As Jonas continued to receive memories from the Giver, he
leaned all colors and was able to name them all and keep them. There were days
the Giver was suffering too much because of pain and sent Jonas away, but one
day he decided to transmit one of the most painful memories to Jonas and this
made him suffer a lot. With other painful memories Jonas received those last
days, this made him suffer until one day the Giver decided to give him the happy
memoire of Christmas, family and love. Jonas couldn’t stop thinking about the
new term he had learn known as LOVE in
a family and all around the world. One night
Jonas decided to help his father with Gabriel and made him sleep in his room. Whenever
he couldn’t sleep he will hold him until one day something unexpected happened
and a memory was given to Gabriel unexpectedly. Jonas didn’t know what was
happening but then predicted that Gabriel could be the next Receiver of Memory.
“They have never known
pain, he thought.” (110)
What my thoughts were when I read this quote on the book was
that Jonas job is not only about honor in the community because Jonas is facing
more than he expected. The Giver is giving him too much pain and he is making Jonas
suffer a lot. He is starting to realize how his job and his life connect and
they are becoming a big obstacle in his daily life. Jonas does not understand
why he is the one that has to go through all this pain and that is why he mentions
“They have never known pain”.
The story in each chapter is getting more into the problem
of memories and with all this information I can imagine that the story will
lead to Jonas not being able to handle all this pain anymore. As each day he is
experiencing more and more pain and suffering with the memories, he will do
something about it as I mentioned on my previews predictions. Since Gabriel received some memories transmitted
by Jonas, he will now be a smarted kid and will not be released. Also, I think
that Gabriel will not be released because Jonas will love him too much and will
not let that happen.
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Andre, I like your summery and coincidentally I have the same quote posted; It took my attention the pain Jonas was feeling, and this is questioning him about his role in the community and the feelings about the others, such as love. His feelings for Gabriel are growing, and this is not allowed. I can say as well as you predicted that Jonas will not permit Gabriel to be release. He love him very much.
ReplyDeleteYes, we have the same predictions and thoughts about Jonas life
DeleteAndrea, I think that the Reciever is being too agressive, and you can infer Jonas is not happy with that because he cant manage the pain in his short experience in painfull memories. But on the other side he also feel good memeories that make him realize what is real life. Your most was really interesting and your undestading of the book is extesive.
ReplyDeleteAndre! Ithink your way of expressing is really interesting, I think very similar as you do, if you were in Jonas case and for the first time in your entire life you learn this new therm called love, which would be your reaction? Would you do the same thing that Jonas did, try to tell, show everyone how love can change the world?
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