It has been a while since Jonas received his assignment as receiver of memory but still he was astonished by the rules that he was given including the rule of a lauding him to lie. On his first day of training he meet the Giver which on his first trail gave him the memory's of snow , hills and sled which did not exist on the community due to the rule of sameness and climate control. Then the Giver transmitted him the memory of sunshine , sky and the first painful memory a sun burn. After this first impressions he came back the next day riding with Fiona but when she entered the house of old her hair changed giving to Jonas the sensation he had about what he thought was see beyond. But really when he entered the room with the giver he understood he was starting to see colors instead of black and white as the rest of the community.
On the book the author states the following "Of course. When you receive the memories. You have the capacity to see beyond. You'll gain wisdom,then,along with colors. And lots more" (Lowry 95). By reading this quote it made think about individuality and how the community takes it away to make all of the citizens look equal. It also made me think that the community of elders hasn't achieved a perfect sameness that is why some people such as Jonas can see colors. Furthermore The quote made me feel gratefully of seeing on colors that is why we can see how things around us look or even see the emotions on persons face.
I predict that Jonas will break a rule by telling Fiona about the colors he can see , i also think that the friendship of Jonas with Asher will be broken because Asher would be ashamed of being Jonas friend. I also think Jonas will become rude because of the pressure his parents put on him to tell them about his training that is why i think he will leave his house and go live with the Giver. Not only by living together the Giver and Jonas will form a link and will become really connected.
Rafa, I liked your blog a lot. Specially, when you talk about Sameness. Sameness is such a complecated thing to talk about and you did it really well. Congratulations!
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Thank you Dani, I appreciate you like my blog and that is why i decided to write about sameness because it made me think about the individuality that is taken from each citizen on the community?
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