What are some things that make Jonas different from the rest of his community? What is his society's attitude toward differences? What is your opinion on this?
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Caitlen B.
Jonas has pale colered eyes that only a few people in the society have.Almost everyone in the society has dark eyes.The commuunity doesn't like differances in the town. They think it's rude to bring up someones differances.I think that it's not a big deal to compare looks. As long as cyour not hurting someones fellings.
In the book, their are some things that make Jonas different fromt the rest of the people in his community. First of all, his physical appearence. Almost every person in the community has dark eyes, however Jonas and another femal Five have different, lighter eyes. In the community, it's considered rude to draw attention someones individual difference. This to me is riduculus because every is different. I shouldn't be weird if someone has different eyes or different hair color like it is in Jonas' community. There is also another thing different about Jonas. One time Jonas was playing catch with an apple with his friend Asher, when all of a sudden he kept noticing something different about the apple. He looked at it differently even though it was the same nondescript shade of everything in the community. Jonas noticed the difference unlike everyone else. Jonas seems very different then most people in his community.
Jonas dose have a few differences from the other members of the community. One diffrence is that his eye color is diffrent than all of the other community members, except for the little girl and Gabriel. Another diffrence in Joans is that he had seen some thing different with the apple he was throwing. When he had asked asher if he had seen anything wrong with the apple, Asher had replied with a joke. The community treats him like he is totaly diffrent from them. His own sister calls his eyes funny looking. I think that is rude to say someone looks funny just because they have diffrent. This makes me wounder if They have a large varity of people or do they all look very similar?
There are some things that make Jonas different from the rest of his community. One thing that makes him differnt is that his eyes are different. Everyone in the community has very dark eyes, but Jonas, Gabriel, and a five year old have lighter colored eyes. Another thing that makes him different is that when he was playing catch with an apple, it changed in some way, but when he asked his friend if it had changed, he said no. A third difference Jonas has is that he has a knack for accidentaly getting himself in trouble. The society Jonas lives in deals with these differences in a differnt way that we do. When people look different in thier society, they just igrnore it because it is considered rude to point such things out. Another way they deal with differnces is by pointing it out on the announcements. For example, when Jonas accidentaly took an apple, an announcement was giving telling people not to take snacks. While it did not mention Jonas's name, it is still very embarassing. My opinon on how the ccommunity handles differnces is that while they are trying to make everyone fit in, they are refusing to acknowledge some of the best features in the person. Jonas's eyes are a unique part of him, but when the community does not acknowledge them, it's as though they are not looking at the real Jonas, but just a Jonas that looks the way he is expected to. Even though the community is trying to be respectful, sometimes it's better to acknowledge someone's differneces than it is to pretend they don't exsist. - Ashley S. =]
Jonas is different from the rest of the community in many ways. One, is that his eyes are light. Everyone else's eyes are dark, except for a "five" girl, and the "new child" Gabriel. Also, Jonas is different because he notices things that other people may not notice. For example, he saw the apple "change" in mid-air, then change back. He asked his friend Asher if the apple was different in any way, and he didn't. he then took the apple home (which they weren't aloud to do) to examine it, but it was just a normal apple. The community accepts little differences, for example, they didn't draw attention to people that were slightly different, and never said anything about it because they found it rude. Also, if somehting happened like the apple incedint, they made a genral, public anouncment thet repeated the rule that had been broken. I think the way the community handles these situations are reasonable because they don't put preasure or stress on a certain person. I think it would be wrong to draw attention to people who look different, so I agree with the way the handle that.
Jonas is different from the rest of his community. Jonas has different eyes, everyone elses eyes are dark but Jonas', Gabriels and a female fives are light. Jonas notices that this gives the person a deep sort of look, a look that holds mysterys. When Jonas realizes that he also has this look he becomes embarrased. This means that differences are not common and that people are often surprised by them. I think that this is another way that Jonas society is controlled. I am beginning to think that there is only an image of free will in Jonas's world.
Jonas is different from his community. Jonas's eyes are a different color, all the others have dark but Jonas', Gabriels and a the female five all have light eyes. He knows that the color of your eyes give you a distinct look. Jonas is very ebaressed when he finds out that he is only one of very few who has light eyes. People think that those who are different are just people that they don't want to get involved with, and don't really care as long as they are normal. I think that it is an example of being predjudice and shouldn't be happening even in moderation.
I think there are many ways that Jonas is different from the rest of the community in many ways. One way is that he has eyes that dont match almost everyone else in the community, most people in the community have dark eyes. I also think Jonas is different because he unlike all the other elevens is aprehensive about the ceremony of the twelves, i observed that all the other children were really exited about the ceremony. One last thing i observed about Jonas was that while everyone else simply follows the rules Jonas actually thinks about the rules and is starting to wonder if some of them make sense. Those are some of the reasons i believe Jonas is different from the rest of the community.
Jess M The Giver A thing that make Jonas different from the rest of the community is, he has a dfferent eye color. Most of the community including his family all have darker eyes and he has a lighter eye. Jonas doesn't just follow the rules, he trys to figure out why they were made and what they truley mean. The society that Jonas lives in has a very strict attitude about differences. They are not to say anything about how someone looks. If somebody does something wrong they make an announcment so that the person knows what they did, but they don't mention any names. I think this is a good thing. People wouldn't be made fun of that much if a rule was that you weren't to dicuss anyone's looks. The community knew this and they also knew that if they did say something, they would get caught and be in trouble.
There are only a few things that makes Jonas different from most of his community. Jonas has lighter eyes than most of the community's citizens. Except for the newchild, Gabriel. One other thing that makes him different is he comprehends the rules differently than most of the society's people. Like when Asher missed a pop-fly in a baseball game when they were both Eights, Jonas said to Asher," That's it you're released!" Jonas got in trouble for saying that. Then Jonas took an apple from a snack basket and he played catch with Asher. Later that night, Jonas heard an announcement on the P.A. system saying something abou not takin out of the snack basket. I think that the things he does different from people makes him a better person than all the rest. I'm not saying that not following the rules is good, what I AM saying is that not following other people is good. I also think that how people aren't allowed to bring up the differences is sort of racist. Like if they found an african american and Lily saw him, since Jonas said that she has a big mouth, she might say something wrong because she can't bring up the differences between them.
Jonas has many diferences,and is VERY different from the other children in the community. For example, Jonas has pale colored eyes,whilst everyone else has dark eyes. Also, Jonas questions the rules, which I think this will come into play later on in the book.For example, Jonas wonders why they cannot ride bikes by the river toward the beginning of the book. Society's opinion on this is that it is not a rule, but frowned upon in many aspects. I think that they are right about this rule in particular, because in our culture it is wrong as well.
This comment is for Sydney J From Jess M Your blog is very detailed. I enjoyed reading your opinions and what you thought of the book.I agree with you on the fact that the community makes a general announcment that someone broke a rule and they don't stress someone out. (Especially a little kid) Your ideas and mine are around the same concept.:)
Some differances between Jonas and the community are that he, unlike most others, has a lighter clolred eye, like the baby his father brought home. When Lily points this out, Jonas becomes embarassed, so differences are very odd, as if everyone is exactly the same. Also, Jonas said he was aprehensive of his 12 ceremony, while his father had told him about his, and had been excited about it.Jonas is very good at taking in little details that others miss because Jonas had been playing catch once with an apple, when he noticed it change. When he asked Asher about it, he had no idea what Jonas had been talking about. When Jonas took the apple home to study it, he noticed nothing unordinary about it. Later that day, there had been an announcement directed towards Jonas. Who would notice one missing apple? I think that he shouldn't be embarassed about his differences, because no-one is exacly the same as anyone else.
Tori B. Some things that make Jonas different from the rest of the community is that his eye color is different and the apple changed when he threw it. His eye color is pale unlike those of most of the community. Jonas likes his eyes and thinks they have depth. The apple is something that happened while he was with his best friend, Asher. He and Asher were playing a game of catch with an apple when suddenly it change in midair for a second. When he pointed it out to Asher, Asher said he hadn't noticed anything except that he had dropped the apple. Most people in the community think that it is rude to point out differences and yet still try to avoid people and things that are different. My opinion is that just because something is different doesn't mean that they are bad or evil and should be avoided. Most of the time, they are just like you or me and want to be treated the same, but because they are different, no one wants to be near them. I think this is unfair.
Jonas is differnt from the rest of the community. One thing is that he has light blue eyes while mainly everyone else has darker colored eyes. Also when jonas and Ash were playing catch with the apple jonas saw that the apple had changed in mid-air. However Ash saw nothing. Jonas can see things that Ash cant.
The society's attitude towards difference is that you should bring attention to it. It is considered rude to pick out things that are different with people. Mirrors are rare through out the society so people dont really care that much about how they look at like to see eachother as the same.
I think the idea that you shouldnt bring up peoples differences is good. This is beacuse then people wont get their feelings hurt because they arent like eveyone else. It would create less fighting and make more peace.
One thing that makes Jonas different from the rest of the community is his pale eyes. Most people in the community have dark eyes, including his entire family unit. Another difference is that once when Jonas was playing catch with Asher, he swore that he saw the apple change for a second mid-air. It happened four or five times and then they left. Jonas took the apple, but at his house it didn't change like it did before. The society doesn't regard differences. Being different is bad, however, people don't say anything about them. In my opinion that is wrong. I believe that differences should be treated as making a person unique. If everyone was the same, nobody would be themselves, nobody would be special, and individuality wouldn't exist. Treating differences like they don't exist is a horrible action.
♥~Bryce~♥ Jonas is different than the other people in his community. Unlike the average child, Jonas's eyes where differant and lighter. Although it was rude to bring up other people's differences, his eyes do not go unnoticed as Lily pointed out to him. Also, when Jonas was throwing an apple to his friend Asher as a game of catch, Jonas noticed something that no one else had. The ball had "changed" mid-flight but changed back before it was in someone's hands. Jonas seems to be much more observant and curious about the things he doesn't know. He wants to learn the new things and was bewildered by the inccident of when the apple "changed". I believe that Jonas being much more observant and curious to learn, see things that others don't. To some, this can even be a scary thing. especially if you are trying to keep the rest of the world a secret. But to me, it is a good quality trait to have. This type of trait can help you analize things better and peice clues together better than other people in his community.
There are many things I noticed that make Jonas different. One thing that makes him different is his eyes. Almost everyone in his community has dark eyes but he has light eyes. In his society, people aren't supposed to make fun of others who are different. So not that many people act out, or talk about his eye color. He, himself kind of considers how his eyes are different and are like looking into a body of water. Another difference about him is how he kind of sees things. When he has a flashback about him and his friend Asher throwing an apple back and forth he sees things. When the apple "hits" mid-air he thinks it has changed. Though right when he catches it, he notices that it is the same old apple. Nobody really notices this about him but he definitely notices that something is weird about it. I think that this is what mkaes him unique and helps him stand out from the rest of people in the society. They kind of live by a play-by-play rule book, but he stands out. He is different and I think it's really important to be different.
There are a few things that are different about Jonas from other people in the community. Jonas and a few other people in the community are the only people that have pale eyes in your community, the rest of the people have dark eyes. Jonas had decided to never look in a mirror at himself when he had a chance, which can be different from some people in the community. Jonas had one taken an apple from the recreational center, which was against the rules. When he and Asher were playing catch with the apple, he saw the apple change a mid-air. Asher didn’t notice it but Jonas did, so he decided to take it home to inspect it more. When he did take it home, he found nothing wrong with it and decided to throw it in the garbage. Jonas’s father had taken a little boy home from the Nurturing center to give him better care. The whole family was obsessed with the little boy because they have not had a little child in their house for a long time. Jonas was the only one that was not obsessed with the little boy, except for his eyes. The little boy’s eyes where pale just like Jonas’s and because of the fact that pale eyes where so rare, Jonas was fascinated. Jonas’s society’s attitude towards differences is that they are very weird. Most differences are so rare, for most people it is fascinating so they might just stare. My opinion on this is that people need to accept differences better and not make such a big deal about the. Physical differences don’t make a person different, but I think that some people think it does. Also I think the people with the differences do not get much respect because they are different, which is not a reason to disrespect somebody.
In Jonas' community there are some things that make him stand out from his peers and his society. One thing that makes Jonas stand out from his society is his eye color. Unlike everyone else in his community that has dark eyes, Jonas has light eyes along with Gabe and a female five. Jonas descibed light eyes by saying the eyes looked like you were looking into clear water of the river. In Jonas' community it is considered rude to call attention to peoples differences, but its not a rule to make a comment about someones. I agrew with Jonas' societys thought about peoples differences, and it is like our communitys perspective on differences on people. I agree that it is rude to tease, mock, or keep bringing attention to a person jsut because they are different emotionally or physically. I don't think it needs to be a rule about beinging attention to people's differences because peopel shouldn't bring attention to differences in the first place. Jonas doesn't stand out by just his physical appearence, but he also stands out because of the way he sees things and his perspective of life. When Jonas was younger he was with his friend named Asher, and they were play catch with an apple. Whenever Asher would throw the apple back to Jonas, he would see and feel like the apple changed its shape, color, or something about its appearence. Unlike Asher who kept playing catch with the apple as though nothing had happened, Jonas saw the apple changing in the air. But whenever Jonas would catch the apple, it would be the same apple with the same color and shape that every other apple had had
Although the community praises unity, Jonas is different from the rest of his society. For example, Jonas has light colored eyes that make him stand out from the dark-eyed members of the community. Jonas is a minority in that his physical attributes vary from that of the others. Jonas’ society tells its youths that it is rude to comment on people’s differences. They feel that differences are a bad thing, that they make it more uncomfortable for people and so they should be ignored and avoided. Ash (Jonas’ best friend) has poor hand eye coordination and so he too is a minority.
One thing that makes Jonas different from the rest of the community is that he has a different eye color. More than half of the communities including his family all have a dark eye color and he has a lighter eye color. Jonas doesn't follow the rules like the other people in the community, he tries to figure out why the rules were made and what they mean and what their true purpose is. The society that Jonas lives in has a very strict about differences. They don’t say anything about how someone looks. If someone does something wrong they make an announcement so that the person knows what they did but they will NOT put in any names. People wouldn't be made fun of as much if a rule was that you weren't to discuss anyone's appearance. The community knows that this is unacceptable and they also know that if they did say something about how someone else looks, they may get caught and be in trouble and have the chance of being released. This would not be a good thing to happen. I also don’t think people mean to get released by doing things or saying things to get released.
22 comments:
Caitlen B.
Jonas has pale colered eyes that only a few people in the society have.Almost everyone in the society has dark eyes.The commuunity doesn't like differances in the town. They think it's rude to bring up someones differances.I think that it's not a big deal to compare looks. As long as cyour not hurting someones fellings.
In the book, their are some things that make Jonas different fromt the rest of the people in his community. First of all, his physical appearence. Almost every person in the community has dark eyes, however Jonas and another femal Five have different, lighter eyes. In the community, it's considered rude to draw attention someones individual difference. This to me is riduculus because every is different. I shouldn't be weird if someone has different eyes or different hair color like it is in Jonas' community. There is also another thing different about Jonas. One time Jonas was playing catch with an apple with his friend Asher, when all of a sudden he kept noticing something different about the apple. He looked at it differently even though it was the same nondescript shade of everything in the community. Jonas noticed the difference unlike everyone else. Jonas seems very different then most people in his community.
- Ellie G.
Carly.R
Jonas dose have a few differences from the other members of the community. One diffrence is that his eye color is diffrent than all of the other community members, except for the little girl and Gabriel. Another diffrence in Joans is that he had seen some thing different with the apple he was throwing. When he had asked asher if he had seen anything wrong with the apple, Asher had replied with a joke. The community treats him like he is totaly diffrent from them. His own sister calls his eyes funny looking. I think that is rude to say someone looks funny just because they have diffrent. This makes me wounder if They have a large varity of people or do they all look very similar?
There are some things that make Jonas different from the rest of his community. One thing that makes him differnt is that his eyes are different. Everyone in the community has very dark eyes, but Jonas, Gabriel, and a five year old have lighter colored eyes. Another thing that makes him different is that when he was playing catch with an apple, it changed in some way, but when he asked his friend if it had changed, he said no. A third difference Jonas has is that he has a knack for accidentaly getting himself in trouble. The society Jonas lives in deals with these differences in a differnt way that we do. When people look different in thier society, they just igrnore it because it is considered rude to point such things out. Another way they deal with differnces is by pointing it out on the announcements. For example, when Jonas accidentaly took an apple, an announcement was giving telling people not to take snacks. While it did not mention Jonas's name, it is still very embarassing. My opinon on how the ccommunity handles differnces is that while they are trying to make everyone fit in, they are refusing to acknowledge some of the best features in the person. Jonas's eyes are a unique part of him, but when the community does not acknowledge them, it's as though they are not looking at the real Jonas, but just a Jonas that looks the way he is expected to. Even though the community is trying to be respectful, sometimes it's better to acknowledge someone's differneces than it is to pretend they don't exsist.
- Ashley S. =]
Sydney J.
Jonas is different from the rest of the community in many ways. One, is that his eyes are light. Everyone else's eyes are dark, except for a "five" girl, and the "new child" Gabriel. Also, Jonas is different because he notices things that other people may not notice. For example, he saw the apple "change" in mid-air, then change back. He asked his friend Asher if the apple was different in any way, and he didn't. he then took the apple home (which they weren't aloud to do) to examine it, but it was just a normal apple. The community accepts little differences, for example, they didn't draw attention to people that were slightly different, and never said anything about it because they found it rude. Also, if somehting happened like the apple incedint, they made a genral, public anouncment thet repeated the rule that had been broken. I think the way the community handles these situations are reasonable because they don't put preasure or stress on a certain person. I think it would be wrong to draw attention to people who look different, so I agree with the way the handle that.
Cody S.
Jonas is different from the rest of his community. Jonas has different eyes, everyone elses eyes are dark but Jonas', Gabriels and a female fives are light. Jonas notices that this gives the person a deep sort of look, a look that holds mysterys. When Jonas realizes that he also has this look he becomes embarrased. This means that differences are not common and that people are often surprised by them. I think that this is another way that Jonas society is controlled. I am beginning to think that there is only an image of free will in Jonas's world.
Joe G
Jonas is different from his community. Jonas's eyes are a different color, all the others have dark but Jonas', Gabriels and a the female five all have light eyes. He knows that the color of your eyes give you a distinct look. Jonas is very ebaressed when he finds out that he is only one of very few who has light eyes.
People think that those who are different are just people that they don't want to get involved with, and don't really care as long as they are normal.
I think that it is an example of being predjudice and shouldn't be happening even in moderation.
Zach.P
I think there are many ways that Jonas is different from the rest of the community in many ways. One way is that he has eyes that dont match almost everyone else in the community, most people in the community have dark eyes. I also think Jonas is different because he unlike all the other elevens is aprehensive about the ceremony of the twelves, i observed that all the other children were really exited about the ceremony. One last thing i observed about Jonas was that while everyone else simply follows the rules Jonas actually thinks about the rules and is starting to wonder if some of them make sense. Those are some of the reasons i believe Jonas is different from the rest of the community.
Jess M
The Giver
A thing that make Jonas different from the rest of the community is, he has a dfferent eye color. Most of the community including his family all have darker eyes and he has a lighter eye. Jonas doesn't just follow the rules, he trys to figure out why they were made and what they truley mean. The society that Jonas lives in has a very strict attitude about differences. They are not to say anything about how someone looks. If somebody does something wrong they make an announcment so that the person knows what they did, but they don't mention any names. I think this is a good thing. People wouldn't be made fun of that much if a rule was that you weren't to dicuss anyone's looks. The community knew this and they also knew that if they did say something, they would get caught and be in trouble.
~Megan M.
There are only a few things that makes Jonas different from most of his community. Jonas has lighter eyes than most of the community's citizens. Except for the newchild, Gabriel. One other thing that makes him different is he comprehends the rules differently than most of the society's people. Like when Asher missed a pop-fly in a baseball game when they were both Eights, Jonas said to Asher," That's it you're released!" Jonas got in trouble for saying that. Then Jonas took an apple from a snack basket and he played catch with Asher. Later that night, Jonas heard an announcement on the P.A. system saying something abou not takin out of the snack basket. I think that the things he does different from people makes him a better person than all the rest. I'm not saying that not following the rules is good, what I AM saying is that not following other people is good. I also think that how people aren't allowed to bring up the differences is sort of racist. Like if they found an african american and Lily saw him, since Jonas said that she has a big mouth, she might say something wrong because she can't bring up the differences between them.
Jonas has many diferences,and is VERY different from the other children in the community. For example, Jonas has pale colored eyes,whilst everyone else has dark eyes. Also, Jonas questions the rules, which I think this will come into play later on in the book.For example, Jonas wonders why they cannot ride bikes by the river toward the beginning of the book. Society's opinion on this is that it is not a rule, but frowned upon in many aspects. I think that they are right about this rule in particular, because in our culture it is wrong as well.
-B. Carroll
This comment is for Sydney J
From Jess M
Your blog is very detailed. I enjoyed reading your opinions and what you thought of the book.I agree with you on the fact that the community makes a general announcment that someone broke a rule and they don't stress someone out. (Especially a little kid) Your ideas and mine are around the same concept.:)
Gillette G.
Some differances between Jonas and the community are that he, unlike most others, has a lighter clolred eye, like the baby his father brought home. When Lily points this out, Jonas becomes embarassed, so differences are very odd, as if everyone is exactly the same. Also, Jonas said he was aprehensive of his 12 ceremony, while his father had told him about his, and had been excited about it.Jonas is very good at taking in little details that others miss because Jonas had been playing catch once with an apple, when he noticed it change. When he asked Asher about it, he had no idea what Jonas had been talking about. When Jonas took the apple home to study it, he noticed nothing unordinary about it. Later that day, there had been an announcement directed towards Jonas. Who would notice one missing apple? I think that he shouldn't be embarassed about his differences, because no-one is exacly the same as anyone else.
Tori B.
Some things that make Jonas different from the rest of the community is that his eye color is different and the apple changed when he threw it. His eye color is pale unlike those of most of the community. Jonas likes his eyes and thinks they have depth. The apple is something that happened while he was with his best friend, Asher. He and Asher were playing a game of catch with an apple when suddenly it change in midair for a second. When he pointed it out to Asher, Asher said he hadn't noticed anything except that he had dropped the apple. Most people in the community think that it is rude to point out differences and yet still try to avoid people and things that are different. My opinion is that just because something is different doesn't mean that they are bad or evil and should be avoided. Most of the time, they are just like you or me and want to be treated the same, but because they are different, no one wants to be near them. I think this is unfair.
Jonas is differnt from the rest of the community. One thing is that he has light blue eyes while mainly everyone else has darker colored eyes. Also when jonas and Ash were playing catch with the apple jonas saw that the apple had changed in mid-air. However Ash saw nothing. Jonas can see things that Ash cant.
The society's attitude towards difference is that you should bring attention to it. It is considered rude to pick out things that are different with people. Mirrors are rare through out the society so people dont really care that much about how they look at like to see eachother as the same.
I think the idea that you shouldnt bring up peoples differences is good. This is beacuse then people wont get their feelings hurt because they arent like eveyone else. It would create less fighting and make more peace.
Elena Q
One thing that makes Jonas different from the rest of the community is his pale eyes. Most people in the community have dark eyes, including his entire family unit. Another difference is that once when Jonas was playing catch with Asher, he swore that he saw the apple change for a second mid-air. It happened four or five times and then they left. Jonas took the apple, but at his house it didn't change like it did before. The society doesn't regard differences. Being different is bad, however, people don't say anything about them. In my opinion that is wrong. I believe that differences should be treated as making a person unique. If everyone was the same, nobody would be themselves, nobody would be special, and individuality wouldn't exist. Treating differences like they don't exist is a horrible action.
♥~Bryce~♥
Jonas is different than the other people in his community. Unlike the average child, Jonas's eyes where differant and lighter. Although it was rude to bring up other people's differences, his eyes do not go unnoticed as Lily pointed out to him. Also, when Jonas was throwing an apple to his friend Asher as a game of catch, Jonas noticed something that no one else had. The ball had "changed" mid-flight but changed back before it was in someone's hands. Jonas seems to be much more observant and curious about the things he doesn't know. He wants to learn the new things and was bewildered by the inccident of when the apple "changed". I believe that Jonas being much more observant and curious to learn, see things that others don't. To some, this can even be a scary thing. especially if you are trying to keep the rest of the world a secret. But to me, it is a good quality trait to have. This type of trait can help you analize things better and peice clues together better than other people in his community.
Alex B.
There are many things I noticed that make Jonas different. One thing that makes him different is his eyes. Almost everyone in his community has dark eyes but he has light eyes. In his society, people aren't supposed to make fun of others who are different. So not that many people act out, or talk about his eye color. He, himself kind of considers how his eyes are different and are like looking into a body of water. Another difference about him is how he kind of sees things. When he has a flashback about him and his friend Asher throwing an apple back and forth he sees things. When the apple "hits" mid-air he thinks it has changed. Though right when he catches it, he notices that it is the same old apple. Nobody really notices this about him but he definitely notices that something is weird about it. I think that this is what mkaes him unique and helps him stand out from the rest of people in the society. They kind of live by a play-by-play rule book, but he stands out. He is different and I think it's really important to be different.
Hannah C.
There are a few things that are different about Jonas from other people in the community. Jonas and a few other people in the community are the only people that have pale eyes in your community, the rest of the people have dark eyes. Jonas had decided to never look in a mirror at himself when he had a chance, which can be different from some people in the community. Jonas had one taken an apple from the recreational center, which was against the rules. When he and Asher were playing catch with the apple, he saw the apple change a mid-air. Asher didn’t notice it but Jonas did, so he decided to take it home to inspect it more. When he did take it home, he found nothing wrong with it and decided to throw it in the garbage. Jonas’s father had taken a little boy home from the Nurturing center to give him better care. The whole family was obsessed with the little boy because they have not had a little child in their house for a long time. Jonas was the only one that was not obsessed with the little boy, except for his eyes. The little boy’s eyes where pale just like Jonas’s and because of the fact that pale eyes where so rare, Jonas was fascinated.
Jonas’s society’s attitude towards differences is that they are very weird. Most differences are so rare, for most people it is fascinating so they might just stare. My opinion on this is that people need to accept differences better and not make such a big deal about the. Physical differences don’t make a person different, but I think that some people think it does. Also I think the people with the differences do not get much respect because they are different, which is not a reason to disrespect somebody.
Lianne S : )
In Jonas' community there are some things that make him stand out from his peers and his society. One thing that makes Jonas stand out from his society is his eye color. Unlike everyone else in his community that has dark eyes, Jonas has light eyes along with Gabe and a female five. Jonas descibed light eyes by saying the eyes looked like you were looking into clear water of the river. In Jonas' community it is considered rude to call attention to peoples differences, but its not a rule to make a comment about someones. I agrew with Jonas' societys thought about peoples differences, and it is like our communitys perspective on differences on people. I agree that it is rude to tease, mock, or keep bringing attention to a person jsut because they are different emotionally or physically. I don't think it needs to be a rule about beinging attention to people's differences because peopel shouldn't bring attention to differences in the first place. Jonas doesn't stand out by just his physical appearence, but he also stands out because of the way he sees things and his perspective of life. When Jonas was younger he was with his friend named Asher, and they were play catch with an apple. Whenever Asher would throw the apple back to Jonas, he would see and feel like the apple changed its shape, color, or something about its appearence. Unlike Asher who kept playing catch with the apple as though nothing had happened, Jonas saw the apple changing in the air. But whenever Jonas would catch the apple, it would be the same apple with the same color and shape that every other apple had had
Although the community praises unity, Jonas is different from the rest of his society. For example, Jonas has light colored eyes that make him stand out from the dark-eyed members of the community. Jonas is a minority in that his physical attributes vary from that of the others. Jonas’ society tells its youths that it is rude to comment on people’s differences. They feel that differences are a bad thing, that they make it more uncomfortable for people and so they should be ignored and avoided. Ash (Jonas’ best friend) has poor hand eye coordination and so he too is a minority.
Lydia J.
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The Giver
One thing that makes Jonas different from the rest of the community is that he has a different eye color. More than half of the communities including his family all have a dark eye color and he has a lighter eye color. Jonas doesn't follow the rules like the other people in the community, he tries to figure out why the rules were made and what they mean and what their true purpose is. The society that Jonas lives in has a very strict about differences. They don’t say anything about how someone looks. If someone does something wrong they make an announcement so that the person knows what they did but they will NOT put in any names. People wouldn't be made fun of as much if a rule was that you weren't to discuss anyone's appearance. The community knows that this is unacceptable and they also know that if they did say something about how someone else looks, they may get caught and be in trouble and have the chance of being released. This would not be a good thing to happen. I also don’t think people mean to get released by doing things or saying things to get released.
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