Conflict In The Giver

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The protagonist in the book “the giver” is Jonas because he changes his mind about the government intentions. In the beginning of the story Jonas thought nothing of the government but towards the ending he decides to protest them. According to “the giver” “ ‘Memories need to be shared’... Jonas watched him and listened” (Lowry 154). This means that Jonas listened to the giver and helped him come up with a plot to make a change. Jonas as the receiver is much different than Jonas just as a 12 because he’s changed his thoughts on the government and the meaning of life. A personality trait of Jonas is that he is caring, and being caring affect’s the plot because it causes him to take Gabriel with him . The author chose this element for Jonas because it affects the ending it helps create the conflict. It affects the ending because greater challenges faced because Jonas was caring enough to take Gabriel with him. it creates conflict by him wanting to share the memories with others. “He killed it! My father killed it! Jonah …show more content…

In the story the giver all the people in the community does not have the ability to know what color is, music and love. According to “the Giver” ‘Our people made a choice to go back to sameness...We relinquished sunshine and did away with differences’ ” (Lowry 95). This means that the government took away the differences and made everybody the same. And in doing this they took away uniqueness that made everybody special. This is the dystopian element dehumanization because they are dehumanizing their way of life. This dystopian element shapes the plot because It creates the central conflict. Some repercussions of the society Dehumanizing its citizens are that the citizens will get angry because the government with keeping certain characteristics away from them to make them

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