Question

1. What do you think of Jonas’s community? What words might you use to describe it? Give reasons for your answers.

Answer 1

Jonas's community has a lot of control over the people in it. The people live very mundane, organized, scheduled lives that do not offer much choice to them. The people, however, seem not to mind. They don't even mind when they have to kill elderly or people who have committed a sin 3 times. They don't have true feelings, as the Giver and Jonas discussed, because they do not have the memories.

Answer 2

Overall Jonas's community is a very organized. The Elders make sure that everything is in order, and by doing that they had to get rid of some very important things such as feelings. The place lacks color and imagination and the people are happy with that. They don't see anything wrong with the way they live. Just like in the book Jonas asks his parents if they loved him. Taken back the parents reprimand him for choice of words and reply instead that they are proud of his accomplishments and enjoy his company. I would use the words organized, but also apathetic. Meaning there's a lack of emotion.