The Giver Character Analysis Essay

Jonas, the protagonist of The Giver is caring because he wants to help and change the community for the better, He takes away the givers pain when he is asked to and also feels the need to leave some good memories, and above all he is willing to sacrifice his life for the new child Gabe.

The first way Jonas shows he is caring is how he wants to change the community for the better. When he first felt the feeling of love he told the giver that is a shame how the community lost this feeling and he wished that everyone could gain this feeling back. He also mentions how “unfair” it is that the rest of the community can't see all the color nor are they even able make their own decisions. When Jonas is explaining this he tells the Giver how he want to change that, he wants to show Gabe two different toys and allow Gabe to pick the one he wants. “But I want them! Jonas said angrily. It isn't fair that nothing is color!

Not fair? The Giver looked at Jonas curiously. Explain what you mean…i want to wake up in the morning and decide things! A blue tunic, or a red one?” This shows Jonas’s yearn to help the community because when he finally learns about color or how life used to be he rellized how great it was making your own decisions and everything being bright and vibrant. He learns to “love” the pasts way of life and wants everyone to remember life like that and he wants to restore the community to what the work once was.
Later on when the giver asks of Jonas a huge favor, to take the pain away.

When Jonas sees how the memories are causing the Giver so much suffering he becomes weary to take them but, he ends up willingly stepping up to take them. Jonas is constantly trying to “The giver looked up at him, his face contorted with suffering please, he gasped, take some of the pain. In this case it is brought to the reader's attention that The Giver can no longer handle the pain of the terrible and sickening memories and so he puts all his faith in the hopes that Jonas will help him and take away some of the pain. This proves how much he cared for the giver, although the memories give Jonas a great deal of pain he is willing to keep take them just so that The giver won't have to keep them anymore and won't have to suffer the pain. When the giver last gave memories of the terrible pain to another failed Reciever, she could not handle all of the pain, she made a run for it, the pain was so terrible she left the community. Jonas always wants the best for anyone he

meets.
And the most important Jonas risks his own life to save the new child, Gabe when Jonas hears the news that Gabe is set to be released he changes all his plans to escape so that he will be able to take Gabe with him. Jonas had just recently learned what happens at a release, he had no idea that the person set for release would kill the adult or child who was forced or applied for release. After learning what happens, he knows he can’t just leave him there to be killed so Jonas leaves a day early in the middle of the night he taked his father's bike because it's the only one with a baby seat of the back. Later on search planes come for them and instead of using the memory for the cold to make himself undetectable to the thermographic camera he gave some to Gabe so he would also be safe from the plane “The planes used heat-seeking devices which could identify body warmth...he reached to Gabriel and transmitted the memories of snow keeping some for himself. Together they became cold and the planes were gone.” Jonas was willing not only to save Gabe from being killed but he also was willing to give some of his favorite memories to Gabe so he would stay safe. From the beginning of the book it was clear that Jonas felt connected to Gabe and they had a very strong relationship. Not until we got to the moment where Jonas erased his whole plan to escape and give everyone the memories and left a day early taking a different route on his father's bike did it become so clear to the readers that Jonas only wants the best for others and how even though Gabe is only a toddler who doesn't want to alone, Jonas was able to see the potential in him when no one else did even his parents voted for Gabe's release.
In conclusion throughout the whole book it is very apparent that Jonas is caring because he wants to help and change the community for the better, he takes away the givers pain when he is asked to and also feels the need to leave some good memories, and above all he is willing to sacrifice his life for the new child Gabe.