Jonas (The Giver)

Jonas, later known as Leader, is the main protagonist of The Giver Quartet serving as the main protagonist of The Giver and a secondary character in Messenger and Son. Upon finding out what a "release" is (meaning that his father makes a baby comfy only to inject him to death), he decides to save the infant "newchild" Gabe by sharing his memories with the latter.
Jonas is a young adult in the 2014 film of the novel's same name, played by Brenton Thwaites.
==Overview==
At the onset of the first book twelve-year-old Jonas is selected to become the next Receiver of Memory, who stores all the memories of the time before Sameness so they can aid the Community in making decisions the Elders lack the experience to make. As Jonas receives memories of beautiful things such as sunshine, love, and family, as well as terrible things like war and starvation, the more horrified he becomes at how emotionally sterile the community has to be in order to function at all, and he and the Giver set out to change things.
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