EMPATHY

I think they dont have any empathy is because they dont really see things as Jonas did. He saw "Release" as  a horrible and cruel thing to do to a person and in fact IT WAS! They werent "Releasing" people they were just murdering them! If they really wanted the people to have empathy for each other they should have given them memories and feelings and colors to add to their dull lives. Jonas begins emphasizing when he is given the memory of war... it was so painful to see the dying boy beside him that he just couldnt take it. And when the children started actually playing the war game Jonas was pissed. He didnt want to see the horrible image of war in his head again. The children Dont understand Jonas's kind a gesture since they havent actually seen a war. They just took his begging for them to stop as a rudeness