How do chapters 16 ~ 18 relate to the theme of freedom and choice?
I definitely think that chapters 16 ~ 18 relate to the theme of freedom and choice. I’ll explain why I think it relates to choice and then I’ll explain how I think it relates to freedom.
First, I think the chapters were related to choice because Jonas ended up having to make a couple of really hard decisions. He was so upset with his town after experiencing how the world used to be so wonderful. The world used to have color, feelings, and freedom. Jonas was then presented with the choice to escape from his society and try to find Elsewhere or he could stay and try to cope with his world. That was a choice for him to make and it seems like he would obviously choose to leave but it wasn’t so easy. Getting to Elsewhere was a very difficult challenge and when he left, he knew he would be on his own with nobody to take care of him through the journey. He would also really miss his parents, Lily, Asher, Fiona, and especially the Giver. But staying in his town wasn’t so easy either. He would have to suffer the pain of having the emptiness from no feeling, color, and music. Jonas has already been sad with living in a world where hardly anybody would really know how he felt because only one person would be there for him. Jonas had to make an amazingly huge and difficult choice but he chose to leave. Right when everything was in place, another choice came his way. Jonas’ father had mentioned that they were going to release Gabriel and Jonas had just found out what release really meant. He had to decide if he would take Gabriel on the journey with him or not. Once again that was not an easy decision. The little baby could suffer through more pain by going through such a challenging journey than if he were just released. But of Jonas was strong enough to keep Gabriel alive, they would both be happy Elsewhere. It was really a matter of life or death for Gabriel and Jonas decided to take the chance and bring Gabriel along with him. That’s how choice was related and what the choices were.
I think the chapters relate to the topic of freedom because of the way Jonas became free at the end of the book and he had the freedom to make decisions. In his town there was no freedom to make choices and I believe that being able to make choices is a type of freedom. As I mention already, Jonas had a couple of difficult choices to make. That means that there was already some freedom for him. When Jonas decided to escape from his society and leave to find Elsewhere with Gabriel, he was practically choosing to be free. He knew that there would be colors, music, and a different world outside from his. In that world there would be freedom and he would be so captivated like he was in sameness. Jonas’ society had no freedom and all you really had to do was follow orders. When Jonas escaped and finally made it to Elsewhere at the very end of the book, he was free! Free from all the ridiculous rules, free from choices being made from him, free from the hunger for life. He had what he had always wanted. A town full of love, music, color, and other people that could feel things like he could. He was absolutely in every way free!
In conclusion, chapters 16 ~ 18 was related to freedom and choice because Jonas ended up having to make a couple of really hard decisions. Also because of the way Jonas became free at the end of the book and he had the freedom to make decisions
I definitely think that chapters 16 ~ 18 relate to the theme of freedom and choice. I’ll explain why I think it relates to choice and then I’ll explain how I think it relates to freedom.
First, I think the chapters were related to choice because Jonas ended up having to make a couple of really hard decisions. He was so upset with his town after experiencing how the world used to be so wonderful. The world used to have color, feelings, and freedom. Jonas was then presented with the choice to escape from his society and try to find Elsewhere or he could stay and try to cope with his world. That was a choice for him to make and it seems like he would obviously choose to leave but it wasn’t so easy. Getting to Elsewhere was a very difficult challenge and when he left, he knew he would be on his own with nobody to take care of him through the journey. He would also really miss his parents, Lily, Asher, Fiona, and especially the Giver. But staying in his town wasn’t so easy either. He would have to suffer the pain of having the emptiness from no feeling, color, and music. Jonas has already been sad with living in a world where hardly anybody would really know how he felt because only one person would be there for him. Jonas had to make an amazingly huge and difficult choice but he chose to leave. Right when everything was in place, another choice came his way. Jonas’ father had mentioned that they were going to release Gabriel and Jonas had just found out what release really meant. He had to decide if he would take Gabriel on the journey with him or not. Once again that was not an easy decision. The little baby could suffer through more pain by going through such a challenging journey than if he were just released. But of Jonas was strong enough to keep Gabriel alive, they would both be happy Elsewhere. It was really a matter of life or death for Gabriel and Jonas decided to take the chance and bring Gabriel along with him. That’s how choice was related and what the choices were.
I think the chapters relate to the topic of freedom because of the way Jonas became free at the end of the book and he had the freedom to make decisions. In his town there was no freedom to make choices and I believe that being able to make choices is a type of freedom. As I mention already, Jonas had a couple of difficult choices to make. That means that there was already some freedom for him. When Jonas decided to escape from his society and leave to find Elsewhere with Gabriel, he was practically choosing to be free. He knew that there would be colors, music, and a different world outside from his. In that world there would be freedom and he would be so captivated like he was in sameness. Jonas’ society had no freedom and all you really had to do was follow orders. When Jonas escaped and finally made it to Elsewhere at the very end of the book, he was free! Free from all the ridiculous rules, free from choices being made from him, free from the hunger for life. He had what he had always wanted. A town full of love, music, color, and other people that could feel things like he could. He was absolutely in every way free!
In conclusion, chapters 16 ~ 18 was related to freedom and choice because Jonas ended up having to make a couple of really hard decisions. Also because of the way Jonas became free at the end of the book and he had the freedom to make decisions
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