Jonas is a dynamic character because throughout the novel he changes. At the beginning of the story Jonas only cared about his job he is going to get. Later on during the ceremony he was skipped and he felt very nervous on why they had skipped him. When the chief elder stood up and hold up Jonas’s arm he then announced, “You will now be trained to be our next Receiver of Memory. We thank you for your childhood (64).” Jonas wa surprised and very confused on why did they choose him to be the next Receiver. Later on Jonas meets The Giver for his training and The Giver started talking about the memories “It’s the memories of the whole world,” he said with a sigh. “Before you, before me, before the previous Receiver, and generations before him (77).” Now Jonas knows what are memories and how long they had been there after all his training The Giver gave Jonas a memory the memory of sledding “There was no sled. His posture didn't change. He was simply alone someplace, out of the doors, lying down, and the warmth came from far above. It was not as exciting as the ride through the snowy air; but it was pleasurable and comforting. Suddenly he perceived the word of it: sunshine. He perceived that it came from the sky. Then it ended (85).” That was the first memory that Jonas ever got from The Giver after that The Giver started giving Jonas more memories and Jonas started to feel pain and love from these memories. One time Jonas asked his parents if the loved him “Do you love me?” There was in awkward silence for a moment. Then father gave a little chuckle. “Jonas. You, of all people. Precision of language, please (127)!” After Jonas had said this his parents said that they enjoy him, but in the night Jonas went up to Gabe and he told him that he loves him and that everything could change. Jonas starts to feel more emotions because The Giver has given him some new memories. Jonas saw his first release with The Giver and he didn't like it. He saw his father kill a newborn baby and he was very frustrated on what he saw. So Jonas decided to run away and he took Gabe with him because Gabe was going to get released too so the left the community didn't go back.
Looking into the past created wisdom (memories) this connects to Jonas one of the main characters in The Giver. When The Giver felt pain he gave a memory to Jonas about what was torturing him, “He was confused, noisy, foul-smelling place. It was daylight, early morning, and the air was thick with smoke that hung, yellow and brown, above the ground (118)...” This quote relates to the topic sentence because while The Giver was in pain he transferred his torture to Jonas. So that Jonas could see and feel what The Giver was experiencing after the memory happened the memory showed Jonas the feeling of pain and that changed him. Another quote in the story is, “The Giver ended the afternoon with a color-filled memory of pleasure: a brisk sail on a blue-green lake; a meadow dotted yellow flowers; an orange sunset behind mountains (110).” This quote also relates to the topic sentence because it helped Jonas see colors because in his community no one can see in color, but The Giver can and now that Jonas has this memory he could see in color and sometimes Jonas gives Gabe a memory and he receives them. Jonas has been influenced by this theme because. The Giver gives him a lot of memories and some of the memories give Jonas wisdom on what he sees in those memories after Jonas experiences those memories he starts to feel different emotions and he starts to become more wise because of the memories. Jonas has now learned that he is wise because of all of the memories that The Giver has given him because without the memories he wouldn't feel any emotions or even see in color he would just be a regular person in the community.
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