"Gabriel's breathing was even and deep. Jonas liked having him there, though he felt guilty about the secret. Each night he gave memories to Gabriel: memories of boat rides and picnics in the sun: memories of soft rainfall against windowpanes; memories of dancing bare-footed on a damp lawn.
"Gabe?"
The new child stirred slightly in his sleep, Jonas looked over at him.
"There could be love" Jonas whispered.
The next morning, for the first time, Jonas did not take his pill. Something within him, something that had grown there through the memories, told him to throw the pill away".
I will start of by describing the book The Giver. It is a thrilling book and defiantly on my top 5 books list. I have been lucky enough to have read this book and I think that this quote is just a small bit of the wonderful book, The Giver.
I will start of by defining the two key words. Freedom and choice. Here is a official definition of freedom: Freedom
Definition
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[C or U] the condition or right of being able or allowed to do, say, think, etc. whatever you want to, without being controlled or limited
Here is a official definition of choice: Choice
Definition
[C or U] an act or the possibility of choosing
In a way these to words are very similar. They both deal about being independent. Jonas shows a lot of independence as he gets training from The Giver which means The Giver has made him a more confident/independent person.
The quote above relates to the word freedom because Jonas is explaining to Gabriel that he has the freedom of love and Jonas has been able to have a amazing training from The Giver which no one else can experience and this has taught him much more about freedom. This is portrayed a lot in chapters 16~18. Freedom is a very powerful thing and we are lucky to have freedom but imagine you lived in a community like Jonas's of course if you would learn about freedom you would react like Jonas did. Freedom is a huge part of peoples lives they should have the freedom to do whatever they want to do and in Jonas's community he doesn't that is way he runs away from his childhood taking a risk. I think that with his knowledge of freedom he will do great things in life and I really think that his knowledge on freedom is expressed in chapters 16~18.
The quote above and chapters 16~18 illustrate the relationship between Jonas and choice. Now that Jonas is close to being The Receiver he has a whole new life in front of him because he has more choice in life. He can choose weather he wants the speaker on or off. He can always ask someone a question and he can lie. I think that Jonas has more opportunities and more freedom if he gets to chose between what he wants and the communities. He also has the choice of giving other people memories like he does in the quote above. He gives Gabriel happy memories so he can calm him down. Jonas did this secretly so in a way he was lying which is apart of his rule. He is allowed lie. Now that he has more choices he can choose if he wants to lie or not to lie and he is experimenting with that right now and this means that he is taking risks. I think that choice is a huge part of Jonas's life now.
In chapters 16~18 Jonas experiments and knows more about two key things in life, freedom and choice. Also in the quote above he demonstrates this.
Here are some pictures of the two main motto's Jonas lives on. Choice and Freedom:
Sources: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/choice_1
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/freedom
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