Reading Guide for Chapters 8 and 9


 

Annotation for Chapter 8

 

First, read chapter 8 and annotate:

 

          Underline any rules you read.

 

          Underline examples that show Sameness or conformity.

 

          Underline examples that show that this society controls its people.

         

          Underline examples of no feeling.

 

 

 

Questions for Chapter 9

 

1. Which of the rules in Jonas's list of instructions for becoming the Receiver of Memory surprises you the most and why?

 

2. Jonas begins to doubt his community for the first time.  Which rule from his list of instructions gives him this doubt and what is the doubt or fear that he has?

 

 

Preparation for Discussion

 

Imagine a world like Jonas's in which there is no color, no smells, no physical or emotional pain, no sensations of weather or climate...

Imagine you meet a person from that world, and it is your job to describe an experience from your world that will give him/her some idea of what your world is like.

 

What experience would you choose?  This must be a single experience.  It must be your own experience.  It must be less that ten minutes long.

 

Come to class prepared to explain the experience you would choose and why you would choose it. 

Why would it be the best experience to give someone like Jonas an idea of all of the sensations he has never felt?

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