This answer should come quite easily to you, if you have read the book. :) That being said, consider if you will, that you are living in a Utopian society. I use "Utopian" loosely, given that Jonas does not know one way or the other if his life is perfect. It is simply what he knows. So, all of a sudden, Jonas's eyes are opened up to experience life around him. He DOES learn of the good in the world, but he also is made to see the pain circling his society as well. Such is life. Good and bad go hand in hand. Without one, how can you possibly see the worth of the other.
SO! Jonas begins to feel real. He begins to add dimension to his character, because he has the opportunity to feel things for himself. He is introduced to colors and laughter and freedom - which are things he had never yet encountered. Think about Jonas's first memory with the sled and how in just an instant, happiness comes pouring into him. That very innocent joy is never seen within his society. Now he has the power to feel it, but has no one with which to share it. Put yourself in his shoes.
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