Question

Lily, Jonas’s younger sister, is a talkative and active seven-year-old. She loves to chat and recount stories from her day at school, so much so that her parents joke that she should be given the position of Storyteller once she reaches age 12, while Jonas thinks that Lily would make a good Speaker, "so that she could sit in the office with the microphone all day, making announcements." Lily also enjoys caring for baby Gabriel while he lives with the family and considers volunteering at the Nurturing Center when she reaches the appropriate age. She’s very young, however, and so is still actively developing her abilities and self-identity.

Like the rest of the children in The Giver, Lily does have her own distinct personality, despite the Community’s stifling of individuality. However, as Jonas remarks as he begins to learn more from the Giver, her feelings and interests are shallow, and she will never self-actualize if she continues to grow up in the strict confines of the Community, which is devoid of emotional and intellectual complexity.

Why did Jonas's mother suggest that Lily become a storyteller?

Answer 1

Jonas's mother suggested that Lily become a storyteller because she loves to chat and recount stories, indicating a talent for storytelling and encouraging personal growth.

Step-by-step explanation:

Jonas's mother suggested that Lily become a storyteller

because she loves to chat and recount stories, which indicates a talent for storytelling. Being a storyteller would also encourage Lily to develop her abilities and self-identity, as it would require her to grow up and face the world from a more mature stance. Additionally, storytelling allows for emotional and intellectual complexity, which is lacking in the Community.

Lily and James could start their family at a young age because of the financial security they had, so they didn't really have any earning jobs, but they worked full time in the Order of the Phoenix.

After graduating from Hogwarts, James – along with Lily and his friends – become "full-time fighters" for the Order, and do not hold regular jobs, supporting his family and Lupin, whose status as a werewolf made him unemployable, on family gold.