On the past weeks i have been reading the Giver, I have learned Jonas community and their form of living. Jonas community as i learned recently is a very strict community in which citizens have to follow a lot of rules and accomplish ceremony's to get their assignment. Jonas is very apprehensive about his twelve ceremony (when they receive their assignment), his parents to make him unworried try to explain what is going to happen when he receives his assignment. His parents explain that assignments are choose by what you are interested on and where you decide to spend your volunteer hours.The thing is that Jonas has spent his volunteer hours in every place on the community. After some time his "father" brings a child from the Nurturing Center home so that he can feed him better ;his father breaking a rule discovered the baby's name (Gabriel) so that the baby can feed better and wouldn't be released.A peculiar thing about the baby is that he has the same ayes as Jonas(blue)that is very strange because most of the community has them dark.While going to do his volunteer hours Jonas talks to an old woman (Larrisa) who explains what is having a meaningful life in the community.
While reading the book i discovered a quote that states the following: "But suddenly Jonas had noticed, following the path of the apple through the air with his eyes, that the piece of fruit had-well,this was the part that he couldn't adequately understand-the apple had changed (Lowry 24)". After reading this quote i made me think about the form of life in which people change such as the apple or that being different from others is what makes you special. Also being different is what gives gives you identity.
The first chapters have been really interesting on the ways that you don't understand many thing and you what to continue reading so to know what they mean. As a prediction of what is going to happen on the next chapters i think that Jonas is going to find out what does it mean been released. Also i think a new character will be introduced (Fiona) a girl that maybe Jonas could have a crush on.What i am sure of is that the next chapters will not only impact Jonas life but also change the community.
I like this idea Rafa. So you're saying that the apple is a symbol for Jonas and anyone in the community who displays individuality. This is an interesting idea. It makes me wonder how the apple changed and how that represents your predicted change in Jonas?
ResponderEliminarRafa this is a very good blog and I like it very much. I like pretty much how you explain the apple part and also how you explain it with that quote that make a lot of sense and also with that quote I understand better what you where saying. In the last part, when you mention Fiona and you say that maybe Jonas has crush with her. In my blog I do the same connection. I really like your blog in was interesting.
ResponderEliminari agree with you Ms.Kodi and i think that the apple being different is why Jonas was so interested on it and i think he liked the idea of the apple changing from what it had been.
ResponderEliminarThank you and I am glad you could connect my blog with yours Julia, and i am happy that you understood what i was talking about on my blog
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