In The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas, the main character is a dynamic character. Before Jonas met the giver he only cared about himself, but when he met the giver he started to become selfless. Jonas used to care only about what he needed and he was only concerned about himself, “Though he had been reassured by the talks with his parents, he hadn't the slightest idea what assignment the elders would be selecting for his future, or how he might feel about it when the day came(19).” In this quote Jonas is talking about the ceremony of 12, his best friend Asher will also be in the ceremony of 12 but Jonas only cared about what assignment he was going to get, and how he was going to feel about it. Jonas wasn’t thinking about what assignment his friend would get, and how Asher would feel if he got an assignment he didn't want. Later on in the story, after Jonas meets the giver, Jonas learned what “release” meant. Jonas knew that his friend, Fiona, was working in the house of the old, he also knows that the old get “released”. In page 153 Jonas realized that Fiona will feel hurt after knowing the truth because she loves the old, “...Does she know yet? What will she do when she finds out? How will she feel?”. This quote shows that Jonas cares about other people's feelings and he wasn’t like that before he met the giver. Another reason why Jonas is a dynamic character is because he thought his community was a good community, and he wasn’t wise before he met the giver. For example Jonas said that he was teached to never lie. Then Jonas's father lied to him about release and Jonas realized that others could've lied to him too. This realization helped him see that his community is not what it seems, and he understood everything better.
The theme of The Giver by Lois Lowry is importance of an individual. This theme connects to the plot because before Jonas met the giver he was just like everyone else in the community. After Jonas met the giver, and he had memories about the past, Jonas started deciding for himself and he chose his own path. For example in page 174 Jonas thinks to himself, “Then, when he had had a choice he made the wrong one: the choice to leave. And now he was starving…. If he had stayed he would have starved in other ways. He would have lived a life hungry for feelings, for color, for love”. This quote connects to the plot because everyone in the community get their life chosen/decided for them, but Jonas started to think about everything the other people didn't have, and so Jonas chose to leave so everyone in the community had memories. If Jonas didn't think for himself then he would probably still be in the community. Another reason the theme of The Giver is importance of an individual is because the Giver also started deciding for himself. This changed the plot of the story because he helped Jonas come up with the plan, and so they could change the community. The giver also made other decisions in the book , “I'm grateful to you, Jonas, because without you I would have never figured out a way to bring about the change. But your role now is to escape. And my role is to stay (162).” The giver chose to stay because he was going to help the people process the memories so the wasn't chaos. If the giver had chosen to go with Jonas then probably the community would be worst because they didn't know how to deal with the memories. There is many other reasons the theme of The Giver is importance of an individual, these are just 2.
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