The Giver By Lois Lowry

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A lot of hate, and dislike has been displayed, and spoken by the people. Many believe that ¨ The Giver¨ by Lois Lowry should not be read by twelve and thirteen year olds, because apparently they can't handle the truth. Just because adults want to protect their children, from the evil bad world, we can´t read a book. Nevertheless, choice is a major decisions of what people do, their actions. Jonas has changed significantly throughout ¨The Giver¨, because of the choices he has made.
In the beginning of ¨The Giver¨ by Lois Lowry, Jonas makes a choice, a decision, to bring an apple home, because he noticed a difference. For some reason, Jonas was the only one to notice this difference in the apple. Jonas made this choice knowing full well that sneaking a apple home, probably was against the rules. Therefore, there was a consequence, not a serious talk to him, or physical ¨talk¨, but an announcement to the WHOLE community that it is punishable for any snack, such as an apple, to be taken home { Lowry 3 }.
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Of course, Jonas has been trained to follow the rules, like a dog, all his life, but this was different, he had broken the rules before. A positive out come for Jonas, deciding not to tell people is the smartest choice he has made, if the people found out about the community, it would be chaos for eternity. Another choice, Jonas rules stated clearly that he was aloud to lie. He could've told one of his friends what was going on in training, but he didn´t, for the sake of the rules. { Lowry 10

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