Jonas' Society and their Obsession with Perfection

  Jonas' society wants people to be perfect and follow all the rules exactly as they are. The Committee of Elders are getting people to do this by frightening them because they can be released. Each time they turn one year older they have special ritual to follow. For example, when people turn nine they get a bicycle for the first time, when they turn twelve people get an assigned job picked by the Committee of Elders and so on. This year Jonas turns twelve and gets to have an assigned job. This is a very important event because jobs make people life worth it or not. Jonas' society views jobs as part of who they are and they determine the social class you are in. Some jobs are better than other jobs even though the Committee of Elders wants to make everyone the same both physically and psychologically. Most of the citizens have dark eyes, this shows me that they want everyone to be the same. When Jonas' family saw Gabriel, the baby, the first thing they noticed was his eyes. Gabriel's eyes were lighter same as Jonas and everyone was amazed.

     "I think new children are so cute," Lily sighted. "I hope I get assigned to be a Birthmother." "Three years," Mother told her firmly. "Three births, and that's all. After that they are Laborers for the rest of their adult lives, until the day that they enter to the House of the Old. Is that what you want, Lily? Three lazy years, and then hard physical labor until you are old?" This quote impacted me because on their society they don't care about what each ones opinion. Their job is so important that they don't let children to have their own wills. People just care about getting their job done and accomplish all the rules, they don't have time to dream.

     I think Jonas' society is obsessed with perfection. No one can have their own opinion and the Committee of Elders have complete power over them. The Dystopia that the Committee of Elders is giving everybody is that they make them think that the Committee is not the only power but that everyone can give their own opinion.  

The Giver

I think this book will be about a world where everything is controlled. Every person has a specific role to play in their community and Jonas will make a change. When Jonas turns twelve, they assign him a very important role. He is going to be the Receiver of Memory. For this job, Jonas needs to be trained by the person who had this role before. He is called The Giver, he is the one who holds the memory of agony and the amusement of life. Now, The Giver needs to train and prepare Jonas for this, but first, they need to announce everyone about it. "You will be trained to be out next Receiver of Memory. We thank you for your childhood," they said. Everyone was happy about the new Receiver of Memory, after all, they couldn't express themselves because of the control the government had. Jonas will have no turning back of the truth. 

Lois Lowry,  in his dedication page says, "For all the children to whom we entrust the future." I think Lowry means that children are the future. Children can change the future because what they learn today they will apply it tomorrow. Children have teachings that we think are the right thing to do. We trust that kids will use those teachings on the future so that they don't commit the same errors we have done. Children are the future and are the ones who will make the change. When someone presented Jonas in front of the people, they thank him for his childhood. I think that this book will show us the importance of the roots a person has and how they apply it in the future. 

Jonas thinks he lives in a perfect world where nothing is under controlled and everyone is happy. I predict that Jonas will discover secrets so shocking that he will like to make a change. Jonas will derogate the government and will free the people. He will tell everyone what the government does and a lot of people will follow him.