In our world, we all know that no one is the same, but in The Giver, they try to make everyone the same. Until Jonas gets assigned his job at the Ceremony of Twelve. Everything changes for him, and not all for the better. In the story, The Giver, Jonas shows how he finds out the truth and differences of his world compared to what they call elsewhere. He finds out things he never knew before. For example, Jonas witnesses his father kill a baby. “He killed it! My father killed it!” (Pg. 150). Jonas was so traumatized by everything he has seen and learned that he finally decides to run away. This is why I believe that the theme of The Giver by Lois Lowry is no one is the same. Firstly, Jonas learns what colors are. He starts seeing the color red the most. Only him and The Giver can see colors. (Ch. 12). This piece of evidence shows that Jonas and the Giver are the only ones that can see color, because no one else has this ability. It shows how only they can see colors and how nobody else is able to do this. They are different compared to everyone else.
Another piece of evidence that I think proves my theme is when Jonas starts experiencing memories. On page 81 it states, “Jonas experiences memories for the first time ever. No one else besides him and The Giver have memories”. This piece of evidence explains how
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Everyone in the community has never experienced pain the way he has. Yes, they all have experienced pain from minor scratches, scrapes and minor injuries like that. Jonas on the other hand, has experienced way more extreme types of pain. For example, in chapter 15, “Jonas sees what war is in a memory. He also experiences true pain. No one else gets to experience any of this besides himself and The Giver”. This piece of evidence proves how Jonas experiences a different type of pain compared to everyone else in the community. These are examples of how Jonas and The Giver are different from the