Jonas

Jonas, later known as Leader, is the main protagonist in The Giver and a secondary character in Messenger and Son. He is a twelve-year-old boy who lives in an isolated community where everyone is assigned a role such as infant or Receiver of Memory. 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.
== Biography ==
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.
Category:Kids
Category:Male Heroes
Category:The Chosen One
Category:Martyr
Category:Freedom Fighters
Category:Nurturer
Category:Dystopian
Category:Rescuers
Category:Selfless