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The name 'Jonas' is a variation of the name 'Jonah' and in the Bible, Jonah was commissioned by the Lord to proclaim judgment on a sinful city. So, Lois Lowry may have chosen the name 'Jonas/Jonah' to show that Jonas was going to somehow bring his city out of its sheltered and sinful ways, and give them memories again, of the good and bad.

An example of the way Jonas's city was sinful is when the smallest of the twins was killed.

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