Gabriel's breathing was even and deep. Jonas liked having him there, though he felt guilty about the secret. Each night he gave memories to Gabriel: memories of boat rides and picnics in the sun; memories of soft rainfall against windowpanes; memories of dancing bare-footed on a damp lawn.
"Gabe?"
The new child stirred slightly in his sleep, Jonas looked over at him.
"There could be love" Jonas whispered.
The next morning, for the first time, Jonas did not take his pill. Something within him, something that had grown there through the memories, told him to throw the pill away"
This is a part of the book the giver. I have to read the above quote and relate it to choice and freedom.
In this passage Jonas says that there could be love in this world. I think this is a statement that if it came true would require some freedom. Freedom to love who ever you want and to chose to love them if you so wish. Love is an emotion that as I have said before can make those who are expeiriencing it do irrational things that if they thought about, they would not want to do. There isa choice in wanting to do these things, and you must first have the freedom to love before you can have the choice to do these things.
In this passage Jonas also throws away the pill for the first time. The pill is something that stops Jonas from having wet dreams and lust, and perhaps even love. With the choice to throw these pills away Jonas is taking a choice for love, and therefore a choice for freedom. The things called freedom and choice though huge and cumbersome concepts can be linked through the statement "freedom of choice". Jonas appears to have achieved this freedom in his own head in a very small way, it seems he has the freedom to chose to disregard the rules and stop taking the pill. In this sate of mind Jonas is exactly what he shouldn't be in this world.
This is what these words tell me about freedom, choice and Jonas.
This is
AlexK
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