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The Giver Turn Against Society

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(AGG) Sometimes all you need to do is break away to find the truth.
(BS-1) Jonas always followed the rules until he started to notice small issues.(BS-2) Jonas starts to receive memories and he begins to turn against the society. (BS-3) Jonas turned against his society and everyone in it.
(TS) In The Giver by Lois Lowry Jonas eventually rejects his society because he discovers they’ve been lying to him.

(MIP-1) Jonas had always been okay with everything that happened in the society until he started to notice tiny issues. (SIP-A) He didn’t like the way his life was with everything they say and do being watched. (STEWE-1)“He paused. He knew he had to tell it all, that it was not only all right but necessary to tell all of a dream. So he forced himself to …show more content…

He was upset with the fact that you have to tell everything about your dream and not just the small main things that happened in it.(STEWE-2)“they were satisfied with their lives which had none of the vibrance his own was taking on. And he was angry at himself, that he could not change that for them”(Lowry 99).(SIP-B)Jonas started to break the rules (STEWE-1)“ "Oh." Jonas was silent for a minute. "Oh, I see what you mean. It wouldn't matter for a new child's toy. But later it does matter, doesn't it? We don't dare to let people make choices of their own." "Not safe?" The Giver suggested."Definitely not safe," Jonas said with certainty. "What if they were allowed to choose their own mate? And chose wrong?" ”Jonas wanted to test out the color thing to see if he asked Gabe to choose the red or blue toy if he would choose the right one. But they aren’t allowed to choose because it’s not safe for people to make their own decisions. (STEWE-2) “ "Asher," Jonas said one morning, "look at those flowers very carefully." They were standing beside a bed of geraniums planted near the Hall of Open Records. He put his hands on Asher's shoulders, and concentrated on the red of the petals, trying to hold it as

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