Personality: the set of characteristics or qualities that form the distinctive character of an individual. The Giver, a dystopian novel by Lois Lowry, introduces Jonas, the main character of a society disguised as perfection. In reality it is far from perfect; feelings are not real, the true meaning of words is masked, differences are not appreciated, history is forgotten, except for one person, the Receiver of Memory. When Jonas is selected to be the next Receiver of Memory, he realizes that his community is not at all what he thought it was. Through memories, Jonas discovers what his community hides and what the feelings really are. Over the course of this novel, Jonas' curiosity leads to troubling discoveries. However, he overcomes obstacles, one of which is his own curiosity, using wisdom and courage. One of Jonas' character traits is curiosity, which is sometimes useful and sometimes annoying. An example of curiosity from the text is one of Jonas' flashbacks, when a plane had flown over his community, Jonas thinks: “At first he was just fascinated. He had never seen a plane so close, because it was against the rules for pilots to fly over the community” (1). This shows that Jonas is curious because he wants to know about the plane and what its purpose was. A further example of Jonas' curiosity is when he receives his first memory from the Giver, a foreign memory of sleds and hills. Jonas asks, “'Why don't we have snow and sleds and hills?'” (83). This shows Jonas's curiosity because he wants to know; he likes to know things. Through the painful discoveries resulting from his own curiosity, Jonas uses his most oblivious but necessary character trait: courage. Using courage, Jonas overcomes the greatest obstacle... middle of the paper... courage to make it. His curiosity sometimes gets in the way, but thanks to his curiosity he learns many things. When he begins to receive memories, his thoughts and decisions about them are immature. But after the Giver provokes further reflection in Jonas, he (Jonas) realizes that choices and decisions are not all simple things like choosing colors. They're also complex things, like choosing whether it's right or wrong to have a larger population. Memories give Jonas the extra push to understand what courage is, and once he finds it, he uses it as a weapon to fight the pain of memories. In conclusion, Jonas' strong morals and characteristics help him change his outlook on life from the boring and foreign point of view that he thought was normal for the uncorrupted society that it is today. Works Cited The Giver by Lois Lowry