Question

The giver chapter 16

1. PLOT DEVELOPMENT with QUOTATION - Describe 3 of Jonas's most important discoveries in Chapter 16. Provide a quotation or passage from the text as evidence of each discovery.
Important Discovery
Quote/Passage as evidence of this discovery​

Answer 1

In Chapter 16 of The Giver, Jonas makes three important discoveries. He discovers the concept of color, realizes that love is not shared in the community, and learns about the true meaning of the Release Ceremony.

Step-by-step explanation:

Three Important Discoveries in Chapter 16 of The Giver

Discovery: Jonas discovers the concept of color
Quote: 'For the first time, he heard something that he knew to be music...And beneath the soothing words of the carol sung to the sleeping children.... he saw, he knew he saw, the light eyes of the old man, Jonas's eyes.' (Chapter 16)

Discovery: Jonas realizes that love is not shared in the community
Quote: '. . . but Jonas did not consider love as much as he had once, a male and a female who struggled and bruised each other as they made the effort to understand the rituals of mating.' (Chapter 16)

Discovery: Jonas learns about the Release Ceremony and its true meaning
Quote: '...and he knew that no one ever gained release.' (Chapter 16)