Jonas Blog

Jonas is a dynamic character because he has no emotion and is always thinking about his own self in the beginning. Then towards the ending Jonas realized that lots of things mattered, and he thought about others. In the book this shows during the story once he receives his new job, he suddenly feels more emotions he has towards other people and thinks about things closely. Though he is only thinking about himself only and not about other people.“Though he had been reassured by the talk with his parents, he hadn’t the slightest idea what Assignment the Elders would be selected for his future, or how he might feel about it when the day came.” (19) This explains how Jonas thinks for himself  and how selfish he’s being in the beginning and only thinking about himself and what’s going to happen to him.In the end of the book Jonas realized that after he had received the memories he was changing in a way. In someway that gave him feeling and showed a heart that he had.In the book Jonas says  “But why can’t everyone have the memories? I think it would seem a little easier if the memories were shared. You and I wouldn’t have to bear so much by ourselves, if everybody took a part.” (112)  This quote explains how Jonas changed and he wanted things to change around him because he cared. He cared about things that other people didn't know about because they didn't know any better.


    The theme is importance of memories and it's important to Jonas because he wants everyone to know about what happened. What I mean is that Jonas wants people to feel pain,love,and other emotion so that they can actually feel alive. In the book it shows the importance of memory and which means that why are memories important. One specific quote that shows that memory is important is “ it's just that...without the memories it's all meaningless.” (105) What Jonas means by memories being meaningless is that what's the point of having memories. When nobody is going to be making mistakes and being able to reflect on them.The Giver had a big impact in the book too. He gave lots of inspirational words, as in words of the wiser. The Giver was telling Jonas about Memories and how they are important. In the book The Giver says “ There’s much more. There’s all that goes beyond---and all that goes back, and back, and back, I received all of those, when I was selected. And here in this room, all alone, I re-experience them again and again. It is how wisdom comes. And how we shape our future.”(78) This quote explains more specifically why memory is important in The Giver’s own words. He knows why memory is important because he has given memory's before and as he did, I think he knew that things needed to change in the community. It needed to change because it was like nobody was living.