The Giver 15-18

Painful Memories

When Jonas go to the Annex The Giver was having a painful and sad memory that was torture him so he said to Jonas that he was going to give him that sad memory and Jonas agreed. This memory was about warfare with a lot of fights and people crying. The Giver feel sorry about it, however is his job. After this Jonas feels that he didn´t want the honor of being the receiver and carrying all of these pain just for his own. He just want to return to his childhood like before. After this the Giver give him his favorite memory that was about Christmas what he really likes about this memory is the love that each member of this family feels to each other. Jonas at first didn´t know about this feeling and word but he liked it and understands it more when the Giver explained to him about love. Also Jonas was surprise about grandparents because he never knew about them because in the Community the old went to the Childless Adults and then to the House of the Old. One day Jonas decided to dont take the pill without anyone knowing so he throw it. It has being 4 weeks since Jonas has not taking his pills and in that day in the speaker has being announce that is an unschedule holiday this means that everyone has a free day. Jonas go with his friends to play but when he found them Jonas didn´t like the game they were playing because was about war and he thinks that is not something to make fun because is something serious and sad. At the next day Jonas and the Giver talk about release and the Giver told him the story of what happened to the last reciever of memories called Rosemary. For Rosemary was very difficult to carry all of those sad and painful memories so  one day she decided for his own to be release so Rosemary apply for her release. Because this reason the Giver and Jonas can not apply for their release because the work of the Giver is to teach Jonas and Jonas couldn´t die because it can be a disaster.

Responces to text 

"Who were the old people? Why were they there?" It had puzzled Jonas, seeing them in the room. The Old of the community did not ever leave their special place, the House of the Old, where they were so well cared for and respected. 

"They are called Grandparents." (123)

I think that being with your grandparents is a nice sensation because they are carrying and kind and they buy you what you want even if you dont want them to spend their money in you. But in this community they dont know how carrying and beautiful grandparents can be thats why I think is kind of sad specially because in this place when the kids have grow and are ready to live their own lives they never see again their parents NEVER. 

"Do you love me?"

There was an awkward silence for a moment. Then Father gave a little chuckle. "Jonas. You, of all people. Precision of language, please!"

"What do you mean?" Jonas asked. Amusement was not all what he had anticipated.

"Your father means that you used a very generalized word, so meaningless that is become almost obsolete," his mother explained carefully. 

I am in desagreement that love is meaningless because love is part of life and in your daily life you always receive love  like families, boyfriends or girlfriends and also people give love to animals. So when i read this text I think that is ridiculous and i know that what they want in the community is that people dont make choices but is a meaninfull feeling while you still alife.


Conclusions and Inferences 

I am almost finishing this incredible book but until that I have some inferences of what might be happening in the next chapters. Jonas is not taking his pill that prevents to have stirings so what i think is that maybe he is going to fall inlove with Fiona, Jonas´s best friend. Also a greate probability is that he is going to break apart with Asher because the fights and disagreements they have. However i´m not sure of what other things might happen maybe Jonas is going to be so desesperate that is going to revealed all.