Feelings.

The Giver is a very interesting book. On the last few chapters this has happened...

Jonas society is a very horrible place to live in. There isn´t love, pain or pleasure; the society that Jonas lives in took away all those things that make life wonderful and exiting. Life there is boring, so ordinary.

"But they don't want change. Life here is so orderly, so predictable-so painless. It's what they've chosen." Chapter 13, pg. 103

The society decided that for some reason life would be good, unlike the world before. But all that decision did was hide humans from the truth and force them in a way, to live as "they" wanted. 

As the quote explained, the society does not want any change and I believe that it´s wrong to make that decision for people. For example, on our society we depend on the government to take care of important decisions; and just like in Jonas ´society in which they took wrong decisions for the people that live there. I think that it is harsh and corruptive to take decisions for someone else and even more if the decisions have to do with sacrificing one´s abilities (like sight in the society).

Click here to watch an example. Only up till second 40

Overall, Jonas´ society needs to change; change is good no matter what the government says.

 

In the next few chapters I think that Jonas will fall in love with Fiona because what we saw last is that he did not take his stirrings pill. I can infer he wants to feel and experience, that is why he looked at the options he had. Now, Jonas will start lying more and more. This lying will change his attitude temporarily; soon he will realize why feelings were taken away. I really want to know what will happen next!

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Choices

After Jonas got his assignment and was leaving the auditorium he didn't feel quite the same, nothing was the same and people treated him differently. Like they didn't know if it was something that needed to congratulate him or feel bad for him. The chief elder, his mother and so far everyone think the assignment is great HONOR, but why if Jonas will suffer and become apart from society. For example, after he rode his bike towards the Annex center -where he would have to go everyday after school- he noticed that the receptionist stood up to welcome him (something he had never felt before that someone would receive him when he entered the room.) On the chapters we know that everyone got a file of simple rules and/or instructions to follow: the one Jonas had was special, not because it was a lot smaller than the other pages but because he would not receive recreation time, he couldnt apply for release, he couldnt receive medication unless he had illness or injury, he was not allowed in the dream-telling ceremony. The ones that most disturbed him were:
You may ask any question
You cant talk about your training with others
And most of all: You may lie.

Honor, not power.

Click here to watch the chapter 12 audiobook!

He talked about the rules further in the chapters with the giver, the giver is the man who transmits the memories of the WORLD BEFORE, he gives him knowledge that others cannot take in because of his special abilities. We also learn that before Jonas the elders chose another receiver but because of the giver the transmissions failed and because of this Jonas can ask any question without appologizing because "it wastes time" that got me thinking why isnt there any time. Then we learn that the community cannot see colors but Jonas is starting to do so and the giver can see all of them now, Jonas thought at first that it is unfair not to have the ability to see colors but then came to the conclusion that seing colors give you choices and people can make the wrong choices.

On the story fiona and jonas were walking to training and had a discution that I founded strange

"I really think I'll like it better than school," Fiona confessed.
"Me too," Jonas agreed, wheeling his bike into its place.
(Lawry)

On this quote my mind stopped for a while because I know that Jonas will suffer the memories of the world before. I can infer that the world before is us and how will Jonas feel when he finds out about war, murder or any other sad thing. Why would he say he will like pain more than school where all your friends are. But after analizing the text I think that Jonas likes in a way to experience something other than sameness. Jonas might feel that pain isnt the only thing that he will feel on that room full of surprises. Overall, I know that Jonas is very exited to keep learning about a world that failed for some reason.

On the next chapters I think that Jonas will love learning too much and he will encounter a new memory that has too much suffering and he wont be able to control this emotions. I can tell because The Giver failed and he might fail again. Also, Jonas is doesnt handle his emotions very good and I think this will affect him most of all.


These last chapters were very interesting and I look foward to see what will happen next. In brief, Jonas story can go in many ways and now the story is talking more deeply about topics such as choice and it is very interesting.

It is hard to understand chapter twelve so here is an audiobook that will read you the chapters with a clearer voice.
Click here!
                                                          Works Cited
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"7 Choices That Calm Mums Make Consistently." Reboot Your Life. N.p., 26 Mar. 2013. Web. 16 Dec. 2014. <https://www.julia-harris.com/choices-that-calm-mums-make-consistently/>.

"The Giver Chapter 12 Read Aloud by Mr Koch." YouTube. Web. 18 Dec. 2014. <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-hDnFsQ3omY>.

Pain and Real Joy

The Giver is one of the most interesting books I have read. On the last few chapters (6-8) many important things have happened. Now is the time of the ceremony of twelve, everyone is very excited and nervous too. Gabriel was almost released but father talked to the elders and they marked him uncertain, this means that Gabriel will have another year to grow and become a member of the society or be released. Meanwhile, Lily got her new coat that has buttons on the front and Asher, got his assignment as the Assistant Director of Recreation. Everyone got their assignments except for Jonas, the chief elder skipped him but after all the 12 got their assignment she spoke to the community and told them that Jonas was selected  to be the new receiver of memories.

Just like Jonas’ society the movie Divergent is also oppressive and doesn´t let people have their own feelings. Somehow the government manages to make them all act the same way like on the quote they all said at the same time "we accept your apology." On the trailer you can see that they categorize the society in different groups which are considered "assignments" on Jonas' society. For example, dauntless (Trish group) are the army, some people were in charge of giving food to the ones that didn't have anything left, others were in charge of producing food, others were in charge of the law, etc. On Jonas' society they also had groups were they helped the society grow. 

Divergent is also similar because Trish was different, she didn't know where to go, choose dauntless, or any other group because she didn't fit. Jonas didn't know where to go either because just like Trish he is different. For some reason Jonas doesn't belong to any group so they selected him to become the new receiver of memories. Divergent seemed as a nice and well organized society but when you look in closely it isn't nice at all. This happens on "The Giver" because at first everyone is happy but then you can see that people are like robots, without choice and all manipulated to act the same way. 

In conclusion, this very interesting book isn´t even halfway to the story and it manages to give suspense while answering many questions the reader has. I admire the author for that and because he presented that a perfect society can only be achieved by taking people´s freedom away. This government is always watching the people to determine where they should live and who they should marry. This organized and oppressive government forces the community to think they are happy since the community doesn´t know what pain and real joy is.

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