Can you be who you were meant to be, despite how the world has changed you? In The Giver, Jonas was just a normal boy, until he was faced with emotions and pain, this ended up making Jonas stronger, and he knew he would never be the same. With this in mind, Jonas began as just a normal boy in his community, but there was something different about him. “Nor did Jonas, tonight his feelings were too complicated. He wanted to share them, but he wasn’t ready to begin the process of sifting through his own complicated emotions, even with the help he knew his parents could give.” In this quote, Jonas needs to sift through his emotions of the day, and think of what he would say at the table that night, just like every other child. At this point, Jonas