Sunday, July 4, 2010
Post 3: The world in Jonas's eyes
Photo Montage
Everything in Jonas's world has a nondescript shade, meaning every colour was just about the same shade as Jonas's own tunic. If there were crayons in Jonas's world, they would probably look the same. There would not be a variety of crayons to use since there were no colours.
If there were rainbows in Jonas's community, the rainbows would probably look like this. There would not be seven colours in the rainbow anymore, perhaps the rainbow will be only made up of one dull colour. The rainbow might not even be a rainbow, because everyone would only be able to see a curved streak of dull colour in the sky, not seven beautiful colours. Jonas's community will not know about rainbows at all, because they have not seen colours. They will not be able to identify rainbows unless they understand the concept of colours.
This comic shows Jonas and Asher throwing an apple forward and back during the recreation period. They had begun a simple game of catch and there was been nothing unusual about it because it was what they would usually play. As Jonas and Asher threw the apple back and forth, Jonas saw that the apple had changed in a way that he could not describe or understand. This made him feel surprised.
This picture shows Jonas holding the apple which had changed from a nondescript shade to red. Jonas had been completely mystified because he could not figure out what had happened to the apple as he had not seen the colour red before. Behind Jonas, The Giver is also holding an apple. This implies that The Giver had already known that Jonas had the Capacity to See Beyond. Jonas was constantly being observed by the Committee.
This is a picture of The Giver, whose job had aged him. The Giver's job is to transmit all of the memories within him to Jonas, who is the Receiver of Memory. Throughout the book, The Giver transmits memories of snow, sleds, hills, sunshine, sunburn, colours, rainbows, pain, war and family to Jonas. The Giver has a daughter called Rosemary who was once the Receiver of Memory before she applied for release.
This picture shows the memory of a wonderful sail that The Giver had given to him. In the memory, it was a bright, breezy day on a clear turquoise lake and above him the white sail of the boat was billowing as he moved along in the brisk wind. Jonas was not aware that he had given most of this memory to Gabriel as he lulled and patted Gabriel to sleep.
This is a picture that looks similar to The Giver's favourite memory. Although in the book it does not say what festival or occasion the people in The Giver's memory were celebrating, I know that they were celebrating Christmas. In the memory, the room was warm, with a firelight glowing on a hearth. There were coloured lights twinkling from a tree inside the room. Lighted candles cast a soft, flickering glow. This part of the memory given to Jonas is similar to the picture below.
This is a comic strip that shows what happened when Jonas saw that his friends, Fiona, Asher and several other children, were playing a game of war. When Asher pretended to fire at Jonas, Jonas did not respond. Instead, he struggled not to cry when he recalled the memory of war that he had received. Jonas saw the face of the boy who had lain dying on the field and had begged him for water. Unlike Jonas, Fiona and Asher did not know anything about war at all because they did not have any memory of it. Hence, they were puzzled and did not understand why Jonas pleaded with them to stop playing it. This made Jonas realise that he and his friends were different and such times of fun had been taken from him. 
If there were rainbows in Jonas's community, the rainbows would probably look like this. There would not be seven colours in the rainbow anymore, perhaps the rainbow will be only made up of one dull colour. The rainbow might not even be a rainbow, because everyone would only be able to see a curved streak of dull colour in the sky, not seven beautiful colours. Jonas's community will not know about rainbows at all, because they have not seen colours. They will not be able to identify rainbows unless they understand the concept of colours.
This comic shows Jonas and Asher throwing an apple forward and back during the recreation period. They had begun a simple game of catch and there was been nothing unusual about it because it was what they would usually play. As Jonas and Asher threw the apple back and forth, Jonas saw that the apple had changed in a way that he could not describe or understand. This made him feel surprised.
This picture shows Jonas holding the apple which had changed from a nondescript shade to red. Jonas had been completely mystified because he could not figure out what had happened to the apple as he had not seen the colour red before. Behind Jonas, The Giver is also holding an apple. This implies that The Giver had already known that Jonas had the Capacity to See Beyond. Jonas was constantly being observed by the Committee.
This is a picture of The Giver, whose job had aged him. The Giver's job is to transmit all of the memories within him to Jonas, who is the Receiver of Memory. Throughout the book, The Giver transmits memories of snow, sleds, hills, sunshine, sunburn, colours, rainbows, pain, war and family to Jonas. The Giver has a daughter called Rosemary who was once the Receiver of Memory before she applied for release.
This is a picture that looks similar to The Giver's favourite memory. Although in the book it does not say what festival or occasion the people in The Giver's memory were celebrating, I know that they were celebrating Christmas. In the memory, the room was warm, with a firelight glowing on a hearth. There were coloured lights twinkling from a tree inside the room. Lighted candles cast a soft, flickering glow. This part of the memory given to Jonas is similar to the picture below.
This is a comic strip that shows what happened when Jonas saw that his friends, Fiona, Asher and several other children, were playing a game of war. When Asher pretended to fire at Jonas, Jonas did not respond. Instead, he struggled not to cry when he recalled the memory of war that he had received. Jonas saw the face of the boy who had lain dying on the field and had begged him for water. Unlike Jonas, Fiona and Asher did not know anything about war at all because they did not have any memory of it. Hence, they were puzzled and did not understand why Jonas pleaded with them to stop playing it. This made Jonas realise that he and his friends were different and such times of fun had been taken from him. 