PREPARING FOR THE NEW LIFE
In the first six chapters of The Giver, the author explains to us how life is in Jonas' community. She explains the rules and how the people should act in order for people to live a "perfect" life. In the first six chapters, we all get informed about the life of Jonas. For example, his dwelling, his parents and their jobs, his little sister Lilly, his friends Asher and Fiona,where he usually does his volunteer hours, the dream telling, the stirrings, and baby Gabriel. These chapters explain how Jonas is preparing for The Ceremony of Twelves. He is nervous about the job that The Elders will assign to him, he explained in the feelings (a ritual that everyone has to do at the end of the day). Jonas' father and mother tell him that the elders make very carful and precise decisions and that he shouldn't be worried. During the six chapters, the author explains how Jonas' father is a Nurturer for the new born. Jonas' father has been concerned of a baby named Gabriel in the Nurturing Center, and he had asked permition to the Committee for a temporary custody of the baby. Gabriel has been put in an area for babies who have not been doing things a normal new born should do; for example, sleeping and crying to much. If Gabriel keeps on doing the things that normal new born babies shouldn't do, he will be released to Elsewhere. This is why Jonas father is concerned for the baby, because it would be a terrible thing if this would happened.
The quote that I chose from The Giver is from page 20, Chapter 3. The quote says, "No one mentioned such things; it was not a rule, but it was considered rude to call attention to things that were unsettling or different about individuals". This quote makes me think about how complicated Jonas' life is if he can not talk about differences. Another thing this brought to my mind is that no matter what, everyone will always be different from one another and you can't do anything about it. This quote makes me feel a little angry that the future society could be forcing people to be the same and have no differences. The other quote that I chose from The Giver is from page 48, Chapter 6. The quote says "how could someone not fit in? The community was so meticulously ordered, the choices so carefully made.". This quote makes me think about why would the Elders choose the future of the citizens. What makes them think that they could just look at what someone is good at and make them get specialised in that specific talent. This quote makes me feel very uncomfortable of the fact that in the book, no one can make choices for themselves and that they have to live a "fake" life.
Now that I have read the first six chapters of The Giver, I can predict that by looking at the title of the book, Jonas is going to be assigned as the Giver. So, who knows what will happen next? Will Jonas be assigned as the Giver or will he be heading towards another future? In other words, I can't wait to see what happens next!
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The quote that I chose from The Giver is from page 20, Chapter 3. The quote says, "No one mentioned such things; it was not a rule, but it was considered rude to call attention to things that were unsettling or different about individuals". This quote makes me think about how complicated Jonas' life is if he can not talk about differences. Another thing this brought to my mind is that no matter what, everyone will always be different from one another and you can't do anything about it. This quote makes me feel a little angry that the future society could be forcing people to be the same and have no differences. The other quote that I chose from The Giver is from page 48, Chapter 6. The quote says "how could someone not fit in? The community was so meticulously ordered, the choices so carefully made.". This quote makes me think about why would the Elders choose the future of the citizens. What makes them think that they could just look at what someone is good at and make them get specialised in that specific talent. This quote makes me feel very uncomfortable of the fact that in the book, no one can make choices for themselves and that they have to live a "fake" life.
Now that I have read the first six chapters of The Giver, I can predict that by looking at the title of the book, Jonas is going to be assigned as the Giver. So, who knows what will happen next? Will Jonas be assigned as the Giver or will he be heading towards another future? In other words, I can't wait to see what happens next!
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