The term that best describes that passage is Situational Irony
The Giver told Jonas that the things he saw were because Jonas was able to recognize color before everything else was the same.
It showed that Jonas, like the Giver, was different from the rest of the people in the community because they can see into the future because of the passing of memories.
Your world is big as you make it
Answer: The author uses an example to point out how an alternative could satisfy both sides of the argument.