According to the book it shows us that Jonas is a Dynamic character. Jonas is a Dynamic character because during the book he has been changing. At first Jonas was always thinking about himself and no one else ,he was being selfish. A quote that shows us this is where it says “ He had waited a long time for this especial December , now that I was almost upon him , he wasn't frightened , but he was ….. Eager , he decided. He was eager for it to come” (4) This quote shows us that he was just thinking about what he was going to get as a job and he didn't think about wishing luck to others. But yet he was still nice to others. After Jonas got the job of the receiver of memories he started to change a lot he was more mean to others. He didn't do what he was supposed to do. One example that shows this is when he lied to his parent about him taking his pills which he really wasn't. In this part it shows us how Jonas is starting to not accept the rules. Another quote was when it says “ Jonas did not want to go back. He didn't want the memories , didn't want the honor , didn't want the wisdom, didn't want the pain” p. 121 This quote shows us that Jonas is changing because he wants to give the memories to Gabriel but “The Giver “ kept telling to not do it because it's nice to have memories. Also after a while Jonas actually learned what the word released meant. He was mad because he couldn't believe that his dad had been lying to him and that he has been doing such crime in such a long time. According to this example Jonas has been lied about his community he thought that the word released was when they give the babies to other families that will actually take care of them. It turns out that they actually kill them instead of giving them to another family that will actually take good care of them.
One of many themes in the book “ The Giver “ by Lois Lowry is to find love you need to go through hardship. As Jonas starts to get the memories he start to feel love and emotions. Before he was assigned to be the receiver of memories he was like everybody in the community , the people that didn't have feelings or felt love. One quote that shows us this theme is when Jonas is escaping from the community and he says “ But the moment passed and was followed by an urge, a need, a passionate yearning to share the warmth into the thin, shivering body in his arm” p. 177 This quote is showing us that Jonas started to feel love for Fiona. If Jonas was had not been assigned as the receiver of Memories he would've never felt emotions or feelings. But, Jonas is not the only one that has feelings. As we can see in page 141 It shows us that “ The Giver” has feelings too. This is shown in the part when he talks about Rosemary. This example is a perfect example to show us that “ The Giver” ale has feelings because he said that his heart broke when he had to transfer the pain. But, he
had no choice, it was his job.
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