The Giver Blog Post # 4

The quote on Mr. Thomas's blog makes we wonder. It makes me think that the nice memories Jonas gives to Gabriel is making him feel love. So his life he could live with real love. He does not have to live with the only words they use for Gabriel could feel emotions the good emotions. Freedom can relate to this because Gabriel would have the rights to use the strong emotional words ( that Jonas thinks) such as love. So he could grow up with a better caring family. This can relate to freedom because they would have a choice to live in the same world or the different world.

The sentence is a choice and Jonas is giving him the better choice to live and express yourself and live happily not the same. Jonas is not choosing the better choice but choosing the choice that should be like that.

Giver comments

I commented on Nicks first and second blog post of the Giver

Giver Blog Post #2

For this blog post I chose the following question: " Why does Jonas find the instruction about lying so disturbing?"

I think he finds it disturbing because, one of Jonas main rule of his childhood was not to lie because he knows this job is important, but if it's important why does he lie about it? This rule is a very important rule because if he were to tell the truth he would be in trouble for telling the truth. Another thing that probably bothers him is that he has to live his own life otherwise his life is just a made up lie.

Another thing that would bother Jonas would be that nobody else would know what colors are, the Giver and himself would be the only people with a clue to know what " colors" are. During his life of lies people will start realizing that he is lying and then maybe the truth would be blown, then he would live in a life of shame. Another thing that might bother him is that maybe when he will lie for the first time, he might not be the best lier. He is thinking ahead of what will happen when he lies how might people react to his response? He is uncertain of what might happen.

Living a life of lies is no ordinary life, he would have to hide where he works and what he does, he would lie of most of his life. He has to keep his mouth closed and not talk about how he felt at the dinner table. He would have to make it up and then confess with something that he made up. Something else that might make him annoy is that with those new memories he would feel strange something might hurt him, he might be scared and when he remembers he might not seem as if he were happy when he really is scared, he might feel shame because of lying although it is part of his job.

The Giver reflection

The question I chose was: Would you want your future to be decided by others? Why or Why not?

For me I would say yes and no. I would say this because if I make a mistake while I do my volunteer hours I will not become what I wanted to be. But the part that I say yes is because when someone tells you you have done very well and you have been selected the most or one of the top assignments, of most honor. You would be pleased with yourself and see what you have accomplished. But that changes everything if they say you are the mailman, which is probably not a very honored assignment. That would mean you would live in shame until you die. That would be very shameful.

For Yes anybody would be glad they had the best assignment, with most honor. You would see how well you worked in your volunteer hours. This would be even better if one of the elders knew you well, and had a good impression on you.

For No most people would be happy that they get to decide because it will not change if you make a mistake because you will learn from it. But for yes if you did make a mistake your dream job is over. But on the good side for no is that you can see which jobs are available and you can self reflect on what you are good at. Your dream job will come and you will get better.