Outside Reading Blog #9: The Giver

Jonas is still curious about the releasing of the new born twins. The Receiver tells him that being the Receiver gives him the right to know everything that goes around the community. So he has the right to go and watch his father release one of the twins. He first weighs both of them then he takes the lowest weighted one and injects something into its head. Jonas then realizes that he is dead and is overwhelmed with horror on what release really means. He cries and does not want to go home knowing that his father had lied to him. The Receiver allows Jonas to spend the night over and then they come up with a plan. Jonas will escape the community leaving all his memories to all the community.