Reading this book has been a spectacular experience and
there are not enough words to describe how much I like this book. From chapter
9 to 12 many important events of the rising action are happening and this book little
by little is getting more exiting. Jonas
knowledge and understanding of life have changed completely from his first
training when he discovers a lot of new things. Now we know that there is no color in the
community and also nature like snow does not exists. The Giver is now passing
memories from the past when there was still color and Jonas is now surprised of
the past and wants to learn more about it by receiving memories. Also Jonas
received his first painful memory and he is now prepared on what he would face
in his future. I think this is by far the best part of the book until now and I
can’t wait keep reading.
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| Little by little Jonas is starting to see color |
When I started reading when Jonas was in training I noticed a word that caught my attention.... SAMENESS. And The Giver clearly explains it.
The Giver shrugged. "Our people made that choice, the choice to go to sameness. Before my time, before the previous time, back and back and back. We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with differences."
This quote caught my attention because my definition of
sameness might be very different from people of the Community. What is
sameness? I think sameness in every sense is to be the same as everyone else. Differences
are what make us human and unique and I think that this does not exist on the
community. It is a wonderful idea to just take color out so there is not discrimination
or racism but this entire people in the community are already use to this and
they don’t even know how they really look because they don’t care since they
are the same. I think sameness is a topic that is very talked throughout the book
in things like Jonas eyes and when the narrator says that there is no real need
for mirrors. I think after Jonas is given the real truth about his world and
discover more things like colors and people he is going to spread the world and
make everyone notice of the world they’re living.
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| People in the Community would be like....... |
In these
following chapters I think Jonas is going to learn about the real past of
his community and start to ask questions about life to himself and the Giver.
Also I think Jonas might begin to see color soon in the book and he is going to
start spreading the word of the real true about life. Since he is able to lie I
think all the lies are going to begging shortly causing Jonas serious problems.
I can’t wait to start reading this book again.
Martin, I loved the captations and the images you put. Also I think the same as you do about SAMENESS. And I have the same questions as you, your images supported your text well enough. Also your summary was consise but detailed and the final thought represented precisely what you thought of the book. I would like to read your next posts and see if I can give you a better comment next time.
ReplyDeleteMartin, I really like the way your images represented your text as Joaquin said. I agree with you that these chapters have been the best part of the book and that there are many events of the rising action. To sum up, I like the way you change the font with the purpose to call more the attention of the readers. You have done a great job since you are very deeply in your thoughts.
ReplyDeleteMartin, what's your full name, i'm citing you
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