Giver Theme

Jonas is a dynamic character because when he receives memories from The Giver, he starts to see everything in a whole new different way.  When Jonas was at The ceremony of twelves he was only wondering and worrying about what he was going to get, he wasn't thinking of other just himself.  “Twenty, he heard her voice say clearly. ‘Pierre.’  She skipped me, Jonas thought, stunned”(57).  I honestly feel like this quote is a good example of how Jonas is a dynamic character because it shows how at first he's only thinking about himself and no one else.  “Jonas felt himself losing consciousness and with his whole being willed himself to stay upright atop sled, clutching Gabriel, keeping him safe”(179). I also picked this quote because it shows how he changes. The first qu ote showed that he only cared about himself but the second quote shows how he starts caring for someone other than him.

I think the theme is importance of memories.  It's connected through a character and that character is Jonas because he is the only one that receives the memories.  I remember the time Jonas used his memory to make him and Gabriel warm.  “He climbed, stopped, and warmed them both briefly again, with a tiny scrap of the memory that seemed certainly to be all he had left”(178).  This is a great quote because it shows how he used his memory to remember what warmth was and because thought about it so much, he actually felt warm.  I remember Jonas told The Giver something about memories. He said “It's just that…without the memories it's all meaningless”(150).  This quote is also good because it shows how life without memories is meaningless and that there's really no point to live. Jonas was basically trying to say that if you don't have memories, you're missing out on a big part in life.