is feeling apprehensive about what he could be chosen. But when he actually is chosen he feels pride and courage for the long and painful training ahead of him. The Committee of Elders explain that his training will be hard and painful but Jonas understands this and still goes through with the training, this shows bravery. Jonas is changed by the memories and their wisdom and with this wisdom he can see most of things he had never noticed in a whole new light and notices things that the Community and the people do not understand. Jonas notices with the memories that this Community is not as much of a Utopian society as he thought it