Thursday, July 29, 2010 . 11:09 AM
QUOTES
“Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his emotions.”
Jonas' society has rationalized their emotions.
“It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched.”
--George Gissing
--George Gissing
This is what the people in Jonas' society would say to him if they were aware that they did not feel real emotions.
"Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain"--William Faulkner
I think Jonas felt the same way, as he decided on the more painful option instead of staying in his community and experiencing nothing.
Jonas probably felt that the emotionless society he escaped from was painful to live in he felt an obligation to do something to change it, even though he would feel the pain of hard work for while, but the hard work be worth it in order to get rid of the pain forever.