BLOG SEVEN!

The Giver 
Lois Lowry   

   I am reading “The Giver”as you may already know from my last blog. Jonas had been worrying of how his Ceremony of Twelve will go, and what Assignment he’ll receive. I believe that Jonas had the whole right to be nervous and apprehensive because at the real Ceremony of Twelve they skipped him, and waited all the until the end to tell the community it was not a mistake and gave him his assignment. Jonas has become the Receiver which is a big honor since the last one they tried to train was a failure. Jonas training will be completely different from the other Twelves and painful, as the Chief Elder stated.

   While reading Jonas brought up a really good question to The Giver, he told him that he was thinking on what if Gabriel, the baby their nourishing, were able too see colors and choose his own toy? The Giver responded by saying, “He might make the wrong choices,” meaning that once they become older or Gabriel for example the might choose something that is wrong. Clearly, Jonas understood because he said, “It wouldn’t matter for a new child toy. But later it does matter, doesn’t it?” I believe the Givers short answer was very wise one for an elder, and in the community they are living in it was an appropriate one. I know that it gave Jonas the satisfaction he was looking for on why they cannot make their own choices.