*****Courage...... Control...... CHANGE.....DifFERent....WANT*****
COURAGE: I chose the word courage because Jonas encounters many things in the book that he stands up to and he goes through obstacles that he is not completely used to but he takes everything in willingly no matter what it is.
Control: Jonas lives in a world of control before he leaves the community. Since he was young, he was told what to do and how to do it so he would not make any mistakes. The people in the community, especially the elders, controlled his life.
CHANGE: Change is also a big thing in Jonas's life because he is actually the one changing in the whole book. Everyone else stays the same but Jonas starts to feel like there is something more for him beyond his community. He begins to see colors, and feel things that no one else had ever felt before in the community.
DifFERent: I chose the word different for The Giver because in the community being different is not okay, but Jonas starts to feel different. Once he can see colors and gets assigned his job, he realizes he is much different than everyone in the community because he has abilities that noone else in the community even knows of.
WANT: I chose want because Jonas wants to feel feelings, and wants his parents to love him. Jonas wanted a lot in the novel and he pushed himself to follow through with it.
Those are all pivotal words for the novel that capture much of its essence. I like the way you designed the page and the different colors etc for each word. I especially liked you points about courage and want.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed the novel. I hear the follow up books are really good. A student in my Eng 100 class choose to read one as his individual novel of choice and then had to read them all. And he never reads. I'd say that's a good "review."