Empathy

    They lack empathy because of euphamism. In the book the dad had no idea what he was doing with the smaller twin. He doesen't know what that baby went through. The community kills a baby out of every set of twins. They don't know what they're doing. That is pretty much the only way they are lacking empathy in the community. Jonas however knows all this. He is frightened by the lack of empathy in the community. What is really sad is that the parents don't know what Jonas is going through. They do not know there is an entirely different and better world out there. Let's go back to Jonas. Jonas and the Giver had to go through so much pain from the memories. Jonas leaves with Gabe because he knows he will go through the pain he is experiencing. I would be so scared to realize that my little brother would have to go through that. As soon as he passed that memory to him that night he knew he would be picked as the new receiver. I'm sure of it that this community has many more examples of why they lack empathy. And you know what I don't want to know. This community really needs to change.