What I learned was the stirrings, the pills, the community, could mean that there are very strict rules. All of these key points means that Jonas is living in a false community.
Month: November 2014 (Page 10 of 11)
Jonas lives In a stripped or poor community. So maybe stirrings Is a disease that Messes with your dreams That makes you dream of someone “Sexually”. They want to make stirrings go away because people can sexually harass someone and not be Interested In his/her partner In a family unit.
I think Jonas community is much regulated so they have a ton of different rules which I would think are hard to follow like you can’t be late or else you’re going to have to say an apology. I guess they’d be used to them already. Jonas has these strange dreams called stirrings. My partner and I thought that the stirrings can tell you your future role is going to be and we also discussed that maybe the “government” is hiding secrets from the community like bad secrets so they try to hide them by giving everyone pills. I think they want to keep people from knowing their future roles is because it is part of the rules and the government is crazy about rules.
My ah-ha moment was when I read this chapter it gave me a better understanding of the community that they live in to me it seems like they don’t want people to really love or know the meaning of love. It kind of seems like they want to keep everyone the same not letting them have a relationship with each other they just want to keep everyone like clones where they all act the same, think the same and even live the same life. They want to keep everyone in line and have a perfect community a world where there life’s are planned out for them so they don’t want anyone to make a choice for themselves it seems like they are puppets and the elders are the controllers
1. Age of 5 ceremonies:
You get your toys on the age of 5 and the toys are boys get robots and girls get dolls.
So the ceremony is like this:
There is a little stage and a group of 5’s go up on the stage and they get there toys and they get to choose which robot or dolls you want and the group are separate like boys in the boys side and girls in the girls side.
2. Age of 9 ceremonies:
You get your bicycle or mountain or a scooter. You use the bicycle or stuff to go to school or market or more.
So the ceremony is like this:
You get on the stage and get the things.
3. Age of 10 ceremonies:
Your toys are all taken away from the ceremony and get a brain using board game example monopoly. You’re allowed to play with your family and have fun but this game of board games will get you IQ better and better.
The ceremony is like this:
You go up the stage of a group of 10’s and they take away all your toys and give you a board game and choose your own board game. You go home and you play with your family members.
4. Age of 11 ceremonies:
You get your computer on the age of 11 and the computer is for writing and work like for school homework.
The ceremony is like this:
You go on the stage and just get the computer.
-Jisu
When I turned 9, I joined soccer. As a reward, I got a soccer net. When I turned 2, I got my first tricycle. When I turned 10, I joined UCMAS. As a reward, I got my first abacus.
Jonas was at elderly bathing area he had the stirring about Fiona.
And he had to have the pill because stirrings give you a sense of leader ship.
They don’t want people to be leaders they want them to be obeying the rules and not questioning the rules for the community.
So that’s why they need to take this pill to stop there sense of power or leader ship.
I think the stirrings are like your first crush, the first girl or boy you actually like. But I think the community people give you pills to prevent stirrings, because, maybe in the future you’re not allowed to pick your spouse. They don’t want you to have feelings for someone, or else you may not love the person they give you. I’m really interested to keep reading. I want to know the true meanings of stirrings. It’s crazy how much these people want to make this a perfect utopian society. It’s like everything needs to be exact and in order. I definitely wouldn’t want to live there!
-Jaime
Hi everyone! These are some “ah-ha” moments that I had reading when reading The Giver, Chapter 5. I found out that the stirrings can be good for Jonas, but bad for the community. Stirrings could be connected to their birthmother and maybe even their future or past! I learned that Jonas is from a strict community where they want to avoid the “disease” (stirrings), so they give everyone pills. Stirrings could get worse later in life if not taken the pills. I think that Jonas likes the stirrings, so he might not want to take the pills.
This book has intrigued me in so many ways.
-Maria
I think the stirrings are like dreams and the future stuff that might happen.They might cause bad dreams and desices. They don’t want stirrings because they don’t want them to have any kids and they can’t have much emotion. Stirrings can’t be allowed in the community so they take a pill once they become twelves, so they take a pill for the stirrings.