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-When Jonas was playing with the apple he noticed that it "changed". I think that he saw colour on the apple for the first time. And I think that since he saw this he will become the "Receiver" or "Giver" who see's the truth. And the truth consists the truth of colours, animals and the "outside world".
-Jonas also has "pale" eyes which I think is blue, which is different than the rest of the peoples blue eyes.
-Jonas is special and is starting to see the "dystopian" world or just the  world with the truth. The world where not everything is hidden.
-I think that they are given pills or something to make them not see the truth behind their fantasy world.
-Jonas see's passed the "walls" that the government created.
Important Events
-Jonas see's colour for the first time with the apple.
-Mirror's are rare in the community.
-Gabriel is staying in Jonas's house.
Questions
- Why are the hiding colour from the people? What else are they hiding from the citizens and why? Are they hiding something?
Answers
The society is hiding all of the memories because its "safer" for the citizens not to be able to choose.
Symbolism
-I think that the apple symbolises a lot and the author didn't just put it there for no reason. I think that it symbolises Adam and Eve and how so many people believe in that theory. Just like all the citizens believe in that there is no colour.

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Shows how the apple is changing from colour which everyone else see's to the real truth (colour) that the society is hiding

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-I noticed that when the old woman that Jonas was bathing was talking about the old being released she talked as in it was a very nice thing to get released and that it was a big celebration. I would think that they would be sad because they are leaving but they are brainwashed into thinking that they have lived a life well lived.
-The Release ceremony of the elderly almost seemed like a funeral for the people, even though they are still alive they are given a funeral which I think is pretty weird.
Prediction
- I think that when the elderly are released they are killed because they no longer have a purpose and help the society. I think that they kill all the people who get released because theres no point in having them in the society and the outside world could be radioactive, maybe a nuclear attack that destroyed the world.
Important Events
-The elderly are released after there time/service is done.
-Jonas is spending his community time bathing the elderly.
Questions
Do the elders know that they are having something similar to a funeral? Do they know where they are going?
Answers
The elders don't even know what a funeral is and they think that they are going to "elsewhere" which is actually them getting killed.

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-I noticed that when Jonas realised that his father had broken one of the rules, his father had peeked at the naming list for the naming ceremony, Jonas was astonished. I think that this really shows that the kids are really controlled and taught young to follow the rules and if they break them then there will be major consequences.

Important Events

-Jonas's father broke a small rule of not looking at the name book.

-Each year there are exactly 50 babies.

-Only two kids (girl and boy) per family uni.t

-At the ceremonies as the kids reach a certain age they receive responsibilities, different haircuts, or objects. For example, when the kids turn nine they get a bicycle.

-It takes a long time for laws to pass through and is rarely passed through in one's lifetime.

-The "Receiver" is the highest point of government.

-Elders choose the children's roles (jobs) and watch them very closely.

-Jonas's parents talked to him about the ceremony of twelve and that he should not be nervous.

-They don't know what animals are.

Personal Connection

-I felt the same way that Jonas felt about the ceremony of twelve when I was coming to Sacred. I would use the same word that Jonas used "apprehensive", I felt scared about my teachers, people and classes as he felt about his assignment.

Vocabulary

-Receiver -the Highest point of government, makes decisions.

Questions

-Why are they hiding so much from the people, are they protecting them from something dangerous outside of their fantasy world?

-What does the Giver know and how are they chosen?
Answers
The Giver or Receiver of memory is chosen when a child shows all the qualities that the Giver needs to possess. Their also needs to be no dreams of uncertainty from the current Giver. Plus Jonas was already starting to see the truth when he saw colour on the apple while passing it back and forward

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-I think that the "stirrings" is when the citizens feel "love". And the pill that they takes away all of their feelings and emotions. This happened to Jonas when he had a dream about Fiona.
-The citizens always share their feelings which I think the government's way of really controlling everybody because they know how everybody is handling there emotions because their can't be any people who are different in this society. They also can't have anybody acting out.
Important Events
-Jonas and his family go through the daily morning ritual of telling their dreams and Jonas exclaims that he had a dream where he was trying to convince Fiona to take her clothes off.
-Jonas starts taking the pills to get rid of the "stirrings" that Jonas first experienced.
Questions
-Why does the community want get rid of "love" or the "stirrings"?
Why do they share their dreams with their family unit?
Answers
They want to get rid of it because it causes too much of an emotional bond with someone and they don't want that. They share their dreams so if they have stirrings then they can give them their pills.

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-The society is very strict and even cruel, they whip children as young as three for just making a simple mistake like saying a word wrong.
-When the chief elder says "thank you for your childhood" its almost like their childhood is not for themselves and their own enjoyment but just serving someone else. Its also weird that they graduate or become adults at only the young age of twelve.
-Its crazy how the twelves don't get to pick their profession so they don't have motivation or work towards anything that they really want to do. How do they know what they really want to do at such as young age? They get so much responsibility at such a young age.
-At the ceremony when the people find out that Jonas is to become the receiver of memory they gasp because they are all atonished because their life is so strict and almost second nature or routine to them now. And it seems to me that they don't have any change in their very boring meaningless life's.
Vocabulary
Chief Elder- Picked every ten years and is the leader of the community. She presents the speeches at the ceremonies.
Important Events
-The children are smacked if they misbehave or mess up during school.
-The ceremony of twelve happened where the twelves get their assignments.
-The chief elder skips his name at the ceremony.
Questions:
-Why are they so strict on the young? What good does whipping the children young do?
Answers
They want to develop obedience very young so there is no complications in the community, they have to keep sameness.

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-I find it very interesting that when a child dies that they just replace him, its like no one has a emotional connection to anyone. The government even made Jonas's family to not get emotionally attached to Gabriel because he will leave after a year. They make sure that everyone is not truly unique and it shows that everybody is replaceable.
-The Ceremony of Loss ensures that emotions are dealt with and then stifled just like they do with the stirrings when they take the pill.
-When a different new child is assigned to a family and named Roberto, Jonas realizes that names are given out to replace the names of those who were recently released. This idea makes Jonas uncomfortable, which is already showing that Jonas is having second thoughts about how his society is run.
Vocabulary
Meticulously-showing great attention to detail, very precise and careful.
interdependence- the dependence of two or more people or things on each other.
Important Events
-A ceremony of loss takes place for a little boy named Caleb who recently fell into the river, the replace him with another baby boy.
-The ceremony of the 1-11's take place.
Utopia and Dystopia
The society that Jonas lives in is seen as a Utopian world since there is no emotion there is no suffering but we are slowly starting to see the real dystopian world and the Utopian world is being pulled away. We are seeing how the society is so controlled and is hiding the truth from them.
Questions
Why does the community not want anyone to have an emotional connection to anyone?
Answers
So they don't develop love or emotions they want to keep them in the dark.

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-They choose the professions and then "modify" the child while training which almost make them sound like robots. They are  chosen on the little personality they are allowed to have.
-It says in this chapter that the Giver has the same eyes as Jonas, this maybe shows that they are genetically linked somehow. Gabriel also has the unique blue eyes (pale eyes) so that implies that he might be unique too.
-In the very same society Jonas has been singled out as special and the chief elder addressed gaining the wisdom or memories with pain or sadness which is indicating that the rest of the community has no wisdom and just blindly follows the rules.
Important Events
- The elder addresses that she skipped Jonas in the ceremony and explains that Jonas was selected to be the Receiver.
Prediction
-I already know what the receiver is since I've read the book before, he is knows all of the memories before  the society was formed. This includes colour, animals, weather and more.
Questions
Why was Jonas so special that he developed the qualities to become the Receiver? What did he see or do different?
Answers
I think that Jonas was born with the capacity to see beyond. It may have something to do with his blue eyes.

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- The instruction sheet that Jonas received included a rule that he is permitted to apply for release. This implies that his assignment as the Receiver may make him want to apply for release maybe caused by the pain that he will experience caused by the memories. That also may indicate that he will learn the dark past of the world, all of the pain that this society doesn't feel. That might include war, depression, and much more.
Important Events
-Jonas feels very apprehensive and scared about his new assignment as the Receiver.
-His instruction sheet tells Jonas that he can lie, be rude, and ask any questions to citizens.
Questions
Is there any other jobs in the community other than the Giver or the Receiver that allow them to lie? Why are Jonas's classmates acting so different towards Jonas now, are they scared of him because he now has power?
Answers
Yes the some jobs lie about killing the old and the young when they are too old or are a twin.
I think that they are just giving his the respect that he deserves because he has a very high honor.

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This is the eyes that I imagine Gabriel, Jonas and the Giver having compared to the rest of the community who have normal brown eyes.

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-The Giver has access to nicer and more luxurious furniture which I think the community dosen't have to prevent jealousy and materialism.
-When Jonas see's The Giver's collection of books he can't imagine what would be in them other than rules, or descriptions of the community. This can show that in the society there is no books because sitting alone with a book would make them draw too deeply in themselves and they wouldn't participate in the activities in the society or help the society in any way.
Important Events
-Jonas repots the the Annex of the House of old where he meets the Giver.
-The Giver tells him that he will learn the memories of the "whole world". And proceeds to teach him the memory if snow, sledding and runners.
-The Giver says that the memories helps him make decisions for the community.
Questions
Why dosen't everybody in the society know the memories?
Answers
Because it "protects" the society

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-How the community beats the old shows that they act without compassion.
-When we find out that black and white that just shows us how flat and unknowledgeable they really are.
-I think that the society inability to see colour serves as kind off a metaphor for their lack of deeper compassion, knowledge and understanding.
Important Events
-Jonas lies to his parents for the first time.
-The old are whipped for disobedience and are given occasional therapy.
-Jonas starts to see more and more colour (red) and he understands what colour is now.
Vocabulary
Phenomenon- a remarkable event ex. when Jonas sees the apple and other things "change".
Questions
-Why did the society resort to sameness? Why can't anyone else see colour? How did the Giver experience "seeing beyond"?

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-I think that when Jonas gets his first painful memory of sunburn he starts to understand that one must go through pain in order to be happy and have joy.
-I think that the founders of the community gave up the memories of the pleasurable things like sledding to make it easier on the people to transform into "sameness".
Important Events
-The Giver transmits the memory of sledding and all of the things that go with it (hills, snow, sled, and runners).
-The Giver tells Jonas that other people don't have the memories because the community gave them up to resort to Sameness.
-The Giver tells Jonas that their position has honor but not power when Jonas says that he wants sledding in their society now.
-The Giver gives Jonas his first painful memory, sunburn, and Jonas understands that he must learn the painful ones in order to experience the nice memories.
Questions
-Why dosen't the Giver have power to change rules? Why did the society resort to sameness?

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-It seems that touch is seen as shameful and kind of forbidden outside of your family unit. I think that this because the society does not want people to develop emotional and intimate bonds with each other.
-The Giver almost acts as a shield for the community. He takes all of the painful memories so the rest of the society can run without pain.
-Jonas is starting to rebel by thinking explaining his anger that the community got rid of the memories. And I think that he is subconsciously thinking about leaving the community.
Important Events
-Jonas becomes angry that colours have been removed from the world.
-The Giver explains that if there were choices given to the society then that would be "not safe" and people would make wrong decisions.
-The memories gives The Giver lots of pain.
-Jonas tries to transmit colours to his friends but they don't understand and become uncomfortable.
Questions
Is Jonas thinking about leaving the community? Why does the giver feel pain with the memories? Why don't other people see colours like Jonas does, why can't Jonas transmit colour to them? Are they not special enough?

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-The Giver seems to think that there is no other way to live with the memories than "sameness".
-The Giver refuses to give Jonas medication and that shows that The Giver still believes in the rules of the community.
-Jonas breaks his first rule by showing Gabriel memories even though he know that it is forbidden. He is breaking the rule in an effort to try to save him from being released.
Important Events
-Jonas transmits memories to Gabriel by accident.
-The Giver gives Jonas a memory of breaking his leg and scraping his face, he asks for pain medication but he's not aloud.
-Jonas is frustrated that they have hold the memories of pain and The Giver tells him that the memories give them wisdom.
Questions
I wonder if Gabriel is to be released then will Jonas rebel and try to save him? Because he is already breaking rules in an attempt to save him.
Why isn't the Receiver or the Giver aloud medication?

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-The war scene shows Jonas the worst of humankind.
-In the memory there is a young man who aids a injured solider and I think that that serves as a kind of metaphor for Jonas helping the Giver by taking on the painful memory.
-Jonas consistently breaks minor rules in his community but he wishes that he could change more about the rules and I think that this is foreshadowing him breaking major rules in the future.
-Jonas's wish that the community was more like the world before sameness shows his faith cracking and fading in the community.
Important Events
-Jonas receives the memory of war and Christmas.
-Jonas decides to not take the pill to control the stirrings.
-The Giver receives great pain from the memories and is getting too old to hold the most painful ones, he is not strong enough.
-The Giver explains the meaning of family and love to Jonas which both don't exist in the community. When Jonas asks his parents if they love him they both laugh and say that they don't love him.
Questions
Do other communities have receivers?
Why does the memories give the Giver so much pain?