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Why do Jonas and the Giver think about release?
Who was Rosemary and why was she important.
“I had to Jonas. That was my job” What is the Giver referring to? (page 142)
Why did the Giver tell Jonas not to fall into the river?
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When someone is released, what happens to that person?
Why do Jonas and the Giver think about release?
In this section of the novel, Jonas finally discovers the true nature of release, which is shown on video to be euthanasia by lethal injection. The discovery forms a crucial turning point in the novel, as its revelation permanently alienates Jonas from his society in a way that Jonas's previous doubts about the absence of true families and love could not. Furthermore, Jonas's revulsion at the infant's death is conditioned in part by his new memories of death such as in war, which shows the seeming needlessness and horror of some deaths. Not having knowledge of the same experiences, people like Jonas's father and Fiona do not feel the same inner revulsion against euthanasia.
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