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I think Jonas is pretty cautious, curious, and smart. He actually thinks about the rules and ways of his community, which is different from most people who just go along with everything. He’s definitely a deep thinker—like when it comes to the apple, he tries to figure out what’s going on with it instead of just accepting it. Plus, he’s caring too; he worries about Asher’s assignment and looks after Gabe.

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I believe that Jonas is a kind-hearted, curious, and observant young man. He often questions things out of curiosity, like when he asks Larissa where people went after their release. I also noticed that he has a keen eye for his age, because he noticed peculiar changes in the apple mid-air, while he and Asher were tossing it back and forth. Finally, I believe that Jonas has a pure heart, as he puts a smile on everyone's faces everywhere he goes. I can tell people feel comfortable around Jonas, as he is greeted with a warm welcome by whoever he talks to.

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Jonas is a curious kid and is learning more because the Ceremony of Twelve is a big thing in his society and he is approaching this age. He is learning a lot more about his world and is revealing some secrets like the release. He is also found questioning things and making deeper judgements proving he is a deep-thinker and a curious boy.

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“ He had waited for a long time for this special December.”

“But there was a little shudder of nervousness when he thought about it, about what happen. Apprehensive, Jonas decided. That’s what I am.”

With these pieces of evidence we can see that jonas struggles to describe what feeling he is going through with the ceremony of twelve coming up, but after being very nervous and constantly thinking about the ceremony of twelve, he figures out he is feeling apprehensive

“I worry a little about Asher’s Assignement Jonas confessed…. Asher’s such fun. But he doesn’t have any serious interests. He makes a game about everything.”

With this piece of dialogue from Jonas we can see that jonas cares about others and what will happen to them as he worries to what ashers assignment will be

Jonas does not talk much and is not very social as he only mostly only thinks to himself about his past times and events that happened. As through the chapters of 1-5 he only talks to himself as he thinks about many thinks. He is still respected by others.

“Jonas felt miserable. Just when the ceremony was about to happen, his ceremony of twelve would he have to go away someplace for treatment? Jut because of a stupid dream.”

After this piece of evidence, we can see that Jonas is very cautious and cares about his future adult life as we can see that he cares about his adult life and assignment as he never want to miss out on the ceremony of twelve.

Jonas had pale blue eyes and he also wore a tunic not much is given on his apperance

“But there were a few exceptions, Jonas himself..”

With his pale blue eyes he is also one of the expectations so he has a rare trait.

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Jonas is caring, curious, friendly, and a deep thinker. This is because he is constantly thinking about others like Asher. Another point is that everyone is very friendly to him probably since he is to them and he’s a likable person. He wants to know things, and he was investigating the apple since he was wondering what was happening. Also he asks about things like what happens when you get released. He also remembers all these little details.

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I believe that Jonas is curious, reflective, and kind. He is a very deep thinker that ponders about the past, often found questioning things. His curiosity allows him to make deeper judgments and notice more than others. This can be seen when he recalls a memory about the apple, something he stole from the recreation area, that seemed to change midair. This proves that he is far more observant than others since no one else seemed to notice. He also has a very kind and positive personality and everyone seems to enjoy his presence, showing respect and friendliness towards him.

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Jonas is very observant like for example when Asher and him were playing with the apple he discovered that there was something strange about the apple. This shows that he pays attention to his surroundings.

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I think Jonas is very observant and nice. He also isn't messy. He follows the rules that the government tells them to do. He also noticed the weird thing that happened with the apple. When he asked him about it asher did not notice anything so this means that Jonas is especially observant. He's very caring about how he is scared Asher will not get a good job. But he also gets very anxious too, in the start it starts talking about he is very scared and anxious for the ceremony.

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Jonas Character Traits

I think and believe that Jonas's characteristics are curiosity, caring, fearful, anxious, and Unique. I feel like Jonas is a deep thinker and has a curiosity because for example, the apple thing, he thought about that deeply unlike other people. At first, I thought Jonas was just an ordinary boy but after reading the first few chapters I found out no only he is a deep thinker and a very caring person. This is because he was caring to Asher about his job is. He is also apprehensive by also being a deep thinker.

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My new thoughts and ideas about Jonas are that he is curious, anxious, fearful, caring, comfortable, romantic, uncommon, and unique. I thought Jonas was just an ordinary boy who was kind, respectful, and caring. But, after analyzing it thoroughly I have discovered there is way more to this. I believe that Jonas is a philosopher as he is a great and deep thinker and is analyst due to his creativity and uncommonness.

ACTION:- Curious

Evidence: Chapter 3 page: 31

“But, he had taken the apple home, against the recreation area rules.”

“He had held a magnifying glass to it.”

SPEECH:- Anxious and Fearful

Evidence: Chapter 1 page: 12

“I’m feeling apprehensive,” he confessed, glad that the appropriate descriptive word that had finally come to him.”

TREATMENT:- Caring and Comfortable

Evidence: Chapter 2 page: 21

“I worry a little about Asher’s Assignment,” Jonas confessed.”

Chapter 4 page: 37

“He passed a Caretaker walking slowly with one of the Old in the hall. “Hello, Jonas,” the young uniformed man said, smiling pleasantly.”

THOUGHTS:- Romantic

Evidence: Chapter 5 page: 45

“I wanted her to take off her clothes and get into the tub,” he explained quickly.” “I wanted to bathe her.”

APPEARANCE:- Uncommon and Unique

Evidence: Chapter 3 page: 25

“And he has funny eyes like yours, Jonas!” Jonas glared at her.

“The pale eyes.”

Chapter 4 page: 37

“He removed his tunic, hung it carefully on a wall hook, and put on the volunteer’s smock that was folded on a shelf.”

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I believe that Jonas is cautious, curious, and smart. Jonas reflects on the rules and norms of his community, unlike other people who don’t question it. He’s also a deep thinker, like with the apple. He tries to understand what happens to the apple instead of not questioning it. Another one of his personality traits is caring. He is worried about Asher's assignment, and he also cares for Gabe.

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Jonas Character Traits is he is curious, cautious, caring, and smart. He trys his best to understand the world around him, one of the examples is the apple one. He is very caring around everyone like Asher and Gabriel. He also intelligent because he thinks before he speaks.

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He is curious because when that apple changed shape instead of just ignoring it he took it home against the rules and studied the apple. Jonas is also apprehensive because he does not know what is job is going to be in assigned the Ceremony of Twelve.

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ACTIONS: Jonas is reflective, curious, and intelligent. When Jonas noticed the apple changing, he thought very deeply about it and decided to study it. He didn’t shake off the incident at all, and instead, thought about it and analyzed the apple. Jonas is a very curious person and reflects on events. This also shows me Jonas is a very smart person.

SPEECH: Jonas is mindful. Jonas is very careful with his language. One time, when Asher made a mistake, Jonas yelled out “That’s it, Asher! You’re released!” Jonas was then talked to by the coach about the consequences of the joke. Jonas then thinks before he speaks, showing me he is “very demure, very mindful” of his words. Jonas also gets to school on time, showing me that he is mindful of time and school.

TREATMENT: Jonas is respectful to people. People seem to be comfortable around Jonas. For example, when Jonas walked into the Nurturing Center, the attendant at the front desk welcomed him, and seemed to have known who he was. As Jonas walks to the bathing room, he is greeted by a Caretaker and an Old. People seem to be comfortable and welcoming to Jonas. Jonas also has a bestie named Asher. Asher and Jonas are great friends, showing me that Jonas is a likeable person. When Jonas washed Larissa the Old, he was kind and mindful of her. Larissa felt very trusting and comfortable of Jonas, showing that Jonas is a respectful and safe person to be around.

THOUGHTS: Jonas is thoughtful. Whenever he discovers something, he doesn’t just let it slide. He thinks deeply about the topic. For example, the weird apple. When he discovered the weird thing about the apple, he decided to further discover more about the apple in his room. Jonas also thinks about one of the most important events of his life, the Ceremony of Twelve. He worries and thinks about his future. This shows me that Jonas is a very thoughtful person, and what I mean by that is that he thinks many thoughts.

APPEARANCE: According to chapter 3, page 25, Lily makes a comment about Jonas’s “light eyes.” This tells me Jonas has light colored eyes. The book describes how dark eyes were more common than light eyes. So, Jonas’s eyes weren’t as common.

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Jonas Character Traits - Worried, Curious, Apprehensive

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Jonas Character Traits - Worried, Curious, Apprehensive

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He is worried, mostly curious and apprehensive

Reasons and Evidence:

- “Apprehensive, Jonas decided. That’s what I am

- “Ceremony of Twelve that I’m apprehensive about…” Shows his concerns about his future; nervous

- “Jonas shivered…The Ceremony of Twelve was the last of the ceremonies. The most important

- “... Hadn’t had the slightest idea what Assignment the Elders would be selecting for his future…” Shoes his anticipation for his job

Overall, we can see that Jonas is nervous and curious about his assignment, and his concern over how it will impact him.

Some good music that represents his traits is The Imitation Game Soundtrack. This seems like a nice song that fits Jonas’ traits. It has the right amount of suspense that echoes his tense anticipation for his assignment, while at the same time, it’s not too suspenseful, but creates a curious, slightly nervous atmosphere that shows his feelings at the beginning throughout Chapter 2.

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I believe that Jonas is curious/cautious, caring, and intelligent. He is curious/cautious because he questions a lot of things and tries his best to understand the world around him, such as with the apple situation. He is caring because he cares about everyone, such as when he worries about Asher and Gabriel. He is intelligent because he always thinks before he speaks and sees when others could’ve chosen words better.

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I think Jonas is very frightened/scared about many things such as the Ceremony of Twelve, which is coming up soon in the book. He is also scared about if Asher is going to get an assignment because he doesn't take anything seriously.

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Jonas has quite a few character traits, including a great thinker, Curious, caring and worrying for others, and finally is Apprehensive.

The first character trait that I am going to talk about is Jonas being Caring and worrying for others. In the text, we can see that when he and his parent start to talk about assignments Jonas thinks about Asher and his assignment Jonas worries that Asher might not get an assignment as Asher always makes a game out of every single thing, but his parents comfort him by saying that elders always know what assignment to give.

The next character trait of Jonas was a great thinker. He is a great thinker because through chapters 1-5 he has thought of many past times and events in great detail explaining and thinking back to what happened very precisely. One example of this in the text is that In the first chapter, he thought about the situation when the pilot accidentally flew over the society and was then said to be released. In the situation, he clearly thought back and explained everything that happened in the situation super clearly. So overall with this, we can see that Jonas is a very good thinker in general, and is one of his great character traits.

One of the final character traits that I will talk about is him being apprehensive. In the text, he kept on thinking about the ceremony and did not know how to describe the specific emotion that he was having about the ceremony so after he figured out that he was eager and nervous he figured out the he was apprehensive about the ceremony. With this characteristic we can see how he is feeling about the ceremony as we can see that he is not only nervous he is also eager for the ceremony. This was one of his main characteristics in chapters 1-5.

To conclude these are the main characteristic I saw that Jonas showed in chapters 1-5.

-Mukundan.T

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I think Jonas is a very cautious person who thinks twice about doing anything. He is apprehensive about the ceremony of twelve which leads me to believe that he is questioning his community's laws.

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I think Jonas is a very deep thinker, and, taking into consideration the apple, may cause the destruction of the “utopian” community due to his questioning of the laws set.

(...also, some good music for Jonas would be some kind of hold, study music with a little bit of inclines and declines in suspense to resemble Jonas figuring out the answers to his questions.)