The Giver | Jonas
Jonas, the main character of the novel, unlike his friend Asher, is careful about language. He searches for the right words to describe his feelings. The opening of the book establishes him as age eleven, apprehensive about the approaching December, when the annual Ceremony will be held and Assignments will be given to all those in his year group.
He gets on reasonably well with his peers and has friends of both sexes (Asher and Fiona). But he feels different. Physically he has pale eyes, whereas nearly everybody else has brown eyes. Other eleven-year-olds are able to predict...
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