CHARISMATIC CHARACTERS...

Howdy bloggers! How're you doing? If you're feeling as if you want to DIE, you MUST visit a psychiatrist or at least your therapist... If not, something will be very wrong... :P. Anyway, today I've decided to post the charismatic characteristics of the characters in the charming Giver!!! (How do you like my alliteration?!) I'll be comparing and contrasting the characteristics of the main characters, Jonas, his parents, Lily and Asher. Now you could at least get to know them well... :D

Jonas with the Giver (Isn't he cute!?)

Firstly, lets talk about Jonas. Jonas is an law-abiding boy. This can be seen through his precision of language, whereby he "was careful about language". This shows that Jonas takes the rules seriously. even the minor rules of the precision of language is important to him. This can be compared to his mother as well. His mother is law abiding as well since she "held a prominent position at the Department of Justice" so it should be natural for her to be following the laws. However, not everyone could be perfect, right? Jonas HAS committed minor transgressions such as the time when "he had taken the apple home, against the recreation area rules". This shows that even though Jonas tried his best to abide by the rules of his community, it was just not possible to do so at times. Anyway, he was not the only one who committed minor transgressions. Lily commits them, too, when she "call [ed] attention to Jonas's eyes" and "her hair ribbons were as usual undone and dangling". This proves that Lily might either not be aware of rules regarding hair ribbons and differentiating people, or it might hahve just slipped off her mind for a while. Yet, there's still a possibility that Lily let her hair ribbons dangling on purpose since she "don't [didn't] like hair ribbons". Furthermore, Asher broke the rules often when he "talked too fast and mixed things up". Asher did not care about the way he talks, much, but just continues talking, hence making his words "barely recognizable and often very funny" . Lastly, Jonas's father has committed minor transgressions, too, when he "looked to see if this [that] year's Naming list had been made yet", to check Gabriel's name. He knew that this was against the law but he acted against the rule just to find Gabe's name, to enhance his nurturing.

Jonas and his family also feel a sense of sympathy at certain parts of the novel, of certain things. For instance, Jonas said that he "feel [felt] a little sorry for him", "even though I [he] don't [didn't] even know him", when Lily was talking about the boy from another community, who didn't queue up for the slide. This explains that Jonas shows a sense of sympathy towards someone he doesn't even know or has met with. He understands how the poor boy would feel when he is visiting a new community with new rules and puts himself in the boy's shoes. Lily portrays the feeling of sympathy, too, when she said "I guess I feel a little sorry for. him. And sorry I made a fist."  This shows that she understands how the boy would feel when her family explains the possible reasons for his actions. She forgives him, and additionally, feels sympathetic too... (She is so understanding for a six-year-old...). Mother feels sympathetic when she confessed that she feels "frightened, too, for him". She shows sympathy even for law-breakers who repeatedly committing the crimes, for which he had already been "fairly punished". Jonas's father shows sympathy, too, when he "reached over and took her hand" when she was feeling frustrated and sympathetic towards the law-breaker. He comforts his Spouse by patting her arm and showing her that he feels for her (Ahhh... How sweet...)

I wanted to keep the most significant characteristic for the last, so I can end with a BOOM!!! Jonas is perceptive. He noticed that "the apple had changed", which the rest of the citizens in the community (except the Giver) can't notice. He was able to see the colour red even before he was officially selected as the Receiver of Memory. In the future, this developed into the Capacity to see Beyond, whereby he starts seeing all the colours and even "keep" them. Moreover, he questioned the rules regarding nakedness, thinking that "he couldn't see why it was necessary". He starts questioning such rules in the community, which the rest of the citizens don't. This shows that he looks at things from a different perspective, compared to the citizens of the community. Furthermore, "he thought that he had liked the feelings that his mother had called Stirrings". This further proves the fact that he started to feel the feelings such as love, which the rest of the community is not able to experience. Jonas has insights that others don't have, and this sets him APART from the rest of the community.

Well, that's all I have for today... I hope that you got to know more about the characters... Bye bye and have a Fabulous Fiesta of Fantasy... Subi... :)