The Giver Theme Blog

October 17th, 2016

      Jonas is a dynamic character because at first when he first got chosen for the job of being the receiver, he was nervous. I could tell that he was nervous because when Chief Elder skipped his number it says, “ He felt dizzy, and couldn't focus his attention.” He became dizzy because he knew that he was going to be chosen for the receiver of memories. But eventually later on in the book when he finds out how sad it is of hiding all of these memories from all these people. He also thinks it's terrible and wrong because people have the right to have their memories and think back on happy and sad moments. So Jonas wants to change this and now he is mad instead of nervous. Now he wants to give back all the memories to all these people. In the book it says,” if you get away, if you get beyond, if you get to elsewhere,it will mean that the community has to bear the burden themselves, of the memories you had been holding for them.” This proves that Jonas is a dynamic character because he changes his feelings about being the receiver of memories

      The theme for the book The Giver is pain and pleasure because it causes us to be the person we are supposed to be as shown through Jonas. When Chief Elder chose Jonas to become the receiver, she also told him that, “The receiving of memory causes terrible pain.” This shows pain and pleasure because Jonas feels that this is an important job so he’s going to take it seriously but it also causes pain so he’s worried about that too. Jonas keeps on learning more things about being the receiver and he also can feel how love is. Now Jonas is getting more memories of pain and pleasure as we go through the story. One of those moments is when Jonas witnesses his friends playing war and feels disgusted by this. He shows he's disgusted when,“You had no way of knowing this. I didn't know it myself until recently. But it's a cruel game”(). Jonas told this to his friends who were playing a war game because Jonas had a flashback and a memory of war back then. Now he's telling his friends not to play this game because it's bad and he feels disgusted.