The pain of memories

This week I read chapters 13 through 16 and it contained plenty of important and interesting development in the plot. First, we see that Jonas was starting to control its powers and started to see color. This was very interesting because we see what Jonas was thinking and what he was feeling. Later, we see the Giver in pain and Jonas helps him by taking some of the pain away. This memory is very painful and is a memory of war. After seeing this, Jonas changes his mind and wants everything to be as it once was. Because of all of this pain, the Giver counteracts it with the memory of Christmas and the emotion of love. And finally, we learn that people do not know love.

Jonas did not want to go back. He didn't want the memories, didn´t want the honor, didn't want the wisdom, didn´t want the pain.

In this quote I can see what Jonas feels. He finally understood the pain that the Giver had been feeling and it was something horrible. I was very surprised. I did not expect Jonas to be weak. I personally thought that he had been chosen because of his tolerance to pain and because of his bravery. I expected Jonas to be the strongest being in the whole community. Although, I kind of expected it to happen at some point. After seeing this, I was eager to know what would happen next. Although I do not think war will be the worst memory.

In the end of the chapter I was troubled with the fact that Jonas´s community did not have love. In the end of chapter 16 we learned that Jonas' relatives don't know love and Jonas is troubled by that. In my opinion this is really sad because they have never told Jonas that they love him like a normal father in our
community would do. I have really liked this book and can't wait to continue reading to find out what happens next.