The Giver

The Giver, Chapters 16-17

In Chapter 16, why does Jonas stop taking his Stirrings-repression pills?

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Jonas wanted to experience feelings, and afterward, he didn't want to give them up.

He had not taken the pills, now, for four weeks. The Stirrings had returned, and he felt a little guilty and embarrassed about the pleasurable dreams that came to him as he slept. But he knew he couldn't go back to the world of no feelings that he had lived in so long.

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