Introduction
BC Journal 10:
The chapter brings a keen and explanatory view of issues as regarding to the antagonistic aspects in the book. For example ‘release'. Personally, I think along the same line with ‘The Giver' in that, endorsing ‘release' is one of the absolute lessons Jonas must absorb in his alleyway toward wisdom. I further echo the views that through exposure, Jonas would be able to have a vivid and a wider view regarding the radical and dynamic society in which he lives. Hence, my view is that the society is cruel and uncouth in handling human life. This is witnessed when Jonas' father kills a young child by injecting it with a syringe on its' forehead. Hence, the term ‘release' comes out vividly as taking away human lives.
On the other end, Jonas thinks that the society is apprehensive and harsh. He gets horrified and feels betrayed by the fact that his father did engage in the heinous inhumane activity of killing a young one. For instance, "There are two identical twin babies on the bed. After weighing them, Jonas's father hands over one of the babies to the assistant who walks out of the room. Jonas tells The Giver that his father will clean the other baby, but instead, his father inserts a syringe into the new child's forehead. After all the liquid in the syringe has been injected, the child moves for a while until it falls limp (147)." This illustrates the fact that Jonas feels that his father actually killed a new born. These infants' deaths seem horrific to him to the extent that he decides to change and plan to run away. These dying embers in the newborn's eyes and echoes of its' sound brings pain, thirst, and misery to him.
This heinous inhumane acts that the community advocates pisses Jonas off. This brings a very rocky relationship one of loath to both his family and the community. The fact is that his father gives a lethal injection to a newborn that causes its demise. This brings the unequivocal disgust to him, and his ties with his society and all he has in mind is to ask ‘The giver' to help him run away. "Jonas feels a ripping sensation inside himself, the feeling of terrible pain clawing its way forward to emerge in a cry (151)."
BC Journal 11:
Jonas and the Giver have made a plan to help him escape. This is to help him leave all the memories and inhumane activities in his community. They expect that the community will mourn and ask more questions about his demise in the river. ‘The giver' clarifies to Jonas that he would perform the loss ritual and help him escape to the next village. The emotions engulfed these two individuals and instead of devising a plan to save the whole community; they started caring about their emotions and compassion. Learning that Gabriel a baby staying with his family would be "released", Jonas aborts his plan and decides to run away with him using his father's bicycle. This made the plan go wrong. "Jonas is outraged. (150)"
BC Journal 12:
I think that at the end of the book, Jonas ability to "see beyond" (148), would lead him to escape to a safer place with baby Gabriel. I think and feel optimistic about the whole issues ahead of Jonas and baby Gabriel. Their future and that of the society is not unfolded as bright but shaky. Also running away in the cold and midst of starvation, Jonas and Gabriel's health issues are at stake and definitely their future unresolved in the new home. In addition, the society in which ‘The Giver' is left to tend is unpredictable and on my view suffering would continue to take the center stage in their lives causing social quagmires.
Work Cited
Lois Lowry. The Giver. 1993. Print.
