Motivation In The Giver

Sometimes in life things are unfair and sometimes in order for change you have to take action. The story “The Giver” by Lois Lowry is a story about a boy who realizes that his entire life is a lie and finds out that there is more to the world than his community. Lois Lowry uses character motivation to illustrate that Jonas is motivated to leave the community because he disagrees with the community’s rules and methods. Wants to to give all the memories to the community because he doesn’t want bear all the horrible memories. Lastly, he wants to save Gabriel from being released.
Lois first expresses character motivation in this first event causing him to leave when jonas asks (the Giver) to see one of two twins being released, “He killed

it! My father killed it! Jonas said to himself, stunned at what he was realizing.”(pg 150). What jonas saw is really cruel and unfair. The community’s rules and methods are really unfair because the twin was only a 1 or 2 pounds off then normal. Most people would probably be very disgusted if they saw that a baby being killed unfairly. doing this really inhuman and immoral.
secondly Lois shows character motivation on pg 112 paragraph 12, “But why can’t everybody have these memories? I thinks it would seem easier if the memories were shared. You and I wouldn’t have to bear so much by ourselves, if everybody took a part.”. Jonas wants everybody to have the memories so he and the giver doesn’t have to hold all the painful memories. Jonas willing to do the right thing because if every had all of it memories it would make the giver feel included.
Lastly Lois uses character motivation when he displays Jonas trying to save Gabe from getting released. On page 165, ‘“It’s bye-bye to you, in the morning”, father had said, in his sweet song voice.’ This means father is planning on releasing gabe. Once Jonas realizes of Gabe’s release he wants to sneak Gabriel out and leave the community so he doesn’t die. The the author is showing that what jonas did is very noble to save somebody from an unfair system.
In conclusion Lois Lowry masterfully displays Jonas being driven to leave the community because what the community does is cruel and unfair. He wants to spread all of the memories to the community so he and the giver don’t have to carry them. And lastly he doesn’t want gabriel to be released. If events around a person are so drastic they’re opinion can be changed and they could be motivated to do something about it, and in the story the events around Jonas was enough to encourage him to leave the community. Therefore people should take action if they want change in their life.