Jonas' first reaction is to want to have more memories despite the fact that all this is new to him and many things he does not understand. He is excited and wants to know everything. He wants to tell everything to other people even though he knows he can't.
However, all these memories that he is receiving make him change his way of seeing the community. He does not understand why people have been forbidden all these things and his way of thinking changes even more when he sees how his father takes the life of a baby.
