SUMMARY
Jonas was an eleven year old boy who lives with
his parents and sister Lily who was 7 years old. They were a unit in this
community where a speaker tells everybody what to do. People in this community were oppressed by a
committee members commanded by the “Giver”. They decided the future of
everyone, for example when children turn 12 years old, the committee gives each
child the job they will practice for the rest of their lives; this can be
nurturer, birth mothers, instructor, designer... In order to get a job assigned
they need to accomplish certain amount of volunteer hours, and this can help
the committee to decide which job to give, because they were always watching
and controlling them. On December everyone turns one more year, so it was
really important for Jonas because soon he will turn twelve, so the committee
will give him his job and he was wondering if he would like it or not. This
community was full of rules, and if you broke one you will be released; this
was really bad and you were humiliated. Everyone was afraid of this; but also
the elders, at certain point of their lives they were released too, and this
was good for them, so they weren’t afraid; they just went through the release
room where adults farewell them and they just walk away and nobody know where
they went. Jonas father was a nurturer, he always love to take care of
children, and in this time he was in charge of one boy, named Gabriel; he
thought that this boy needed special care because he wasn’t growing as every
child and he could be “released” so he decided to give Gabriel a chance, giving
extra attention like taking him home to share with family.
TEXT RESPONSE
“He helped the woman from the chair, let her to
the top, removed her robe, and steadied her with his hand on her arm as she
stepped in and lowered herself. She lean back and sighted with pleasure, her
head on a soft cushioned headrest.
“Comfortable?” he asked, and she nodded, her
eyes closed. Jonas squeezes cleansing lotion onto the clean sponge at the edge
of the top and begun to wash her fragile body.” (Lowry 30)
This made me remember when my great-grandmother
was really sick and my grandma and I went downstairs and help her changing
clothes and taking care of her, feeding her and making company. I remember that
she was grateful with us and she enjoyed our company as much as I did. I remember
her with great affection; she was very generous and loving. I miss her very
much.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Prediction: I think Jonas will face a lot of
problems because he is different from the others. Not only physically but they
way he was. This little boy Gabriel, he was physically different as Jonas;
while everyone was black hair and black eyes, Jonas and Gabriel had light brown
hair and brown eyes. Maybe Jonas had this connection with Gabriel, and at
certain point Gabriel was “released” as he could reach the requirements, so Jonas
tried to save him. Probably Jonas was “released” too, because of this but he
escaped, and when he passed through the release room without anyone notice it, he found a new world, where people
were free and happy so he found Gabriel but he wanted to go back and save his
family and his friend Asher. When he came back, his family and friend where
capture, and Jonas suffered a lot of things to save them. At the end he
uncovers the truth about this mean committee and the giver who were taking
advantage of this innocent community. Jonas was the hero, and the community
were free and happy.Works Cited
Lowry, Lois. The Giver. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. Print.
Isa, I really liked your connection in the text response. It made me remember about my grandmother and that I miss her as well. Your prediction was very interesting and I am intrigued to know if something similar could happen in the book. I also really liked your summary because it illustated everything that had happened in the book and helped me refresh my memory. You did a great job on your post!
ReplyDeleteAle, I am really glad that my blog helped you refresh the understating in the book and you liked it. About the prediction I can also think about many other things that can happen in the book. I am also really intrigued about what is going to happen next. I can’t wait to finish the book.
ReplyDeleteIsa, i liked very much your blog and after reading your summary in which you say that people are controlled by a speaker it made me think of how individuality is not allowed on that community.Also that individuality is what makes us different from the rest and special.
ReplyDeleteRafa, I’m very happy that you like my blog. Definitely I agree with you about the individuality, which is one of our themes, because each of us is unique and that is what makes us special form others.
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ReplyDeleteon the part were you thought that Jonas would go through the release room without being noticed i found it odd that such a controlling society would overlook this. But after thinking about it, everyone on the society followed the rules and the Elders probably didn´t worry about people not following these rules. Do you think that Jonas would go against the rules or would someone else force him to do so?
Anyway, your blog post was very interesting and thoughtfull I don´t know what it is like to take care of grandmothers but I am sure that is a memory that would stay in your heart forever. Just like Jonas who did everything carefully and caring I think you did too!
Dani, I predicted that Jonas was going to escape threw the release room without anyone noticing because from the beginning Jonas was special, as it says in page 24 where Jonas saw the apple change its shape; you can see that Jonas is a different boy from the rest, he sees things that no one else sees, he is intelligent, he is a sensitive boy, he use extra reasoning to find the correct word to describe his feelings (page 4) he is different and unique. As Jonas is special because he notices things nobody else did, that make me think that he fools the security and could manage to go through the release room. We can also realize about Jonas feelings and what he can possibly do in page 39 where Jonas like the feelings of stirrings, when he took the pill to forget the dream and the feelings; you can read between the lines and analyze that he felt strange and upset when he swallowed the pill that made everybody forget their feelings. Thank you for your comments and final thoughts ꞉)
ReplyDeleteIsa, your blog is super nice. I liked that you inset a picture for every paragraph. I hope that your great-grandmother is now okay. Also I liked your prediction and your other paragraphs as well.
ReplyDeleteThank you Clau for your comment, I am happy you liked my blog. It is really interesting and exciting to read the book and feel like you are in the book and don’t know what to expect. I can’t wait to continue reading and figure out what is going to happen.
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