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Word | Definition | Sentence Example
Palpable | Being able to be touched or felt

| “I felt a palpable sense of relief when I had passed my exam”
Jeer | To be rude or mock someone and to be upfront about it or say it to them

| “The crowd had jeered him when he was talking”
Distraught | To be upset or confused

| “Everyone was distraught when the child had ran away”
Reluctant | Feeling or showing hesitation or unwillingness

| “It was passed my curfew but I was so reluctant to leave”
Infraction | To break a law,rule or an agreement that was made

| “The judge had called him guilty for his infraction of murder.”
Reprieve | To delay the punishment of someone

| “He got a temporary reprieve from his death sentence”
Relinquish | To give up or leave behind something

| “The woman had relinquish her career”
Intricate | Either very complicated or detailed

| “The Mona Lisa is very intricate”
Conspicuous | Standing out or attracting notice/attention

|  “There were a number of conspicuous changes to the building”

Diminish

| To make or become less

| “Nothing could diminish the importance of his contributions”
Successor | A person who has a position after someone else

| “I am sure she will be a worthy successor”
Receptacle | A container that’s used for holding or storing things

| “Put your umbrellas outside in the receptacle”
Wretched | To be in a miserable or unfortunate state

| “I was so wretched since I hadn’t seen you in 5 years”
Rueful | Expressing regret and being apologetic

| “He gave a rueful smile and apologized”
Emphatically | To do something in a forceful manner

| “She closed the door emphatically”
Deliverance | The action of being rescued or set free

| We pray for deliverance from our sins
Unendurable | Not able t to be tolerate

| “Cries of unendurable suffering”
Forsake | To abandon or give up someone or something

| “I won’t forsake my diet”
Linger | Staying somewhere longer than supposed to since being reluctant of leaving

| “She lingered at the party even though it was past her curfew”
Desperately | In a way that shows despair

| “The father looked for his child desperately wanting to leave”

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Jonas had gotten home and had heard that at the Nurturing center they had all voted for Gabriel's release and the next day Gabe would be getting his release.

Jonas had left his dwelling at night taking some leftover food from the community and his father's bike, though Jonas had also took Gabriel. Jonas was now biking from each dwelling trying to get to Elsewhere. He would wake up gabe and feed him and then he would go back to sleep and peddle even more.

They were search planes that would come and go. The search planes can identify someone from the warmth of their bodies so when Jonas would hear the planes he would think and transmit the memories of snow to Gabe so they wouldn't get spotted.

Jonas was starting to feel tired now and his legs would feel numb from biking. Though Gabriel yelled out "Plane Plane"but Jonas didn't hear or see one. They had seen an animal, a bird.

Jonas couldn't see it but he could feel it that he was close to Elsewhere. Him and Gabriel were freezing but they had saw snow. Jonas was trying to be positive to Gabriel though no response from him, he could tell he was very tired. Jonas was walking up the hill. When he approached almost towards the top he had remembered his family, his friends and The Giver. He hugged Gabriel while he close to the top while he is losing consciousness. Jonas is close with Gabriel and atop the sled and just in a couple seconds the went downwards on their sled and they were seeing all sorts of colours and then they heard music, perhaps it was only an echo.

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Did they die? - Does Elsewhere not exist?

Answer - Yes they did die and Elsewhere does not exist

How was Gabriel still alive until the end?

Answer - Don't know/Never said

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The Receiver - Now known as The Giver

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After Jonas had saw what his father does and what releasing means he was in utter shock. The Giver had turned the speaker ON and notified to notify  Jonas's family unit which he would be staying overnight.

Jonas kept talking in shock that he had just saw that. From that The Giver suggested to eat then he would talk about a "plan". Jonas had no clue what he had meant by plan. The Giver continued and said the lifestyle has been like this for a while and hadn't changed. The Giver had said that all the memories needed the be shared.

It was late at night and they were both talking till late night about the plan. Talking about if someone would see them and of all the lies they would say incase of an emergency.

The previous Receiver's name was Rosemary.

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How does The Giver  know that's his daughter?

Answer - Don't know

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Serene - Calm, peaceful, and untroubled; tranquil

Imploring - Making an earnest or desperate appeal

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It was an unscheduled day which was a treat to the community, today you didn't have to work or any school work.
Jonas's stirrings were back and he could see colour and from the memories he can see oceans and mountains and lakes.

Asher and Jonas had got together and all their friends went to go play a game. They were playing a pretend shooting game though Jonas was just standing there is the middle with the memory of the boy in the war who had died. His friends had asked him what was wrong and he would tell them to stop playing this game.

Back at home - At dinner time Jonas's father was talking about how he has to do a release for either one child. There were twins being born though the lightest one would get sent Elsewhere

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Jonas has had good memories such as birthday parties, he got to see what it meant to be special for a day as well as being affectionate with the animals. The Giver had showed him his favourite memory. A  memory and all family members together watching the kids open their gifts. There were grandparents in the memory in which were not a thing.

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Would the "Grandparents" be biologically related to them?

Answer - No

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Ecstatic - Feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement

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Jonas was about to leave, before he left he asked if there is anything he can do and The Giver responded with take some of the pain. So he began transmitting memories.

Jonas heard a voice saying the word "water". It was a boy who had dirt on his face. The boy had looked dehydrated while he begged the words "water". Jonas had felt a metal container, he removed the cap and stopped the small motion on his hand.  The boy's head had fell back and he was silent but not everyone else. Cries,wounded men and horses on the ground. Jonas was in the middle of a war.

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Who were they fighting in the war?

Answer - Vietnam war

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Stench - A strong and very unpleasant smell

Grotesquely - In a comically or repulsively ugly or distorted manner

Trotte - Proceed or cause to proceed at a pace faster than a walk, lifting each diagonal pair of legs alternately

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The Receiver (The Giver) had transmitted the memories snow. He had transmitted a memory of sledding in the snow. He had sled down and all the snow had gathered up together leaving Jonas in shock of what he had just experienced.

There hadn't been different seasons in this world due to climate change, they had tried it but it was difficult for the farmers to grow there crops.

The giver had also transmitted the memories of sunshine. He had felt warmth in his hands and his body Though he had felt pain from standing in the sun too long, sunburn.

The Receiver had to to call him The Giver since Jonas is the new Receiver.

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How long ago and which Receiver was there when they were different seasons?

Answer - Years ago (back back back)

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Frigid -  Very cold in temperature

Torrent - A strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid

Tentatively - Subject to further confirmation; not definitely

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Jonas had felt pain. He had cold from being on top of the hill which was steep. The speed of the sled had toke control over Jonas which had thrown him in the air and his leg had twisted. He tried not to move but the pain grew and he vomited and blood dripped into his vomit.

When he was home, he was quiet. Reflecting on the memory and of how no one else knows what real pain feel like.

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What would Jonas say when his parents asked him about his training?

Answer - He would just lie

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Skittered - Move lightly and quickly or hurriedly.

Anesthetic - A substance that induces insensitivity to pain

Instantaneous - Occurring or done in an instant or instantly

Ruffled - (Of a person's hair) disarranged

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What is Elsewhere?

Answer - It doesn't exist

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It's Jonas's first day of training as Receiver of Memory. Jonas's training was in the Annex  and when he had went inside and a woman had greeted him. She had opened a door for her which had been locked and doors were never locked. The Receiver was inside.

The Receiver was old, he had been waiting for a new one for years. He had told Jonas that he would be training Jonas with what he knows. He explained how there is more than them and "the whole word" meaning there is  elsewhere and generations before The Receiver and the previous Receiver.

The Receiver explained about snow and sled which Jonas had no clue what it was. He brought the speaker where all the announcements are made, he had said he was going to transmit all his memories to Jonas.

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The ceremony had finished and Asher and Jonas were biking back home. All the Twelve's were congratulating each other but Jonas had noticed when they tried to congratulate him he felt a moment of hesitation. When Jonas reached home he had asked who the previous Receiver was. The previous Receiver had been a girl though her name was not to be told, she was "Not-to-Be-Spoken".

Everyone had given a folder with a list of rules, Jonas's was just one paper which had 8 rules. Though the last rule had caught him off guard, "You may lie". Jonas had never lied in life but it made him think "What if everyone else rule had said you may lie and they are, who to believe?"

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Why was there a hesitation when people came to congratulate Jonas?

Answer - They think that Jonas is so powerful now

Where could the previous Receiver be?

Answer - "Elsewhere"

If Jonas doesn't follow the rules he was given would his role as Receiver of Memory be taken away from him?

Answer - He would be released

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Dismayed - To cause someone to feel distress

Conceivably - Capable of being imagined

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Everyone's named had gotten called but not Jonas. Jonas didn't get assigned, he had gotten selected. His new "Assignment" was the most important in the community. He was the new Receive of Memory. She had explained why Jonas was the most fitted for this assignment and all the qualities Jonas had such as intelligence, integrity, courage, wisdom and another quality that no one would understand only Jonas and the Giver, Capacity to See Beyond. Jonas didn't feel like he had any of those and he was not ready. Though when Jonas looked back at the crowd the thing with the apple had happened again, they all changed.

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What had happened to the old Receiver?

Answer - She asked for a release

Will Jonas be alone when he gets older?

Answer - Yes

What does the quality "Capacity to See Beyond" mean?

Answer - To see colours and memories

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Kinship - To have a blood relationship with someone

Painstaking - Done with or employing great care and thoroughness

Meticulously - All details were there and described thoroughly

Transgressions - To do something that is against the rules or law

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The Chief Elder,  Pierre

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The Ceremony of Twelve had started. Everyone isn't called as their names, they're called as numbers. Such as Jonas's number is Nineteen and Asher's number is Four. It was the time to give the Assignments. When Asher gotten called he was told much of how him being around was very joyful, he was giving the Assignment of Assistant Director Of Recreation. After Asher each number was getting called and getting their Assignments. Though when when it was number Eighteen and they were about the call the next number which was Jonas, they said 20. They had skipped Jonas

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Is there only one season and temperature?

Answer - Yes

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Exasperation - A feeling of intense irritation or annoyance

Lain -  Be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface

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Jonas had gotten a dream about the House of the Old. Though  Jonas rarely gets dreams. After he told his parents they said it was normal since he was "turning" Twelve. They said it was called Stirrings. His father had them and even his mother. He had heard that word in the speaker "ATTENTION.
A REMINDER THAT STIRRINGS MUST BE REPORTED IN
ORDER FOR TREATMENT TO TAKE PLACE." Though there was a different treatment Jonas had to take, he had to take a pill for the rest of his life like the others.

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What was the other treatment for Stirrings?

Answer - They didn't say

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Perspiring - To have sweat coming out of your pores as a result of heat

Murky- Dark and gloomy

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It was close to the time to be a Twelve and they were doing their volunteer hours. He had went to the House of Old to do an volunteer hour. He entered the the bathing room and a woman named Larissa. He started help bath the Old by washing her body and applying lotion on her body.

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How many volunteer hours do they need?

Answer - They didn't say

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Leisurely - Acting or done at leisure; unhurried or relaxed

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Diminish - To make or become less

Upholstered - Provide (furniture) with a soft, padded covering

Embossed - (Of a surface or object) decorated with a design that stands out in relief.

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The ceremony's had started and to start with the newborns were getting placed in their new families. Lily had went she gotten a new jacket with smaller buttons and pockets as she turned to a Eight.

One family had gotten child named Caleb years ago though one day Caleb had wandered away and had fallen into a river. Then he was gone and no one spoke of him.

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The Elders & The Receiver

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Jonas, Lily, Asher, Mother and Father

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Main events: The main events were “The Ceremony of Twelve”. We were introduced it and Jonas is an Eleven which means in December is when he turns Twelve.

They all have rules to follow by and if they don't they get released. (Ex: They all have to say how they're feeling that day or else they would get released)

They were assigned as their age, such as if you are 11 years old you were called an Eleven which would be your "group name"

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We found out what the Ceremony of Twelve is - it's basically such as you're moving on to your adulthood. You would get assigned your job which is what you will be doing the rest of your life.

The special objects - You would be given a special object (Lily has a elephant) but in the rules it had said when you're an Eight your special object would be taken away from you.

The Elders - It was a very important job, you would observe everyone and how they are just till they're a Twelve. The Elders were the ones who choose your  assignment (what you would be doing the rest of your life)

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Questions:

What does it mean to be released?

Answer: To be killed or to die

Who knows if you didn't follow a rule?

Answer : Chief Elder

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Why is their a age limit for different rules?

Answer - Since at each age you get new things and maturity which helps youf or when you turn a Twelve

Why can't the Mother and Father name the child on their own?

Answer - Since the child isn't truly there's.

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Confided - To trust someone with their secrets

Adherence - To have an attachment/commitment to a person

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Is it possible other children had disappeared like Caleb?

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Prediction: My prediction for The Giver is a world where everyone lives the same and have "no problems" all under the government rules. Though a boy named Jonas is not like everyone else and meets someone who is "The Giver". He learns about the world and the power which it holds. Jonas  is the person who tries to change this way of life though he found love which he would have to save them but doing that would mean the world would remain the same.

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Why did they skip Jonas?

They skipped Jonas since he was selected as the new Receiver of Memory

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Relinquish - To give up or "quit"

Merriment - Gaiety and fun

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Jonas's Father had broken the rules and brought a baby, Gabriel, home with them even though the rules are is one mother, one father, one daughter and one son.

Jonas had a flashback of when in the announcement they had said "ATTENTION. THIS IS A REMINDER TO MALE ELEVENS THAT OBJECTS ARE NOT TO BE REMOVED FROM THE RECREATION AREA AND THAT SNACKS ARE TO BE EATEN, NOT HOARDED". That was the day when Jonas brought an apple home. Him and Asher were tossing it around when Jonas realized when he threw it up in the air the form of the apple had changed.

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Steadily - In a regular and even manner

Frazzled - Showing the effects of exhaustion or strain

Cultivated - Refined and well educated

Trudged - Walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions.

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Obediently -  To do an task or an order with willingness

Dwelling - A place such as house, apartment, etc

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Why did Father keep the baby even though he knows he isn't allowed to?

Why did the apple change it's form?

Answer - It was the Stirrings

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Solemnly - In a formal manner

Acquisition - The learning or developing of a skill, habit, or quality.

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Remorse - The feeling of guilt/regret for something you did wrong

Bewilderment - Feeling confused