Imagine stepping up on a stage in front of the whole city, and learning that being assigned the most rare assignment in the city, is an honor, but learning it involves pain. Would people classify it as an honor, or a punishment? It is an honor for Jonas to be chosen as the Receiver because he learns things he has never known before, the community realizes Jonas has a very honorable assignment, and it’s very rare and honorable. Jonas learns things he has never known.For example, on page 115 in The Giver, “By now Jonas had experienced countless bits of happiness, things he hadn’t known before.” Not a lot of people in the community experience happiness. Therefore, he knows more memories of happiness and emotions than the community knows or feels …show more content…
In The Giver, on page 64, it says,¨You´ve been greatly honored Jonas. Greatly honored.¨ This illustrates the way the community realizes and knows about the past, in helping Jonas out in realizing how honored he is, leading up to future tools and events.On page 81 in The Giver, it states, “‘Honor,’ he said firmly. ‘I have great honor. So will you. But you will find that it is not the same as power.’” Jonas believes he has phenomenal power, but the Giver sees his and Jonas’s extraordinary honor in this assignment. He sees how far Jonas will go within. The Chief Elder, on page 57 in The Giver, says, ¨Such a selection is very, very rare.¨The Chief Elder tells Jonas about the pain, but uses strong inspiring words from within her heart to cheer Jonas up and make him feel confident in himself. She knows the pain within Jonas will experience. She knows pain turns to honor all in the end. In page 58, it states, “Alone? Apart? Jonas listened with increasing unease.¨ Jonas fears being alone, so what he thinks is he won’t see anyone ever again. The truth is, he has the Giver on his side, his family on his side, and Gabe on his side. He still sees them, because he is home almost every night. Just because he can’t discuss his training, doesn’t mean he’s