In the beginning of the book Jonas is a young boy who views his world the same way as everyone else in his society. There are some differences in Jonas though. He has eyes which are lighter than the others. The second difference is that when it comes time for him to be given an assignment at 12 years old, he is chosen to be a receiver. It appears that Jonas did not even know that there was such a position in his society.
Jonas begins to change from the first experience he has through the transference of the memories. The more memories Jonas receives, the more alienated from his society he becomes and the less tolerable he is of their way of life. The situation becomes so intolerable for Jonas that he decides to leave the community.
Jonas who generally obeyed the laws of the community, now makes a conscious effort to deny the laws and leave the community. He risks his life to leave the community and he takes the infant Gabriel along with him.
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