Why did Jonas not take his pill?

Jonas stops taking the pills just so he can experience the sensation of wanting something, not because he has hopes to start a sexual relationship with another person. He wants to feel capable of making choices, and he wants to want things—nothing will change if he does not want it to very badly.
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What happened when Jonas stopped taking his pills?

Four weeks after Jonas stops taking his pills, an unscheduled holiday is declared in the community. His Stirrings have returned, and he has pleasurable dreams that make him feel a little guilty, but he refuses to give up the heightened feelings that the Stirrings and his wonderful memories have given him.
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Why does Jonas take the pill?

According to community rules, Jonas must take a pill to stop “the stirrings,” or the onset of sexual desire during puberty. Jonas's mother gives him the pills after he talks about an erotic dream in which he wanted to bathe Fiona, which reveals Jonas's burgeoning sexuality.
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Why did Jonas stop taking his pill select two *?

Answers 1. In learning about love, Jonas somehow knew inside that he was supposed to "feel" emotion. Thus, he stopped taking his pills. through the memories, told him to throw the pill away.
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How long will Jonas have to take the pills?

These pills are taken by children in the early stages of adolescence, and then for the rest of their lives, including as adults, until they are released.
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How did Jonas feel about taking the pills?

Jonas is pleased to have grown up enough to have to take the pills, but he tries to remember the dream—he liked the feelings it gave him. However, the pill works quickly, and the pleasures of the dream are gone.
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How do they get pregnant in The Giver?

The birth mothers stop taking the pills while they are being used as birthmothers. It doesn't talk about birthfathers in any of the books but it explains that the girls become pregnant through artificial insemination. For three years they are used as wombs.
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What was the treatment for stirrings?

In The Giver, the treatment for stirrings is a small pill taken every morning.
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What are stirrings?

noun Usually stirrings . a mental impulse, sensation, or feeling: stirrings of hope. a small movement: the best thing she could do was to pretend that her husband's nocturnal stirrings didn't wake her.
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What does Jonas's father do when the identical twins are born?

What would the father do the next day when the identical twins were born? He had to weigh them, keep the heavier one, and Release the smaller of the two.
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What happy warm memory does Jonas receive before he stops taking his pills?

The Giver gave Jonas a memory of love. In the memory, there is a family laughing together and opening presents on a holiday, which is the positive of love, but the negative is heartbreak, which is when someone loses a loved one. The impact is that it makes Jonas want to feel love, so he stops taking his pills.
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Is Rosemary The Giver's daughter?

Rosemary Rosemary was The Giver's daughter. Selected ten years earlier to become the new Receiver of Memory, she began training with The Giver, but after only five weeks, she asked to be released from the community.
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Do Jonas and Fiona kiss in The Giver?

The movie highlights Jonas' struggle to hold in all of the memories that he has been given. He kisses Fiona and teaches his sister to dance. He takes Fiona sledding using metal trays on a hilly surface. He tries to explain love.
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What did Jonas do because of the stirrings?

Jonas now has to take a daily pill to make the 'stirrings' stop, just like everyone else in society. Jonas soon learns that his job is to become the Receiver and hold all of mankind's memories. The Giver who shares these memories with him tells Jonas to stop taking the pill.
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Does Jonas ever see Fiona again?

But Lowry says the film itself isn't consumed by the relationship between Jonas and Fiona, except for a line in the final scene in which Jonas says, "I knew I would see Fiona again." "I've written four books now (in this series) and he never sees her again," Lowry tells The News.
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How does Jonas feel about no longer experiencing stirrings?

10. Tell how Jonas feels about no longer experiencing Stirrings. They were pleasurable, and he would like to experience them again.
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Who all has to take these pills The Giver?

Who all has to take these pills? Anyone who has stirrings. Eventually, everyone has to take the pills.
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How many babies do birth mothers get to have in the giver?

During the conversation, we learn that Birthmothers give birth to three babies over a three-year period. Each newchild is immediately taken away from its Birthmother and is cared for by Nurturers in the Nurturing Center until the newchild is placed with a family unit at the December Ceremony.
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Who named the baby the giver?

A Newchild (Plural: Newchildren) is a term used to describe children in the Community that have recently been born, by Birthmothers. If a Newchild is qualified, they are presented to their assigned parents and given their names at the Naming Ceremony.
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What does Lily look like in the giver?

There is no color within the Community, so Lily's physical appearance is mostly unknown, but she has dark-colored eyes and persistently messy hair.
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What did Jonas and the new child have in common?

They both have pale eyes. Birthmothers receive wonderful food and gentle exercise periods. They play games and amuse themselves for three years. After three years (three births), they become Laborers.
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What does the injection in The Giver do?

The needle used for Release. Release is the term used when members of the Community (from the book The Giver) are sentenced to leave (actually, sentenced to death by lethal injection). Most of the members believe that the people that are released leave the community for another place.
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What is Jonas's number that was assigned to him at birth?

Just before the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas and the other Elevens line up by number—in addition to his or her name, each child has a number that was assigned at birth, showing the order in which he or she was born. Jonas is Nineteen; his friend Fiona is Eighteen.
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Who does Jonas marry in The Giver?

After reaching Elsewhere, Jonas grows into a man, and becomes Leader of the Village, marrying Kira and having two children with her.
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