"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."

Pages 128-129

" Gabriel's breathing was even and deep. Jonas liked having him there, though he felt guilty about the secret. Each night he gave memories to Gabriel: memories of boat rides and picnics in the sun; memories of soft rainfall against windowpanes; memories of dancing bare-footed on a damp lawn.

"Gabe?"

The new child stirred slightly in his sleep, Jonas looked over at him.

"There could be love" Jonas whispered.

The next morning, for the first time, Jonas did not take his pill. Something within him, something that had grown there through the memories, told him to throw the pill away"

Pages 126-127

'Do you love me?'

There was an awkward silence for a moment. Then Father gave a little chuckle.' Jonas. You, of all people. Precision of language, please!'

'What do you mean?' Jonas asked. Amusement was not at all what he had anticipated.

'Your father means that you used a very generalized word, so meaningless that it's become almost obsolete,' his mother explained carefully.

Jonas stared at them. Meaningless? He had never before felt anything as meaningful at the memory.

'And of course our community can't smooth function smoothly if people don't use precise language. You could ask, 'Do you enjoy me?' The answer is 'Yes,' ' his mother said.

'Or,' his father suggested, ' 'Do you take pride in my accomplishments?' And the answer is wholeheartedly 'Yes.' '

'Do you understand why it's inappropriate to use a

word like "love"?' Mother asked.

Jonas nodded. 'Yes, thank you, I do,' he replied slowly.

It was his first lie to his parents."

Freedom is what might cause happiness. Without freedom, you will never see anything, but the same discoveries the same time, over and over again. This is what Jonas feels. In fact, from what I believe, Jonas' community does not feel much, for the thought of freedom. Some people become so greedy with the thought of freedom, they create war, and, of course, this was their Decision. Some were to crazy and started world wars. For example; Adolf Hitler. He was a man who first went to jail, because he had started to deceive the government, and based the aim of a revolution. He failed. Sooner he wrote a book called 'Mein Kampf' (My Struggle). After a few years, he created the idea of a world war.... And so... A World War took place in history.

Jonas had made a decision. He had decided to ask his parents if they 'loved' him. As an answer, his dad 'chuckled' and corrected him of 'vocab' usage. This shows the freedom that Jonas felt. He even lied at the end! For he knew his father and mother would not understand "strange," new concepts. Words that have a strong meaning, only to be diminished by the fact that, the committee had blocked the feelings.

In the passages, that the teacher, it shows freedom and choice. For Jonas had risked both, as he had taken it to the edge at the end of the story, when he leaves to join a new society "over there." (Quote from; The Giver, Written by Lois Lowry).