Why does Jonas decide that it might be unsafe to let people make their own choices?

Why does Jonas decide that it might be unsafe to let people make their own choices?

He decides that it is unfair that nothing in his society has color—he wants to have the freedom to choose between things that are different. Then he realizes that if people had the power to make choices, they might make the wrong choices.

What reason does the giver give for members of the community not being allowed choices?

What reason does the Giver give for members of the community NOT being allowed choices? The community would become chaotic. They will ruin the sense of order.

What is Jonas allowed to do that other members of the community are not?

The rules that permit him to act differently—he is permitted to be rude and to lie, among other things—encourage him to think differently: his permission to lie makes him wonder for the first time if other people in his society are permitted to lie too.

Why does Jonas’s community have so many rules?

The reason there are so many rules in Jonas’s community is that they are used to maintain social order. Sameness is a very important concept to the community. It keeps everyone from ever feeling uncomfortable. The rules not only enforce Sameness but ensure that people always know exactly what to do.

Why couldnt the community have choices?

Why couldn’t the community have choices? -‐The community couldn’t have choices because they wanted to keep people from making the wrong choices.

Why it will be difficult for Jonas to have a spouse?

The main reason Jonas cannot have a spouse is that he cannot raise children. He would not be able to love his children, he could not share memories with them, and he would have to have no meaningful contact with them once they aged into adulthood. Since the others have no feelings, this is no problem for them.

How do the rules in the community affect Jonas’s choices?

Overall, the community’s oppressive rules and regulations motivate Jonas to escape with Gabriel to save his life while permanently altering the community’s culture. In this dystopia, the members of society are expected to blindly obey all the rules.

How do the rules in the community affect Jonas’s choices *?

How does Jonas’s community work in the book?

Though everyone who grows up in Jonas’s community is considered equal, people who do not fit into the ideals of productive society are “released.” Jonas’s society is implied to be a self-sustaining one. At the age of twelve, community members are given their Assignment, or occupation.

Why are there no hills in Jonas’s community?

There are no hills in Jonas’s community to make transportation more efficient. The climate is controlled to ensure a successful harvest each year. The citizens in Jonas’s community are under constant surveillance and forced to obey strict laws, which are enforced and announced over the Speaker.

Why do people not make their own choices in the giver?

In Chapter 13 Jonas questions why people in the community cannot make their own choices and The Giver provides one main reason: they might make the wrong ones. As a result, no individual feels the disappointment that comes with making an incorrect choice.

How is Jonas’s society different in the giver?

Another difference is that knowledge is censored in Jonas’s society. The Giver is the only person in Jonas’s community with access to a variety of books from the past and the authority to ask certain questions. The only books citizens can access are the reference volumes and the Book of Rules inside their dwellings.