(TS) In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas has changed in the novel by the memories given to him and by rejecting the society because he realized what has been kept away from him and his society.
(MIP-1) Jonas in the first section is accepting the society by trying to be like everyone else and to fit in with his society. (SIP-A) Jonas accepts his society because he is aware of what is happening because the whole community thinks it is normal. Jonas is showing change by experiencing these these things with the kids and he is showing that he doesn't know that everything that is not going on in his society. (STEWE-1) “‘I always participate, of course, because as children we must experience all of those things (15).’” In this community
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(STEWE-2) "His skin is starting to sting. Restlessly he moved one arm, bending it, and felt a sharp pain in the crease of his inner arm at the elbow. 'Ouch' he said loudly, and shifted on the bed (86)."
(SIP-B) He is starting to question his society so he is sharing to his friends what actually happens.
(STEWE-1) "With all of his being he tried to give each of them a piece of memory: not of the tortured cry of the elephant, but of the failure of the elephant, of the towering, immense creature and the meticulous touch with which it had tended its friend at the end (101)."
(STEWE-2) “ ‘Asher,’ Jonas said one morning, ‘look at those flowers carefully.’ They were standing beside a bed of geraniums planted near the Hall of Open Records. He puts his hands on Asher's shoulders, and concentrated on the red pedals, trying, to hold it as long as he could, and trying at the same time to transmit the awareness of red to his friend (99).” (CS) Jonas starts to question the society because he is now noticing all of the bad things that his community does but he is not sure yet on what to do to change