In the chapters I have read this past week, I have learned a lot about Jonas's life and about his community. First, I was introduced to Jonas's community and to Jonas himself. In the following chapters, I learned about Jonas's emotions and his responses to everything around him. His whole world is about to change because he will soon be twelve years old and he will receive an assignment for the rest of his life. I have also learned about his friends, Asher and Fiona and his family, his mom, dad and little sister Lily. These chapter have also given me an inside look about Jonas's life and what his personality is. In conclusion, reading these chapters have been a wonderful experience and I can not wait to find out what happens next.
2nd paragraph: text response
"Well, they tried to make her life sound meaningful. And of course," she added primly, "all lives are meaningful, I don't mean that they aren't. But Edna. My goodness. She was a birth mother, and then she worked in Food Production for years, until she came here. She never even had a family unit."
My reaction to this text was somewhat frustrated. I was frustrated because I was surprised that Larissa called Edna "just a birth mother". To me a birth mother is one of the noblest and most important jobs that someone can have. She is sacrificing her body to bring a new life into the world and that is something really important. I also felt a bit of irony given that Edna's Job was probably a lot more important than Larissas because for the community to survive, they need birth mothers to bring in new life.
3rd paragraph: Final thoughts and comments
Jonas's community has a lifestyle and certain life rules that we can't fully understand yet. Nevertheless, they are really interesting and I feel really eager to find out what will happen next. Jonas's community does not understand many things that we do. For example, freedom of speech, freedom to choose basically how to live our lives. This confuses me, and I try to figure out how it would be to live like that. Could we ever know if there is another way to live? This leads me to predict that there will be a change in their community and that Jonas will find a different lifestyle similar to the one we live in. This book has really helped me to developed my thoughts and I believe that it is worth reading.
My reaction to this text was somewhat frustrated. I was frustrated because I was surprised that Larissa called Edna "just a birth mother". To me a birth mother is one of the noblest and most important jobs that someone can have. She is sacrificing her body to bring a new life into the world and that is something really important. I also felt a bit of irony given that Edna's Job was probably a lot more important than Larissas because for the community to survive, they need birth mothers to bring in new life.
3rd paragraph: Final thoughts and comments
Jonas's community has a lifestyle and certain life rules that we can't fully understand yet. Nevertheless, they are really interesting and I feel really eager to find out what will happen next. Jonas's community does not understand many things that we do. For example, freedom of speech, freedom to choose basically how to live our lives. This confuses me, and I try to figure out how it would be to live like that. Could we ever know if there is another way to live? This leads me to predict that there will be a change in their community and that Jonas will find a different lifestyle similar to the one we live in. This book has really helped me to developed my thoughts and I believe that it is worth reading.
I like that you brought up the point of the discrimination against birthmothers in this society. I strongly agree with you point, without birthmothers the community would eventually reach its end. Still people don't appreciate birthmothers, even if they are one of the main reasons she the community doesn't die. do you think the birthmother profession should have more meaning in the society?
ReplyDeleteI agree with your statement about birthmothers given that the community would disappear if birthmothers were not there to sustain the population. I also believe that Edna's life was more meaningful than many of the other people in the community because she gave life to another human being and that, I believe should be considered a meaningful life.
ReplyDeleteI thank you for your comments and I think that we share the same point of view and ideas. I can't wait to keep reading and find out what happens next in the book The Giver
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