Character Analysis Of Jonas In The Giver By Lois Lowry

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The Giver


His whole life is lie. Jonas lives in a “perfect” society, where everything is the same. In Jonas’s society there’s no war, no divorce, love, not even death; however, Jonas doesn’t figure out these things until he gets the assignment of The Receiver. Throughout the novel, The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas changes when he goes from a rule follower to a rule breaker. Also, he has no knowledge of the past , to gaining lots of knowledge.
In the beginning, Jonas doesn't even think to break the rules. For example, when Jonas takes and apple from the recreation center there was an announcement “‘this is a reminder to male elevens that objects are not to be removed from the recreation area’”(Lowry 29). Jonas didn't mean to take the apple, but he saw a change in the apple and it sparked an interest in Jonas. Because of this interest, Jonas discovers love and stops taking his pill,” something within him, something had grown there through the memories, told him to throw the pill away”(Lowry 162). Jonas broke a big rule …show more content…

For example, when Jonas asked the Giver what happened to the things he had seen the Giver replied “‘..They made conveyance of goods unwieldy. Trucks; buses. Slowed them down. So- Sameness’”(Lowry 106). The Community went to sameness because things got hard, Jonas starts to figure out some of the reasons they went to sameness. Another example, when Jonas learns about pain and other things he asks the Giver “‘ Why do you and I have to hold these memories’”. The Giver responds with “‘It gives us wisdom,Without wisdom I could not fulfill my function of advising the Committee of Elders when they call upon me’”(Lowry 140). Jonas learns that even though his training is tough, he will need that training late in future to help others. Overall, no one ever learns anything without asking questions and that’s exactly what Jonas

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