The LandLady

Not trust before meeting

In the Roald Dahl story "The Landlady, Billy was sent to work on the city of Bath.When he got there he found a cheap hotel called Bed and Breakfast which was owned by a woman who seemed good and careless.When he got in he found out  that the room was perfect, but he was the only visitor on the hotel.While he was talking with the woman, she asked Billy to sing the guest book, he realised that on the guest book there were only two more visitors which somehow seemed familiar to him.He didn't remember from where he noticed that names and started to make questions to the woman about them, but there was no way he could remember.While he keeped thinking of the names the woman offered him tea which tasted like bitten almonds.Billy also found out that the woman had animals perfectly preserved which make him notice that something wrong was happening.When all of the suden he began to feel bad and realised that the women was not the kind of person he thought she was.


Roland is able to show and make us understand how the characters are in a physical and emotional way because of how he uses perfectly imagery.For example,

"He was wearing a new navy-blue overcoat, a new brown trilby hat, and a new brown suit, and he was feeling fine"(1)

We can see that Billy is a young man that is using new cloths,who is coming for work and because of how he is described we can see that he is a good person.

 Using the sense of smell, Roland is able to make us feel what Billy was feeling on that moment.For example when Billy started to feel a strange smell coming out.

"Now and again, he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell that seemed to emanate directly from her person. It was not in the least unpleasant, and it reminded him—well, he wasn’t quite sure what it reminded him of. Pickled walnuts? New leather? Or was it the corridors of a hospital?"(7)  

This story really cap the readers attention because of the interesting suspense the story has.We can learn from this story that we should not trust everyone that seems nice before really knowing the person. As we see we are not able to know what happened to Billy but we can infer that he was killed and preserved as the animals and the two more visitors.

Real World

There is no turning back. Jonas already realized that something wrong is happening in the community. Memories help Jonas realize that the world is planned to be perfect so people don't feel the pain.While Jonas has been receiving the memories he has been thinking about release, but he can't because in the rules Jonas is not allowed to be released. Jonas has the idea of releasing, so he ask the giver about release, The Giver was not happy with that question, he was sad. He told Jonas about Rose Mary that was a girl who was training to get ready for beining the new receiver of memories and that she was very important to him, because she was The Givers daughter. But on this chapters what has most impact Jonas was the release of the twins and see how his dad killed one of them by releasing him. Jonas is upset with his father so he didn't want to go home that night.

While I keep reading the book I have made a inference of what might happend. Jonas have been asking a lot of release and what will happen if he gets releases, I think that Jonas will be releasing himself of the community because he is not happy with all the pain he has to suffer. On page 139 on chapter 18 Jonas said:

¨I think about my own release when I am in an awful lot of pain.¨  

This quote make me inference that if Jonas will suffer one day a lot of pain he will decide to go and get released. 

I really want to know what will happen later, will Jonas release himself ? or does he will keep training so he can be the next receiver of memories? In my point of view i think he is going to get released, but how if he is not allowed to get released?

A Wrong Choice

Jonas now can see beyond the things and can feel and see the colors. On this chapters he received the memory of war and was able to see all war that had happened before. Now he is better on being the receiver and now he understands it better so when The Giver was feelings pain Jonas helped him and he felt better, The Giver is very proud about Jonas he had been a good person and have learned fast. Jonas have been asking to himself what wrong choices the society have made and what they can do so the future gets better. While I was Reading my thoughts about Jonas and that Gabe may be brothers were more strong, Jonas was able to make Gabe felt asleep when no one else can. The chapters are more interesting every time, as Jonas that is getting better on being the receiver. 









The Giver begin to suffer a lot pain and now that Jonas is more advance being a receiver on memory he help him and give him a mainghtfull memory so he will not suffer that much. On chapter 15 on page 118 The Giver told Jonas to take some of his pain and said: "Please, “he gasped, "take some of this pain."When I begin reading the book I thought that on that society they don't suffer pain, and less the person more important (the giver).Well they don’t have as much pain as our society but we can see that pain is everywhere. I think that with to many pain life will not make sense as with no pain , pain is part of life and everyone has to be fine with that because life when is only perfect and doesn’t have problems will not be a good life.

 

 

This society doesn’t suffer any pain so in my point of view that is not a good life. Jonas is going throw a lot of memories and experiences that are very special. This book have really cap everyone attention and make us have a lot of mysterious feelings. Now that Jonas is able to see beyond his life is getting more challenged and interesting.


 

Different way of looking to life.

It was the first time Jonas was going to meet with The Giver. This man gave Jonas different memories of something’s like snow, sunshine, sun burn. He began to imagine very awesome memories with those tree memories the old man give to him. While Jonas was so amazed with this he began to find the color red on Fiona’s hair, he was learning fast and be able to see beyond. Because of Jonas ability the old man decided to give him the memory of rainbow. Jonas have been learning very fast and giving good results with the things the giver ask him to make.

 



As we were talking in class about the difference between Honor and Power I been asking myself what is the difference between Honor and Power on Jonas society? I found this quote on page 84: ¨The man correct him. Honor, he said firmly. I have a great Honor. So will you. But you will find that  is not the same as power¨. The old man is very sure that what he has honor and not power. Is the definition of power and honor different from us?













In conclusion these chapters have been very important and Jonas has a different point of view about life. He have learned new things and have be able to understand better the perspective of his job.I think that Jonas will be happy to keep meeting with the old man so he can have more of this memories that he liked so much.

The Giver 5 to 8

On chapters 5 to 8 have happend a lot of important things. First Jonas had his first stirrings with Fiona and her mom gave him a pill so that wont happen again. He dirent want that his feelings for Fiona dissapear but he had no choice. After that Jonas was going to finally have his job he was the 20th to recive the job. Jonas was after Fiona and when it was Jonas time they skiped him. When the ceremony was coming to the end they told Jonas that he had been selected to be the next receiver of memories. Jonas was not so happy with his job , althought  it was the most important and the most difficult to get. Another thing that happend in this chapters is that baby Gabe have one year more on the nurturing center.Finallly this chapters have been very intrestings.









I have been thinking on this quote when Jonas eats the pills on page 39 "But the feelings had dissappeared.The strrings were gone". I ask to my self how can it exist a society as the one Jonas live in. Everyone is allowed to choose what they want and i really cannot understand that some one has to eat pills so they can stop feeling stirrings for a person.

In conclusión in this chapters i have many connections to the real world.It has been very intresting and it capt my attenton. Being selected for the most important job in Jonas society is a good thing and i think jonas has to appreciate more that.I also think that if Jonas is in love with Fiona he dont have to lose her because of the pills.

The Giver 1 to 4

Jonas lives in a community that everything is ruled all people in this society are the same so there is no diversity.He was very nervous about the job that he was going to get.Jonas was a kind of person that was out standing and responsable for his actions.The community was all controlled by the Elders.They tried to govern by equality but they don't realize the sooner or later the community is going to rebel. Jonas father brings a new baby to his house called Gabe that was similar as Jonas.When he goes to the House Of The Old his meets this new friends Fiona and Asher.


While I was Reading Ifound a quote that really makes me think of something.On page 20 that are talking about the eye colors of Gabe they say "It was the first thing Jonas noticed as he looked at the newchild peering up curiously from the bascket.The pale eyes".I wonder why does Jonas is so impressed of Gabe eyes,and why are they so different if in that society being different was bad.



In this daysIi have enjoy a lot this book , I have a lot of mistery in what would be Jonas job.I also have a lot of predictions and questions about this book , but i really recomend  to people to read it.I recomend to people who like to read and also to people that dont like because i am sure that when you begin reading it you will not stop.

I think this book will be about a boy (Jonas) that lifes a perfect life but not real life.Jonas will have to face the truth of his life and is going to pass throught many adventures.He will find a person that has all of the memories he has.It will be very difficult that Jonas becaeme to life a new type of life because now nothing is planned.In conclution i think this book will be fun and the dystopia is going to be intresting.

What Lowry says on the dedication page is that the future depends on the childrens of now.They can make a big change and on this book we might learn things that can help us on the future.

I think that on this book Jonas will learn a new type of living a life that is also going to help us the readers.