This is a Strong Kid

Receiving memories

Last chapters I have read 9- 12

This few chapters... Jonas is selected to be the new memory receiver, he haves his new rules and he is a little afraid. the rules are he may ask any question and citizens will give him the answer, he cannot tell about his training, he cannot tell his dreams, he cannot apply for release and he may lie. On his first day on training the giver show his first memory. the memory was of snow, Jonas enjoyed playing in the snow and with a sled, then he received a memory of a sunshine, it was beautiful but then the giver show a little of pain of a sunburn. In his second day the giver told that beyond means to see in color, Jonas stared seeing red, like the apple,the sled or in Fiona’s hair both were red. He told Jonas that he is going to see other colors and memories in the next weeks.

After receiving the memory of snow Jonas had allot of questions. "¨but he had, suddenly, so many questions. Why don’t we have snow, and sleds, and hills? ·" 
The giver responds "climate control. Snow made growing food difficult, limited the agricultural periods."(lowry 85 ) this quote is showing that the elders have total control of the community. This quote also is telling the importance of the memories in this community. They are so important that only one haves the memory of all the things that the elders have taken. No one in the community haves a any idea of what outside of Jonas community.  One thing question I what you to think is way dose the elders take away the real thing outside the community. Dose this affects the community to be perfect? This connects to the theme of individuality because in the community elders decide that there shod not be any individuality but Jonas is the only one that receives memories and that is showing individuality. i think individuality is very important because that what makes different one person then another and Jonas society they are all the same.

 

My thinking

This few chapter have been very important because they have teaching us many things about the community like now we know that there is no individuality there is no snow, and there are many thing outside the community that the community doesn’t now about. Jonas for the first time felt physical pain in his training and I predict that he is going to receive allots more pain than sunburn. Now we know that the memories are very important in this community because only one person is able to have it and the memories are the truth of a normal world outside the community. In conclusion the memories are not always good. And I think that every good memory comes with a bad memory.

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