# data[].attributes.body
What is Jonas’s attitude towards volunteer hours, and what does this reveal about him and his society?

Jonas has a good attitude about volunteer hours. He works hard and tries different jobs to see what he likes. He doesn’t complain and follows the rules. This shows he is responsible and wants to help. It also shows that his society is very organized and wants everyone to do their part.

# data[].attributes.body
Discussion on the key themes introduced in Chapter 1 of The Giver.

# data[].attributes.body
Exploring character development in Chapter 2 of The Giver.

# data[].attributes.body
Why does Jonas feel apprehensive at the beginning of the book? What important event is coming up for him?

# data[].attributes.body
What are some of the rules and customs in Jonas’s community that you notice in the first three chapters?

# data[].attributes.body
How does Jonas feel about his friend Asher, and what does their friendship reveal about life in the community?

# data[].attributes.body
Describe the Ceremony of Nine. Why is it important, and how did Jonas’s family celebrate it for Lily?

The Ceremony of Nine is when children get their first bike. It is important because it shows they are growing up and becoming more independent. In Jonas’s community, riding a bike means you can go places by yourself. When Lily had her Ceremony of Nine, her family celebrated by talking about how she was getting older. They were proud of her. This shows that even in a strict community, families still care and want to make special moments.

# data[].attributes.body
What do we learn about how families are formed in Jonas’s community during these chapters?

We learn that families in Jonas’s community are not made by love. Parents ask for a spouse, and later ask for a child. Babies are born by Birthmothers and given to families by the Committee. Families are matched to go well together.

# data[].attributes.body
Jonas feels apprehensive because the ceremony of 12 is coming, and it’s basically about getting your job forever and getting a different age group which means that he won’t be able to spend much time with his friends.

# data[].attributes.body
One of the rules in the community that first stood out to me was that they can only have 2 kids, another one was that every night they have to confess their emotions about how was their day and they have to apologize for it. The last thing was that they have different age ceremony’s and that’s it.

# data[].attributes.body
Chastise

Petulantly

Bewildered

Tunic

Mystified

Dwelling

Sollem

# data[].attributes.body
Jonas is a perfectionist, meanwhile Asher is a little on the goofy side. In the community, Asher always needs to practice on something, and it’s almost like he doesn’t fit the mold. Somehow, they are really good friends.

# data[].attributes.body
Jonas takes the volunteers very seriously and doesn’t like to stick to one thing, he likes to do many volunteers at different places.

# data[].attributes.body
Jonas feels nervous because he was skipped at the Ceremony. Everyone else got their job, but he didn’t.

# data[].attributes.body
Jonas is very nervous because he still hasn’t been given a job like the other Twelves. Everyone is watching him, and he feels embarrassed. Then the Chief Elder says he wasn’t assigned a normal job because he has been selected to be the next Receiver of Memory, which is a really important and rare position. She explains that this job needs intelligence, courage, wisdom, and the ability to see things differently, which they think Jonas has. Jonas feels shocked and unsure, but also kind of proud. The chapter is serious and makes you realize that Jonas’s life is about to change a lot.

# data[].attributes.body
Jonas feels nervous and unsure after being chosen as the Receiver of Memory. His family tries to support him, but they don’t really understand his new job. Jonas reads the rules for his training and is surprised to see he’s allowed to lie, which makes him feel confused and a little scared.

# data[].attributes.body
Jonas goes to the Annex behind the House of the Old for his first training. The door is locked and he has never seen a locked door in his community. Inside the room there are many books and fancier furniture. He meets the old man who will train him and the man calls him the Receiver of Memory. The man says he holds the memories of the whole world and he will give them to Jonas. Jonas lies down and the man puts his hands on his back. Jonas feels snow for the first time. He feels cold air and the thrill of sledding even though he has never seen a hill or a sled before.

# data[].attributes.body
Jonas lies on a bed in the Annex and the old man places his hands on his back to give him a memory. He feels cold air and snow, sees a sled, and slides down a hill even though he has never seen those beforeAfter the memory ends Jonas asks why there are no snow or hills in his world, and the man says they removed those things when they chose Sameness and used climate control. Next the man gives a memory of warm sunshine, and Jonas says the word sunshine for the first time. Then the man gives him a sunburn memory so that Jonas feels pain and knows that more pain will come in his training. At the end the man says Jonas is now the Receiver of Memory and he must call him The Giver.

# data[].attributes.body
Jonas starts learning more about memories. The Giver shows him a memory of snow and sledding, and Jonas thinks it’s really cool. But he also learns that the world used to have color, and now it doesn’t. He feels angry that no one gets to choose anything anymore. He realizes things used to be different, and it makes him upset.

# data[].attributes.body
Jonas continues his training with the Giver - both painful and joyful. He begins to question why they don't have choices. Why does everything need to be the same. He realizes how sheltered his community is.

# data[].attributes.body
The Giver gives Jonas a memory of a broken leg and it hurts a lot. Jonas learns that pain is part of life and it helps people grow. He keeps getting more painful memories, but he doesn’t want to quit. He feels bad that nobody else has to feel this pain. In Chapter 15, Jonas finds The Giver in a lot of pain. The Giver gives him a memory of war. It is very scary and sad. Jonas sees people dying and feels how terrible war is. After that, Jonas feels really upset and doesn’t want any more painful memories, But he still has to do he does it.

# data[].attributes.body
it is a day off, so no one has to work. Jonas feels different now because he has memories with real feelings, and other people don’t. He sees his friends playing a game of war. It makes him feel very sad because he knows what real war is like. His friends don’t know how scary and painful war really is. Jonas tells them to stop, but they don’t understand. He feels alone because no one else knows what he knows. This chapter shows that after you get real memories and feelings, you can’t be the same as before.