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notes:
-when your birthday comes instead of becoming 5 years old you become a 5
-they don't get to name their children or keep the ones they gave birth to
-they get given a job when they are 12 and they cant choose themselves
-They get bicycles when they become a 9
- They get their toys taken away when they become an 8
-gabe comes to their house
questions:
-why does the community  control what they have in their ages?
A: because it is against the rules to have things like a bike  before a certain age because the community thinks its dangerous
- Why dont they don't get to choose their jobs?
A:because the elders think they will choose wrong

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notes:
-the ceremony took place
-When you are released you never return to the community
-One time someone didn't fit in so they applied for another community and was released the next day
questions:
-are the kids aloud to cut their ?hair at all before 10?
-why do they have the ceremonies?

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notes:
-there were lock on the doors
-doors were rarely locked in the community
-jonas recieves memory of things we know from our world
questions:
-is it warm all of the time because jonas didnt know what snow was
-are there any hills in their community

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notes:
-they have to volunteer
-there is a rule that they can't brag
-they need a certain amount of volunteer hours to receive their assignment
-jonas volunteered at the old people place and bathed a woman who told him about the releasing of another man.
questions:
-why are they excited to be released?
-why don't they tell people what being released is?
-where do they go when they are released?
-when they are released do they go to a better place?

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notes:
- jonas is one of the only people who have light eyes in the community
-they don't have many mirrors
- birthmothers can't see their children
-every family is allowed 1 boy and 1 girl no more and no less
questions:
-why don't they have light coloured eyes?
-How do they get ready in the morning without mirrors?
-Why do they get given children rather than being able to have your own?
-Why do they control how many children they have and control their genders?

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notes:
-jonas was selected to be the receiver of memory
-jonas had all of the qualities to become a receiver of memory
-the receiver of memory would go through a lot of physical pain
questions:
questions:
-what is the receiver of memory
- many of the stuffed animals were animals named after real animals but no one in the community knew that so maybe the receiver of memory is the person who knows all of that stuff

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notes:
-jonas was number 19
-the ceremony continued
-all of the twelves got their assignments
-They skipped jonas but called all of the other twelves
questions:
-did they forget about jonas?
-did they not choose an? assaignment for him because they didn't know what he wanted to be
-are they going to release him?

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notes:
-fionas hair changed
-jonas had  a dream but didnt share it at dream telling
-he saw the colour red
questions:
-do they see colour in their community?
-will jonas lie about anything else to his family

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notes:
-the giver started to give jonas some memories
-jonas felt a sun burn
-he went tobogganing
questions:
-if jonas thought that a sun burn hurt what will he think of other things
-why doesnt everyone know about the rest of the world.

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What is a Utopia?
-A community or society possessing desirable or perfect qualities

What is a Dystopia?
-A community or society that is undesirable or frightening

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notes:
-main characters jonas,asher,lily, mom, and dad
-they have speakers around the community
-they have a lot of rules
-They have to share their feelings at dinner
questions:
-why do they have weird rules?
A:They have weird rules because the community is a community where no one knows that the rules are weird except the giver and the receiver
-why does no one break the rules?
A:They were taught since they were young not to break the rules and if they break the rules 3 times they get released
why do they share their feelings at dinner?
A: Because it is a thing everyone in the community does

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notes:
-They have to share their dreams in the morning
-Jonas had a dream about a girl named fiona
-the dream he had was described as a stirring
Questions:
-Are the pills to stop all of the people in the community from having feelings about each other?
-why do they have to tell everyone their thoughts and dreams because that is like invading their privacy?

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notes:
-jonas felt bad pain and it didn’t go away after he woke up
-he wasnt aloud medicine
-the community only comes for advice from the receiver of memory when they are faced with a problem they haven’t been faced with before
-they wanted to change the rules and make it so that everyone took some memories
-when twins are born they release one of the two
-jonas gave gabriel a memory by accident
questions:
-what will happen to gabriel
-what else could be painful to jonas or what if jonas gave gabriel a bad painful memory

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notes:
-jonas felt alone
-jonas read his folder of rules
-jonas was aloud to lie
-jonas couldnt participate in dream telling
questions:
-will jonas be aloud to tell his family he can lie
-will jonas like being the receiver of memory

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notes:
-jonas saw colours
-when the receiver failed ten years ago the memories she had disappeared
-sometimes the receiver of memory was in pain so jonas offered to take some of that pain away so that the giver would have less
questions:
-what kind of pain will jonas experience
-what caused the giver so much pain all
of the time

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Definition
-how the author reveals information
-from the perspective of the narrator
First person
-perspective of one character
-look-for's I,me,mine,myself
-Advantages-inner thoughts
-Disadvantages- you don't get to see what other people are doing or where they are

Third person-Limited
-Narrator  can "see" many characters but not everything
-Look for's-He,She,it,they them etc
-advantages-can still create suspense
-disadvantages- we don't get to know everything

Third person-Omniscient
-narrator knows all
-Look for's-He,She,it,they them etc
-Advantages-creates full picture for reader
-disadvantages- there's less suspense

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notes:
-the giver had a memory giving him pain that day so jonas asked to help
-the giver showed jonas war
-it was a bad place
-jonas didnt like it
-jonas was in pain from the memory
questions:
-why do they have to hold so many memories
-why do they have to keep memories of war and pain

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notes:
-jonas felt love
-the giver gave jonas his favourite memory
-jonas gives gabriel memories every night
-jonas skipped the pill one morning
-jonas asked his parents if they loved him
questions:
-what will happen to gabriel
-why did jonas want to skip the pill

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What is a theme?
-what the author is trying to say about people,society
-not to be confused with a theme topic like love, war, family.
Topic-Self discovery
-people must be able to make their own choices to reach their own destiny/fulfillment
Topic-The importance of memory
-lowrys personal inspiration-father with memory loss
-without memory, human beings cannot reach true happiness or learn from their mistakes
Topic:Pleasure and pain
-without pain, people cannot understand pleasure. We must embrace and learn from pain
Topic:Blind Obedience
-It is important for people to question their society instead of following blindly

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notes:
-the kids play a good guys and bad guys game and jonas almost crys
-they had a day off
-gabriel took his first steps
-jonas’s mom thinks lily should be a story teller
questions:
-how was it december so fast
-will jonas feel left out at the end of the book because no one can feel what he does

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notes:
-the girl who failed at receivers name was rosemary
-rosemary asked for a release and all of her memories went to the people in the community
-the giver said that the people in the community can’t handle the memories
questions:
-what will happen to gabriel if he can’t handle the memories
-why would rosemary be so selfish

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notes
-jonas watched the release that his father did
-a release is when they inject a person with a clear liquid like a needle and it kills them
-when there are twins they kill the smaller one
questions::
-why do they kill people at a certain age
-why do they kill one of the twins
-why do they celebrate someones death before they die
-why don't they tell anyone what a release is

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notes:
-jonas stays at the givers place
-the giver explains to jonas that the community dosent  understand that release is killing people so they can’t feek sad for it
-the giver and jonas make a plan for jonas to escape
-they decide jonas will escape the community during the ceremony
-the givers daughter was rosemary
-jonas lies to his family about how he feels
questions:
-where will jonas go when he leaves
-will jonas come back

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notes:
-the nurturers decide it’s time for gabe to be released
- jonas escapes ahead of schedule and takes gabe with him
-planes are looking for gabe and jonas
-jonas uses the fact that the pilots are colour blind to his advantage
questions:
-why didn’t jonas just stay in the community
-did jonas give gabe any bad memories

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notes:
-jonas twisted his ankle
-jonas saw a bunch of animals on his journey
-jonas encountered rain
-jonas and gabe were starving
questions:
-will jonas and gabe die from starving
-will jonas get really hurt

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notes:
-gabriel and jonas are cold
-jonas climbed the hill in the snow
-jonas found a sled at the top of the hill
-jonas and gabe went down the hill
-as jonas and have went down the hill jonas heard music
questions:
-why did jonas keep going through the cold and not turn back
-why was the ending of the book so boring