First Day as a Reciever

Jonas has been given his assignment of Reciever of Memory and he opened his folder an lokked at a printed sheet that said some instructions that he read them, he started questining himsel about the last one that said "you are allowed to lie", he was confused he had never lied he had been taught that but had their parents ever lied to him? Did they also recieved those instrctions? The next day Jonas entered the Annex were he realized that door in ther were locked. Jonas entered the locked door and saw the thousands ok books that were in there. There was the Reciever, that he told Jonas to call him The Giver, he allows Jonas to ask whatever he what but he didnt had a question. He continued and explained his task and that he will transmit some memories to Jonas from a long time ago. He said that the memories gives him wisdom but it weigheds him a lot, that was like going downhill through deep snow on a sled, but Jonas did not undestood what he said because he ha never seen a sled or snow or downhill. He tells Jonas to take his tunic, he turn off the speacker which surprises Jonas because no one has the ability to do that, and he puts his hands on Jonas back to transmit the memory of snow.

Jonas felt nothing but later he shivers and felt the cold air one part of him was on the Annex and the other at the top of a hill standing on a sled and he start sliding downhill and eventually it stopped. He explained Jonas that this memory was long ago and that climate control got rid of those things to make transportation and agriculture easier, he said that the community has sameness. The second memory Jonas recieve was sunshine, Jonas realized that this was before climate control. Before Jonas leave he asked why they warned him that it would be painful. So he recieved the memory of sun burn and Jonas said that hurt a LOT! pooor Jonas :(

Text Responses

Then she seemed to notice his discomfort and to realize its origin.
No doors in the community were locked, ever. None that Jonas
knew of, anyway. (73)

- These quote makes me think that if they dont dont lock their doors is because they have absolute security in their community and that is why they dont have to fear anything. That also makes me think that they dont have privacy and maybe they dont need it because everyone is the "same" so you have nothing different and you dont need privacy.

8. You may lie.
- These is the last of the instruction that Jonas had inhis folder. This makes me think that know Jonas can say whatever he wants and nothing will happend, but it also brings me some questions like if everyone when recieve their assignment get the same instrctions and now everyone is lying and also if Jonas parents are not telling the truth to him. 

"Ouch," he said loudly, and shifted on the bed. "Owwww," he said,
wincing at the shift, and even moving his mouth to speak made his
face hurt.
 - this quote make me think that as The Giver talked about climate control Jonas and the people from the community had never felt something like that, that pain that mekaes you skin pretty, because everything is the same they have no season no anything everything is the same. Sameness. 

Final thoughts
These last chapter that i read of the Giver brought me some questions as i already wrote, but it was very intersenting the thing about giving Jonas the memories and making him feel something new was very interesting. 


  

Life as an adult

Finally is time for the Ceremonies. The first day the nurturers present the newborn babies to their assigned families and give them their names. Also was the ceremony of Loss that was because of the death of this little kid named Caleb, the family that loss the kid got another baby named Caleb again. After the ceremony of Two Three Four Fives Six Sevens and finally eight. It was Lily's turn, she got her identifying jacket with pockets. The next day they sit in order of their numbers given at birth. Jonas was number 19 by his sides he has Fiona and Asher. It was almost Jonas turn he was nervous the chief of elder called 18 Asher was given his assignment she went back to her sit and then the chief of elder called number 20, she skipped Jonas! Jonas was really concerned, he thought that

was a mistake and that he would be called later, but it did not happened. Everybody was murmuring about what happened, Jonas was thinking any bad thing he had made and asked himself why did she skipped him? Later when everyone was called the chief of elder explained everyone that she did not made a mistake that she in purpose skipped Jonas. She said that Jonas will be the next Receiver of Memory he had the qualities necessary Intelligence, Integrity, Courage and that he will be trained to get wisdom. They had seen him grow and that this would not be a wrong decision. Jonas was very confused of what his assignment was, we turned around looked everybody was looking at him and the Thing that 'changed' happened again, he saw the people change like the apple and that effect just disappeared in a blink. The people started chanting his name. JONAS JONAS JONAS JONAS

Text Responses: 

   

"Jonas was identified as a possible Receiver many years ago. We have observed him 

meticulously. There were no dreams of uncertainty.  

"He has shown all of the qualities that a Receiver must have." (62)

 - When i read this part of the story i saw that the members of the community are fully 

observed since they are born so that way they dont choose wrong your assignment, that

 is why they know that Jonas has the qualities. So maybe what i can infer about yhis is 

that your life in this community is all controled and prepared so if you had absolute 

freedom in what you choose then this will change your future. 

 But when he looked out across the crowd, the sea of faces, the  thing happened again.  

The thing that had happened with the apple.   They changed. (64) 

-When i read this part of the book i predicted that what changed was the color i dont know 

why but i predicted the same when the thing that something changed happened with the 

apple, I maybe thought how could size change? But i still what to answer this question of 

what really changes and why does this only happens to Jonas? Or does this also happens to 

someone else but they dont actually say it. 

Final Thoughts     
In these last chapters i read i can see that the community has your life made up and you can't 

change it, you have to follow the rules. The ceremonies has something new to give you but you

can't have that before, for example bicycles you earn them at nine not before not after. People

in this community dont actually had the chance to choose something; except volunteer hours, 

so they don't know what it is to choose so they dont protest, they live like everybody else and

no one is different and thats all.