Literature Analysis Questions #2

Gabriel - The "newchild" that Jonas’s family cares for at night. He is sweet and adorable during the day, but has trouble sleeping at night unless Jonas puts him to sleep with some memories. He and Jonas become very close. Asher - Jonas’s best friend. Asher is a fun-loving, hasty boy who usually speaks too fast, mixing up his words to the exasperation of his teachers and Jonas. He is assigned the position of Assistant Director of Recreation. Fiona - Another of Jonas’s friends. She has red hair, which only Jonas can see, and works as a Caretaker in the House of the Old. She is mild-mannered and patient. Jonas’s first sexual stirrings come in the form of an erotic dream about Fiona. Larissa - A woman living in the House of the Old. Jonas shares pleasant conversation with her while he gives her a bath during his volunteer hours. Like many inhabitants of the House of the Old, she enjoys gossip and looks forward to her release. The Chief Elder - The elected leader of Jonas’s community. She to shows genuine affection for all of the children at the Ceremony of Twelve, knowing of their names and an anecdote about each one. I think the theme of this story was:fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. I think that the author does a good job of describing who the characters are but I don't think that Lois Lowry did a good job of describing how the characters look like. For example, the only thing that I remember about Jonas is that his eyes are different then everybody else and people think that is very different to have lighter color eyes then everyone. After reading this book I thought that I really meet jonas and how he went though his life. Also I think that I met all the characters because the story showed me that everyone had a role to their life no matter what it is.