Jonas'+Dictionary


 * Jonas’ Dictionary**

Some words that would be in Jonas’ dictionary could be:

Community: The word community would be in Jonas’ dictionary because it symbolizes where a group of people lives. Without this word, Jonas’ fellow people would not have a word to refer to the place that they live in.

Size: This is a universal word that defines all things, be it drawings or people.

Shape: This is another general word used to describe anything.

Some words that would not be in Jonas’ dictionary could be:

Death: In Jonas’ world, death is referred to as either Release or Loss, depending on the case. Release is when a Nurturer or person who cares for the Old gives a lethal injection to a patient, but Loss is when someone either accidentally dies or they kill themselves.

Pain: This word would not be in Jonas’ dictionary because without the memories, nobody ever feels real pain in his world. This means that the word pain would not be in Jonas’ dictionary.

Color: Nothing has any color in Jonas’ world; it’s all black and white to them. Only Receivers of Memories can see the colors, but they are kept a secret from everyone else. If the word color was in Jonas’ dictionary, then nobody would know what it means anyway.

War: War would not be in Jonas’ dictionary because in his world, war is nonexistent. The only reference to war is when the Giver gives Jonas the memory of war. Also, war is impossible in Jonas’ world because there is nothing to fight over.