Jonas 'Bravery In The Giver'

In the book “The Giver” Jonas is a character of many great traits, but one of his traits that stands out throughout the book is his bravery. He shows bravery when he takes on the challenge of being the next receiver of Memory which takes physical and mental pain. He shows how brave he is when he runs away from his community with Gabriel on his father’s bike, as well as when he faces his father everyday after knowing what his father does to “release ” people.

Jonas shows courage and bravery as he took on the challenge of being the next Receiver of Memory that required physical, mental, and unspeakable amounts of pain. As he walked on the stage at the end of the ceremony of twelves, he and the audience were told that Jonas had not been assigned a job, he was chosen. The speaker went on to say all the qualities Jonas had and one of them was courage. She continued to say “Courage” “ Only one of us here today has ever undergone the rigorous training required of a receiver.” This shows how Jonas has bravery and courage because he has been chosen to undergo the difficult job and training of being the next receiver.

When he watches the video of the morning release, he finds out what “release” actually means and is left heart broken. He watches as his father is holding the little baby and the life leaves his eyes. After knowing that he couldn’t stand to go back home but he knew he had to. If he wouldn’t have went back, Gabriel would have been released. He shows much bravery and courage in just thinking about going back to what was called