The reason why I think Jonas said this because people can't see color except for him and the Giver, people would have difficulties, emotions,etc.
I chose that people can't see color except for him and the Giver because Jonas feels that color adds a vibrancy that all community members should share. The people can't see color except for black and white, because if everything was the same, then there aren't any choices. It would also be a disadvantage for the eyes. Life would be boring if there weren't any colors in the world. When The Giver explains that Jonas is seeing color and Jonas gets upset, he's realizing that it's not fair that the people can't see things in color because life is more beautiful in color. Without color, people wouldn't get to know what things are like."'I want to wake up in the morning and decide things! A blue tunic, or a red one?' He looked down at himself, at the colorless fabric of his clothing. 'But it's all the same, always.'" Pg. 97. Red symbolizes enlightenment and the danger of the awakening of emotions and feelings. The red sleigh is a connection that The Giver uses to relate the excitement that having feelings and memories can provide but also the pain that they can evoke. Another scene in the story that uses red is when Jonas sees Fiona's hair change into the color of an apple for a brief moment. It is in this moment that Jonas is becoming aware of the differences he is feeling as compared to others in his society.
My reason why I chose people would have difficulties is because if a person wants to know what color the trees were people wouldn't have a clue because they can only see black and white. Obviously, the people would say black or white... If you were in the book and were drawing a picture, you would draw a white and black picture rather than a picture with colors. A film similar to the book is "Pleasantville". In humanities, we had to split into two groups. The Giver and the White Mountains. The Giver people watched a film called Pleasantville. Pleasantville is a place where everything is black and white similar to Jonas's world. It's all boring and colorless.
The reason why I chose emotions is because colors express emotions. When I was with Ms. Paz for trimester 1, she said that colors describe emotions such as green. Green is a color that represents calmness. Red is the first color that Jonas sees in the story. In the book, the only color that the people can see is white because black is not a color. Black is the absence of color so therefore it isn't a color. When there is no light, everything is black. But white is a color because it is the blending of all colors. Sunlight is white light that is composed of all colors of the spectrum. So therefore, black isn't a color because a black object absorbs all the colors of the visible spectrum and reflects none of them to the eyes. White is a color because white reflects all the colors of the visible light spectrum to the eyes. Anyway, yellow is a color that symbolizes happiness. If people couldn't see colors except for white, then people couldn't express their feelings by colors. So here are my reasons why I think that Jonas claimed in the story.
Sources: http://www.colormatters.com/vis_bk_white.html#Anchor-Part-47857
http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/14800000/justin-in-his-fav-color-justin-bieber-14855946-400-438.jpg
http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww172/karin_032/JUSTIN%20BIEBER/Justin-Bieber1.jpg
Here's a black and white photo of Justin Bieber
Here's a picture of Justin Bieber with color. See the diference?
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