As I told my dear readers I am reading The Giver and I will told a summary of what I have read from chapter 1 to 4 if you are reading it and don´t want that I ruined the novel for you don´t read it contains spoilers. The novel starts presenting Jonas the main character of the story. An airplane fly over the city and the speakers said to go inside a building immediately. After a while they said to go out of the buildings and that it´s everything fine that the pilot misunderstood his manual and that he is going to be released. Jonas is worried about December and he doesn't know what his feelings are. He went to school and his best friend Asher came late to school and everyone accepted his apology. On the night all the families have a ritual of sharing the feelings and Jonas share his feelings to his family unit that he is apprehensive. He has a discussion with his family telling him that he does not need to be worried about the ceremony of twelve was going to be okay. The next day he went to play with his friend Asher, they were throwing an apple playing but Jonas saw something changing on the apple, the apple change. He took the apple to his house to examinate it and the speakers said at loud to not take it, because everything that was part of the playground was forbidden. The next day he went to do his volunteer hours to the house of the old. He met there a friend of her age called Fiona, I think he is in love with her. Jonas went to wash Larrisa and they talk about many things but they mainly talk about the realese of Roberto.
While I was redading I found a quote that like me that was on pg. 17 "The Elders know Asher," his mother said. "They'll find the exactly the right Assigment for him, (Lowry 17). I think why the Elders known what is the correct job for someone they don't know correctly or perfectly the people of the community. They could be wrong becuase with some volunteer hours how they will exactly find a perfect job for everyone. What if they are like Jonas that don't have or know what they will want to work on. Why they don't let them choose the work they want to have becuase is your choice, is your life why they need to tell what to do with it.
That was a summary of what I have read and a quote that impact me. But talking further more I have two predictions. The first one is that on the ceremony of twelve he is going to be assign a job that he won't like and he will try to change of it, maybe on the nuturing center he will work there. He will fall in love with fiona as well as Asher and they are going to fight for her and may be released.
This is an apple but it shows indiduality becuase Jonas is different but the other ones are normal, follow every time all the things and do not express them selves and also I put this picture because it shows how individulality is represented.
I totally agree with you Jose Andres. I also think that the elders on the story should not influence on what the kids want to work on. Kids should be able to do what they like and most important what they have fun at doing, I agree with your predictions Jose Andres a 100%. I also think that there shouldn't be a ceremony of twelve..... I think that the community doesn't have to make much deal about the ceremony, what do you think?
ReplyDeleteFirs of all Alejandro thanks for comenting in my blog. While I read I thought of this and seem ridiculous but I agree and disagree with the government because if we have the freedom to chose we can chose right or wrong, but if they chose for us how do they know they chose the right for us. The government on the giver should have less control on the people and allow them to be free and to be how ever they want to be. Individuality for them is bad but in our is good and bad but we should think about it. Then to answer your question yes I think that the ceremony should be canceled and let the people be free.
DeleteCoque, I like the part on your blog where you talk about how the elders get to choose the future for every person. I think that is unfair because like you state in your post they could be wrong and that could turn out as a complete awful future for that person. I also liked your summary because it was very detailed and made me picture everything that had happened so far on the story.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ale yes I agree because our life is what we want to do with it and we decide our future why someone else choses for us, and if they get something they do not want it will be a terrible life as you said. The community should not agree with this and if they want to have a normal life we should chose what we want. Thanks Ale for comenting in my blog.
DeleteI really enjoyed your blog post!
ReplyDeleteAnd I noticed that you said that the community should have the right to choose what they want to do in life. Party it seems only fair that a person can choose what they want and learn from their own mistakes. But we also need to take in consideration that the elders are very smart and wise. Because of this I think it was a thoughtfull desition to give the assignments instead of letting people choose. On our society many people are not successful for choosing the wrong carrier or going in the wrong path, on Jonas' society there are many adults in charge of teaching you what to do. Also there are certain people who take others opportunities so on the book this can't happen because everyone has their own personal assognment that cannot be replaced. Finally, you can also see on our society that sadly, smart men and women get discriminated for being different and consequently loose their jobs. On the book "The Giver" this doesn't happen and it actually looks deeper onto what is inside a persons' heart. Overall, I think you were right but there are many ways of looking at the decisions made on the book. Do you think that the elders make good or bad decisions?
Thanks Daniela for your comment I didn't never thought in that way I only see it as a bad thing and not as good things because when I read I thought why the society doesn't choose but you make me realized that, but what if they are wrong that is my only question.
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