Words+not+Known+to+Jonas's+Community

Words not Known to Jonas’s Community Many words would not be in Jonas's dictionary. Here are four that stand out the most: Death: This would not be a word in the dictionary for many reasons. The first reason is that death is too harsh of a word for them to use in their world. Instead, they use the word loss, which is barely ever used because the council of elders tries to prevent a loss from happening. Another reason they don't use this word is because if death were to occur then it would cause the family experiencing the death to make a decision. The decision is to either to apply for another child as soon as possible or wait awhile. If they make the wrong decision then something bad could happen and everyone would suffer. Racism: Racism is one word that is unquestionably one of the worst words that could be in the dictionary. First off, racism could not occur because there is sameness. Nevertheless, if there is someone else like Jonas who knows the difference between everyone in the community, that person could make fun of the people who are different. This would also lead to them making decisions. Once again, they would have to decide how to cope with the racist comments. If they chose to ignore it then anger will build up inside of them and they will go psycho, and if they chose to fight then someone would get hurt. In either situation, the rules would be broken and it would be catastrophic. Struggle: In Jonas's world, everything is done for everyone. They don't have to experience anything harmful to them. The only person who experiences that is the Receiver-of-Memory. As the Giver constantly tells Jonas that no one may experience struggle, joy or hurt. If they would experience the true pain of struggle, it would take them many generations to learn how to deal with the struggle they go through. That is why struggle must not exist in Jonas's world because if it did it would be up to the Receiver of Memory to help everyone get through his or her time of struggle. Hatred: If hatred occurred in Jonas's world, it would be very different. Due to the fact that hatred does not exist in Jonas's world, everyone gets along. If people were to hate one another then they would start to fight and single out people who are different, or are hated by someone. As soon as that happens, the community would be divided and every one would hate someone else. They would not be able to co-operate and work together to solve the problem.