The Giver Theme Paragraph

Jonas is a dynamic character since throughout the story he starts to change. After Jonas receives memories for a year now, he says “The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliest of it” (154). This quote shows/tells us about how Jonas changed from the beginning towards the end. Jonas had never experienced pain but was curious. After Jonas kept on receiving the memories, he changed how he acted towards other like his friends and family. The memories made him feel alone since he's the only one besides The Giver who have the memories. Since he felt alone, he kept on trying to make his friends understand the feelings in memories but never could make them understand. He stops caring for himself and now cares for others (only cared for himself in the beginning). However, Jonas becoming a dynamic character has to show how he is one. In the beginning of the book, Jonas only cared about himself only, like so. “Jonas was careful about language. Not like his friend, Asher, who talked too fast and mixed things up, scrambling words and phrases until they were barely recognizable and often very funny” (3). This quote tells us that in the beginning of the book, Jonas was only caring for himself. His friend Asher had problems speaking and Jonas seen it as a way of being funny.

 The theme “Importance of Memories” relates to the story since it’s shown in the characters and setting. After The Giver gives Jonas the memory of a rainbow, Jonas begins to wonder. "But now that I can see colors… I was thinking: what if we could hold up things that were bright red, or bright yellow, and he could choose? Instead of the Sameness” (98). This quote tells us that the theme “Importance of Memories” is taking place since Jonas is beginning to wonder that what if their society could make choices instead of being everything the same.  This changes how Jonas thinks later on throughout the book. Second of all, Jonas is shown using “Importance of Memories”  This quote could fall into both character and theme paragraph since after The Giver told him that the community making choices for them were safe, Jonas was mad that he couldn't do something. "He found that he was often angry, now: irrationally angry at his groupmates, that they were satisfied with their lives which had none of the vibrance his own was taking on. and he was angry at himself, that he could not change that for them” (99). This could show the theme “Importance of Memories” since Jonas sees colors and could make choices instead of choosing the same thing all over again. However, he was mad that his groupmates from school couldn't experience what he sees now and is mad at himself too for not able to help support change.