Weeks went by and Jonas had learned many things such as the name of
COLORS. Now Jonas sees a glimpse of
colors sometimes. Jonas thinks that isn't fair that they don't have
colors any more. Jonas tried to give the memory of
colors but Asher didn't saw them. Next the Giver transmitted Jonas the memory of hunters killing an elephant. That day, Jonas told Lily that elephants really existed but Lily didn't believed him.Then the Giver explained Jonas why their job is so important and it is because the Committee of Elders need the Giver memories to help them solve problems that they didn't know how to solve on their own. Some days, the Giver sent Jonas back to his home instead of training because he was in pain. One day Jonas asked what caused him so much pain and the Giver transmitted him a memory where he was on the sled but tis time was different, now he got hurt and felt pain for the
first time!! After that, the Giver started giving Jonas more painful memories. One day, Jonas took baby Gabe to sleep in his room. That night, Jonas gave bay Gabe a memory that was a bright day in a lake and in that lake there were little sailboats. Jonas didn't tell the Giver that he did this. Some days later, he went to his training but he gas going to be send away but he asked that Giver if he could help him. The Giver transmitted the memory that had being causing him pain. The memory was about a
war! When the Giver finished transmitting the memory he told Jonas to forgive him. The next several days, the Giver had being giving memories of pleasure like a
birthday party, family, Christmas, LOVE.
The Giver was gentle with him for many days following the terrible memory of war. (121)
I found this quote ideal to express what are some of my thoughts I had on these last chapters. I think that this quote has to do with the theme
Pain vs. Pleasure. What the author is trying to say is that there should be a balanced between pain and pleasure. It isn't good to have too much pain or too much pleasure. it is good to have a balance of both.
I really enjoyed reading these chapters. I can't wait to continue reading the book next year. If I have learned something from these last chapters it would be that there should be a balanced between pain and pleasure.
Clau, I liked your blog because it shows that you understand the Reading, also I liked how you explain that quote. Also I like how you put colors on some words, I think Ms. Kodi should put your blog on her favourites
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ReplyDeleteClau, first of all I wanted to say that I really liked the way you made your blog. I agree with your point in the text response when you talk about the balance between pain and pleasure. In life everything needs a balance and the author clearly illustrates this with the theme pain vs. pleasure. An example is when, as you talked about in your summary and text response, the Giver transmits to gonas the memory of war which was extreamely painful, however the following days he tramsmited happy and pleasurable memories. Overall I really liked the structure of your post and the information it contained.
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Thanks Ale, you blog is great too. and can you think of other examples of the book where they show balance between pain and pleasure?
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