Oh honey, Jonas' tunic in "The Giver" is red. It's like a big red flag waving in your face, symbolizing all the drama and chaos that's about to go down in that dystopian world. So, if you see someone rocking a red tunic, you better buckle up because things are about to get real.
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He puts his hands on Jonas' bare back (Jonas has to take off his tunic) and thinks of a memory, which Jonas immediately sees.
Jonas learns what color is because the first day he talks to the givier and he tells him that it is color.
In a community with no love, color, or music.
Jonas received the sunshine memory from The Giver through the process of "transferring." The Giver transmitted the memory to Jonas by placing his hands on Jonas's bare back. Jonas then experienced the memory as if it were his own.
he wanted there to be choices. Not for everything to be the same. Jonas wanted to wake up in the morning and chose between a red tunic and a blue tunic.
In "The Giver," Jonas witnessed the phenomenon of color when the Giver showed him an apple and the color red. The Giver explained that before the community became "Sameness," people could see colors, but over time, they chose to eliminate them to create a more controlled society. Seeing the color red opened Jonas's eyes to the possibilities beyond what he had known.
In The Giver, all the people of the community are color blind, but since Jonas is The Giver, he can see colors. What happened to the apple was that he was able to see the color red.
In chapter 20, Jonas is wearing his Community Clothing, which is typically a tunic. This clothing represents equality and sameness among the members of the community.
Do you mean will he ever be able to see color? If that is your question, then yes. The Giver passes the memory of Rainbow to Jonas, so that he can receive all the different colors.
he wanted there to be choices. Not for everything to be the same. Jonas wanted to wake up in the morning and chose between a red tunic and a blue tunic.