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He was so distraught. Reluctant to move, blink, speak, breathe even. As his vision adjusted to the pitch black he looked at the inside of the closet door. He heard a voice, and loud thumping steps advancing into his room. His worst nightmare, and his cruel successor, me. His heart was beating out of his chest, and cold, salty tears flowed down his cheeks. He felt an extremely palpable sense of fear, it consumed him. The door swung open and any breath escaped from his lungs as he felt large hands emphatically grasp his legs, burning his back on the carpet as he was dragged out of his hiding space. The man jeered, laughing as he saw the boy’s tears fall faster and more frequently. I turned and my eyes went wide when I saw the boy laying on the ground. It only took me a second to realize who it was. The man pulled out a knife, with red gems intricately placed along the handle. He spun it around in his hand, and as the boy looked at the man’s hand, he saw a conspicuous, deep pink scar that climbed up his forearm. I turned to the man, not knowing his name still; “Sir, you never told me who we were going to be killing tonight.” The man gave me a frown, but didn’t say anything. More desperately now, I spoke again, “Sir, do you know who this is?” Again, the man looked back but didn't say anything, just smiled. The boy gasped, as the knife plunged into his stomach. Hot, red blood immediately spread across every surface. The man ripped the knife out and let him fall to the floor. I was frozen, tears started to fall down my face. The man came up to me, and was mere inches away from my face when he quietly said “Of course I know who this is, that’s why I brought you” I felt sick. Dizzy, nauseous, like I would collapse. Then the man left and I ran to the body lying on the floor. He was covered in blood. I cried, and stared down at him. He gave me a weak, rueful grin. He knew his time was up, but he grabbed my hand. He opened his mouth and blood spewed, but he faintly said “It’s okay. It’s not your fault, but now, you have to do what is right.” His grip on my hand loosened, and he started blankly at the ceiling. Gone. Just like that. It took a minute to sink in, but I turned over and threw up when I realized what I had just done. I just helped kill my own brother.

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When the scene of Jonas and Gabe sledding into a town full of lights, music, joy, singing, love, and happiness is described, it is describing the memory that Jonas once received which is the memory of Christmas. This village is what I picture Jonas sliding into. Snow covered roads, fluffy, white flakes falling from the night sky, tall trees dancing in the breeze with lights shining through the white blanket of snow covering them, wooden houses covered in multicoloured lights, music and laugher echoing throughout, a certain warmth in the air that cuts through the bitter cold, and the feeling of love that makes you heart flutter and spreads through your body like wildfire.

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I know that many people in my class didn’t seem to enjoy the book, and I myself was quite frustrated at the end, however, I will not lie because it was a good book. I had a lot of questions, I was intrigued, and it was a fun book to read, and find out answers to questions that were asked at the beginning. There were a couple of good plot twists and shock moments, and overall, it was a good read. This is more of a personal opinion but I like books that have quite a bit of action and have me really intrigued and hooked, and this book was quite slow paced, the plot twists were mediocre, and a lot of the time expected, and it was very repetitive. I also believe, as many other do and have clearly voiced that the ending was the worst part. My friend did some research and shared with me an article she found saying that Jonas and Gabe haven’t actually died, and it is revealed in later books that Jonas got married to a character from one of Lois Lowry’s “Giver Sequels”, and had a family obviously including Gabe. All of that said, without doing the research you would think they just die. All of the build up, the questions, the element of some suspense for nothing. I found the book to be a bit boring and it started to take a turn for the worse at chapters 18-19 when we found out the true meaning of being released. That set a quite morbid curveball flying, and frankly ruined the story a bit. It was a great book to write reports on because there was usually quite a bit of information to report, and questions to ask. Overall, I would rate this book a seven out of ten because it was a good read, a very rushed ending, they packed all of the important information quickly into the last 5 chapters, other than the ending it was very slow, and the ending was quite a let down.

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Based on Inference and hints they gave in the book, I am going to make and educated guess that this is something similar to how Jonas looks. He has dark hair, pale eyes and wears a red tunic. This information is slowly revealed through different chapters.

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This book, in my opinion did not have a good conclusion. Jonas and Gabe were suffering as a cause of hypothermia, exhaustion and starvation, and Jons didn’t think he could go on any longer. He desperately tried to transfer a memory of warmth and succeeded, but it was jut bief. He eventually felt joy start to creep in to his feelings. He heard music, and felt the joy and the love. He didn’t feel less cold, but slowly he began to feel more numb. They said that he sledded down a hill of fluffy snow with Gabe starting to see a village with bright colourful lights, houses, and as he got closer the the village he heard the singing and the feeling of love, peace and joy become closer. The last line of the book says “or was it all just an echo” insinuating that what Jonas is seeing is not real. He is delusional and its a hallucination. With further inference you can guess that they both have died, and Jonas is reminiscing on the good memories before he goes.

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- Their plan fell apart after Gabe was scheduled to be released
- There were search planes sent out that used heat sensors to track them
As they biked the landscape changed to a bumpier rockier terrain that was harder to bike on.
- There was more nature, and they saw wildlife for the first time.
- Gabe saw a bird and thought it was a plane because he had never seen a bird before.

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Gabe is just a toddler, but he experiences the pain and suffering of starvation, hypothermia and mass exhaustion. We learn in this chapter he can speak, and wants Jonas of upcoming planes, and he also has light, golden curls. Him and Jonas have a special bond and attachement now, that will never broken.

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Chapter 21-22-23 - Character Jonas: Part 2

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Chapter 21-22-23 - Character Jonas: Part 2

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As Jonas keeps cycling, him and Gabe start to become more tired, weaker, hungrier and Jonas’s fears change from being caught, to starving. He remembered being chastised in is community for not using the word starving properly, and them telling him he would never be starving, but now he genuinely was. He also saw rain for the for the first time as well, he remembered rain being this happy memory, something not exactly cheerful, but something that brought him calm and joy. This time it just made him and Gabe wet, uncomfortable and cold. He continued to ride on and he was confident Elsewhere was close, but it was snowing now they were both exhausted, starving, numb, and cold. Jonas didn’t have much faith that either of them would make it to Elsewhere alive. He could tell e was very far, and the community was in a bad state because his memories were faint, and faded, he only possède some of them now. He had transferred the faint memory of warm to him and Gabe and even though it was faint, and quick it seemed like his will to survive had returned. The cold eventually returned, and the two become numb. Then a surge of joy hit Jonas. It wasn’t warmth, but it was piece and jo, if anything he become more numb, but he started to feel a surge of happiness and joy. He heard faint music, felt the echos of love and content. He saw a sled, similar to his fist memory atop hill fo fluffy snow. There was no ice, he would not fall and experience the pain and agony of his last endeavour down the hill. he was sliding into a village with lights, music, people singing, the love that he had once in felt in the memory of Christmas that was now so vague. All of his favourites were coming back to him he could feel all the joy… Or was it just an echo…

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Chapter 21-22-23 - Character: Jonas Part 1

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Chapter 21-22-23 - Character: Jonas Part 1

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Jonas was sitting at the table with his family unit and heard that Gabe cried all night at the Nurturing Centre without Jonas there, and he is scheduled to be Released the next morning. Jonas panicked but did his best to stay calm, and his father confirmed that he also voted for Gabe’s release as well. Jonas leaves his house as planned int he dead of night but instead of taking his own, he steaks his father’s bike at it has the child seat that will carry Gabe. He decides that he won’t let Gabe be released and he brings the toddler with him. As they biked Jonas’s legs became sore and then eventually numb but they were strong. They would bike at night so they were les likely to be seen, and during the day they would hide and sleep as search planes were out searching for them. When the planes would go by, Jonas would transfer memories of cold that way they don’t trigger the heat sensors on the plane. As the days went on the plans came less and less often until there were none to be seen at all.

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Jonas realizes that people being Released is actually people in the community murdering people who are said to be Released. For example, babies are put on a table and a needle is injected into the skin near their skull, the squirm and then die.

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The Giver and Jonas make a plan to try and change, and better society but it’s quite risky. if Jonas leaves, the farther he gets from the the society, the more memories will be transmitted back to the people. People will really see that life before, normalcy, pain, joy, colour, and so much more. Jonas is going to leave during the night and go farther, and farther away from the village until he finds Elsewhere, and the memories are transferred back to the community. This plan will likely get Jonas killed and he knows that, but he is willing to take that risk if it means society will be better. Jonas wants The Giver to come with him so he has a companion and he is not alone, but The Giver knows that people will be traumatized and they will need his support and guidance back in the community.

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How is it possible that Rosemary is the Giver’s daughter? How did that happen?
Why doesn’t the Giver go with Jonas?
The Giver doesn't go with Jonas because he knows that the society will be complete chaos once the memories have returned and they will need his advice and guidance. As much as he will miss Jonas and would like to go with him, he knows he must stay.
Why does this community not have music? what would be so bad about it?

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- Whenever anyone is released, they are killed.
- Fiona, Jonas’s friend and seeming love interest is currently being trained in the art of Release.
- Jonas’s father has been told to lie about what they truly do at a Release. Even though he doesn’t understand that he is killing someone he is told to lie.
- If Jonas escapes all of the memories will be transmitted to the people of the community.
- One of Jonas’s fears is losing people he loves.

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Jonas has the capacity to see beyond, but when The Giver was selected to be The Receiver he had the capacity to hear beyond. Hearing melodic sounds we know as music. He also he reveals he had a daughter. He said when he is weak, or when the next person becomes the new Giver he wants to be with his daughter, implying she has been released. At the end of the chapter The Giver reveals that Rosemary is his daughter, Rosemary being the previous failed Receiver who requested release, and then injected/killed herself.

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Jonas is overwhelmed, and he’s staying the night at he Annex with the Giver. He can’t comprehend the fact that being is Released is being killed, and that his father is killing people. He knows that him and the Giver are the only one who feel and he hates it. He hates being overwhelmed with anger disgust, grief, sadness, resentment. The Giver says that Jonas has changed his perspective about society. He says that he’s always had a hunch things need to change, but never acted on it but Jonas has helped him realize.

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This is an image representing loneliness. Jonas isn’t as lonely in terms of people, he has the Giver to talk to, he sees his friends at school, and his family unit at his dwelling. He is lonelier in the sense he can’t be understood. Nobody understands his capacity to feel, things he sees and has previously seen, and his new way of life.

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We are now reaching the end of the book, therefore the themes are becoming clearer. I think that one of the author’s themes could be loneliness. Jonas went from spending time with his friends, speaking freely with his family, living a normal life, to spending his time at school, then with one man, in one room, every at, then briefly to his dwelling to see his family unit and sleep. It’s not just about eh lack of people back the lack of relation. Jonas ha gone through unthinkable pain, he possesses something that nobody else does, he knows more than anyone, and most of all he feels. Nobody else can relate to him, he is in solitude with his feelings, he has no one other than The Giver to confide in, and with this capacity of feelings, the relationships with his friends have become distant, and it shows that it affects Jonas.

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What and where exactly is Elsewhere? Does it even exist?
Did Jonas’s stirrings mean he still dreams about pleasantries with Fiona?
Yes he does. The dreams about Fiona have returned.

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- There are no scheduled holidays such as Christmas, Easter, Halloween etc. However, on random days with no notice, there will be a message over the intercom stating that everyone is exempted from there daily duties, responsibilities and training.
- Jonas plays a game with his friends, which Jonas realizes is a game of warfare. After knowing what war feels like, the pain and suffering it brings, he feels a surge of negative emotion. he stops playing and tells others to stop playing too. they are confused and irritated with Jonas’s behaviour because they don’t know any better.
- Jonas believes because of his role as Receiver he has lost his friends and his freedom, and is now overwhelmed with sadness as a cause of the new memories.
- Gabe is now properly developed, and is scheduled to be name at the coming ceremony.

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In this chapter we learn some more information about Lily, the most prominent being she is a very animated character. She enjoys telling elaborate stories, and making up scenarios in her head to share with people. During one evening, Lily shares a hypothesis wit her family unit. She states that she believes everyone could be a twin. That “Elsewhere”, wherever that may be, there is another Lily, another Jonas etc. They can’t have two people who are alike in the same community so they send the twin “Elsewhere”.

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here is much new information revealed about Jonas in this chapter, some bigger things and some smaller things. We learn that after stopping taking his pill, his stirrings have returned for the past four weeks. The pleasant dreams and feelings that e feels some guilt towards have returned. He also has a few realizations. Jonas now has the capacity to feel emotions, because of the memories he now possess, but he realizes he is the only one who is truly capable of feeling such heavy emotions. The Giver has access to some of these memories, he knows what emotion is, but because he has given the majority away to Jonas, he doesn’t have the full capacity to feel emotion. the community has no capacity to feel emotion they don’t even know what emotion is, or how to deal with the simple feelings they feel. He states that now, after these memories, after truly feeling emotion, he wouldn’t go back to his previous life and level of knowledge.

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In this chapter Jonas experiences the memory of World War One, a memory which brings great pain. He sees the by die on the field, and sees the destruction and conflict the world before his brought.

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This is the first time we really see Jonas connect with how we feel in the real world. We know he has had experiences such as scraping his knee, but this is the first time he really has experienced pain that we experience in our "normal world". He has a reaction that many people would have in that situation. With that amount of pain going through your body especially for the first time, even after, you are highly likely to cry and throw up. He sees his own blood, and couldn't bear the pain.

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In this chapter we see Jonas fly out of a sled and break his leg. He experiences excruciating pain which also includes vomiting, blood dripping, sobbing and screaming. Even after he comes out of the memory he is throbbing pain, but isn't allowed to take medicine because of his training.

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Will anyone ever know about these memories that Jonas and The Giver share?
We don't know for sure if the community will ever find out about these memories, even though it is a part of Jonas's plan. When he exits the city, the idea is the memories will be transferred back to the community, but we never find out if they actually have been. We do know that Gabe has some of the memories as Jonas has shared some with him while he is crying at night, and while they are on their journey.
What impact will these memories have on Gabe?
Will Jonas be a failed receiver because he has given Gabe these memories? Will The Giver have a dream that shows Jonas is lying? But is he aloud to lie?
What exactly is "Elsewhere"? Do people live a life there after they are Released or is it a bad place?
Being Released means that people are killed, so Elsewhere is not where people go after being Released. They never gave us a clear explanation about where Elsewhere is, but I'm going to infer that it is believed to be a place outside of the community where Jonas is trying to get to.

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- Every session now includes pain, and the broken leg seems minor.
- Larissa, the elder that Jonas bathed, has been released.
- Elsewhere is where people go after they are Released.
- When twins are born, the two of them can't be kept. The one who is heavier is kept and the other one is Released.
- The Pain in the memories accounts for more and more wisdom.
- If the pain is bad enough, Jonas will still feel it even after the memory.
- Somehow, even though nobody gets sick, Jonas throws up and knows what it is.
- The plane we saw at the beginning of the book wasn't shot down because The Giver told authorities not to shoot it down.

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Jonas experiences the snow memory again, but this time it's not pleasant and it's filled with pain and excruciating experiences. The snow on the hill is hard, not soft and pillowy as before, and there is a layer of ice coating it. Instead of feeling excited like last time, he feels terrified, and the sled starts moving down the hill. Jonas tries to steer but he can't, there is nothing he can do. He hits a rough patch and then flies out of the sled landing hard on the ice as he hears a crack and feels his leg distort. There is adrenaline, but as soon as it wears off he starts screaming, and sobbing. He turns over and throws up all over the ice. The pain is unbearable. He sees the blood dripping from his head and he doesn't stop sobbing. When he comes out of the mekory his leg is still in unimaginable pain, and begs for medicine, but The Giver reinforces the rule of no medicine. He feels lonely. Knowing he is the only one who experiences this pain. He wants to have people share the memories with him and The Giver that way they don't have to bear all of this pain themselves. Gabe also starts staying in Jonas's room, and when he fusses, Jonas starts to accidentally give him the memory of the sailboat, but he stops fussing, and now he gives Gabe peaceful memories without telling anyone.

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There is a popular quote that states "All kids deserve parents, but not all parents deserve kids." I know that the parents in this society have been breeded to not feel love toward their children but this is completely inhumaine. Jonas who is just a kid, sees a loving family, and he enjoys the feeling. He wants to know and hopes he is loved to, and his parents can't even answer the question. I know it's not their fault, but it's quite sad how parents can't even tell their kid they love him.

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In this chapter Jonas learns about the feeling of love through the memory of Christmas. he states that he quite enjoys the feeling, and didn't want it to end. The Giver briefly explained the feeling and Jonas saw the example of the family who loved each other on Christmas. When he is back at his dwelling, during the evening meal, Jonas uses his ability to ask questions to his advantage and asks his parents if they love him. They scold him for not using precise language, and give him examples of different wordings he should've used, but never answered the question. After asking Jonas if he understands what they are trying to tell him about not using the term love, he agrees, stating he understands, his first lie to his parents.

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Sameness: The society's attempt to make everything as convenient as possible, and to make sure that everyone has the same abilities and features.

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What will happen to Jonas now that he has stopped taking his pill?
Jonas now experiences dreams and constant thoughts about Fiona. He feels love towards her now, something that no one has ever experienced. He also feels genuine emotions now as the pill suppresses them.
Is he aloud to stop taking his pill?
Why don't people see colors in this society? How is that possible?
People don't see color to achieve sameness, and to not have any memory of the past.

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- When kids become an adult and complete their training they are given their own proper dwelling and no longer have ties to their parents.
- When parents no longer have kids, they go live with the other group of parents that no longer have kids, until they enter the House of the Old.
- Jonas can now see and identify color.
- Jonas understands animals and the bond they share with humans.
- The Giver's favourite memory is Christmas.

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Gabe is still a newchild so he isn't aware of really anything yet. Like babies we have here, he cries when he wakes up at night and fusses when he sleeps. He also has pale eyes, like The Giver and Jonas. When Gabe cries one night we know know Jonas transfers the memory of the sailboat to Gabe which calms him down, even though Jonas is technically not supposed to, he doesn't tell The Giver. Gabe can clearly receive these memories as he immediately calms down when the memory is transferred. In this chapter we see Gabe is continuing to stay in Jonas's room because he fusses less, as Jonas continues to give him peaceful and joyful memories.

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In this chapter Jonas experiences more memories that to him are completely new and unheard of, but to us are so simple. He experiences a birthday party, going through the museum and seeing the art, riding horses etc. He also experiences the Giver's favourite, and most joyful memory, which is what we know as Christmas. He sees the lights, and the fire, and the tree which he finds is so strangely inside of the house. He sees old people, who he believes should be in the house of the old with people. Small children sitting on their laps. A family, not a family unit, but a family. He feels a sensation in the room, that he can't quite put his finger on. Later in the chapter, The Giver introduces Jonas to the feeling known as "Love". Jonas quite likes the feeling. It makes him feel good. As much as he loves how he feels in this memory, he believes that the life we call normal is dangerous because of many different elements. We also see at the very end of this chapter that Jonas stops taking the pills he is supposed to take to suppress his stirrings.

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At the beginning of the chapter The Giver is in a lot of pain as he is seeing the memory of warfare. He asks Jonas to help by taking some of the pain, which results in Jonas experiencing and inheriting the memory of warfare. After Jonas comes out of the memory, The Giver looks away in shame as he feels guilt for the pain he just caused Jonas.

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- Jonas doesn't understand the concept of dying.
- Even though this memory includes much pain, he still understands, and grasps the name of what he is seeing.
- Even in memories, Jonas can be severely hurt.

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This picture is an important reference to the chapter because it shows one of the key memories Jonas is shown. This refers to the memory where Jonas feels complete bliss, pleasure, and happiness.

Connection: All of the memories Jonas is shown, is stuff that us humans have almost all experienced. Everyone, no matter where you are, knows the feeling of the warm sun beating down causing warmth to spread throughout your body. Most people know the feeling of the cold wind piercing your face as you fly down the hill on the plastic sled that doesn't stop. The snowflakes melting on your tongue and falling coating your hands with a layer of cold. Not so pleasant, but I can confidently say that many people have felt the piercing needles that is the sun burning your skin.

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The Receiver also shows Jonas his first memory involving pain. When Jonas enters the memory, he feels the same feeling of warmth but only briefly, then he quickly realises this will not be a pleasant memory. He feels a sensation of hot, and burning spread up his legs, back, shoulders, neck. It starts to get worse and he starts to squirm. His skin is on fire, and he feels like needles are stabbing him. When he comes out of the memory he can't quite grasp the word for it as he did so easily for the others. The pain consumed him. He was feeling sunburn.

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Chapter 11 - Character: Jonas - Sunshine

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Chapter 11 - Character: Jonas - Sunshine

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The next memory Jonas is introduced to is sunshine. When he comes into the memory he immediately feels the warmth and the joy. He sees a massive yellow/white ball in the sky, and feels the warmth radiating through his body. It's a joyful sensation, and he enjoys the memory. When he comes out, he wishes that sunshine could be a thing in his society, as he feels pleasure during the memory.

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When Jonas is in the memory he sees a boy, who looks about his age, lying on the ground straining to say "water". He has fresh blood dripping down his body and bright red carnage. He's in a grey uniform, lying on the ground saying water. Jonas looked at his arm and saw fragments of bone and fresh blood dripping down his arm. He finds that he is able to move his other arm, therefore he reaches down and grabs the small metal bottle filled with water, and pours it into the boys mouth. The water drips down his chin and he sighs and puts his head back. He takes a deep breath and a "coat of lifelessness" lines the boy's eyes. He's dead, but Jonas doesn't know what death means or what it looks like. He just sees the boy blankly staring into the sky. Jonas stays in the memory for hours, until he too is laying on the ground knowing that death is what comes next. Then his opens his eyes, and The Giver looks away in embarrassment, and shame in the pain he has just caused Jonas to experience.

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Jonas walks into the Annex room and sees The Giver sitting with his head in his hands clearly not in a good place. Jonas assumes he should leave but The Giver asks Jonas to take away the pain. Jonas just places his hands in The Giver's and braces himself. He is transported to a new memory, one that very early on causes an indescribable amount of pain. He is seeing war. He sees their limp bodies strewn across the field, hears the horses, sees the yellow mustard gas and hears all of the screams and explosions.

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In this chapter Jonas is introduced to three of the Receivers memories. The Receiver simply places his hands on Jonas's back three different times and Jonas feels three different feelings. He first feels cold, and feels an unknown substance swirling around him. He first describes it as pinpricks, but then corrects himself as he feels these tiny flakes of white to be cold but soft. He catches them on his tongue but when they touch they disappear. He says he likes the feeling. During the snow, he realises he is sitting on a sled. As a bit of time passes the sled starts moving and Jonas feels the exhilaration of quickly sliding down the hill, the wind in his face. He's excited, and happy.

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This picture is significant to this chapter, because it represents where Jonas will be spending the rest of his training time. There is a small room with one desk, and one woman working, and then he enters this luxurious room with nice furniture, somany books and the large Receiver's chair.

Connection: There isn't many connections we can make to this chapter because we can't relate to becoming a Receiver of memory. However, we can relate to the overflow of emotions Jonas is feeling. With every new experience, we always feel a set of emotions towards them a lot of the time they will be big ones, many that we can't control. Jonas is feeling anxious about this upcoming chapter of his life. It's a new experience therefore new emotions come with it. I think everyone can relate to feeling new things towards new experiences.

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- Becoming a Twelve means their bike name plate gets replaced to represent citizenship.
- The lobby leading to the training room is small and empty with only one desk.
- The woman at the front desk immediately stands up and refers to Jonas as the new Receiver of Memory.
- The Receiver has piercing pale eyes, similar to Jonas.
- Jonas is feeling very anxious and confused about this whole process.
- Jonas tries to apologize for interrupting the Receiver, but he cuts him off saying that there is no time for apologies.

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Was society "normal" before? Is Jonas going to see society like how it is today for us?
Yes, Jonas sees many memories, good and bad about what
is like for us today.
What does the Receiver of Memory exactly do?
The Receiver of memory receives the memories of what society was like before everyone started to be so heavily controlled. It's his job to keep the memories to himself.

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Another breakthrough chapter for Jonas, when he finds out that there is an entire past. The Receiver mentions a reference about sledding and snow, and Jonas is standing there confused about what snow is and what a sled is. He is clueless. I doesn't know what they looks like, or what the terms even means. The Receiver tells Jonas that he must lay down and he is going to perform his first memory transfer. He is going to transfer the memory of snow, so Jonas can see it, and know what it is.
Another less important, but still another part of the chapter that just proves that everyone is de-humanized, is that when Jonas walks into the room the Receiver is in he is in awe about the furniture. Furniture that is completely normal for us, is so bizarre and new for him. He says the fabrics on the chairs were thicker and more luxurious than the ones at his dwelling, the table legs were sturdier, curved and slender, and the bed was draped with a designed cloth. He also notices the books. So many books. He knows that there certain books at his dwelling that describe the basic things in society, but sees the bookshelves lining the walls from floor to ceiling with hundreds of thousands of books.

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We are finally properly introduced the the Receiver, the talk of the past few chapters. When Jonas first entered the room where the Receiver was in, he was in shock. He only looked around for a few seconds, before noticing the man sitting in the chair. He nervously gave a slight bow and said hello, referring to the man sitting in the chair as "The Receiver". The man quickly corrected him and said that from this point on, he will think of Jonas as the Receiver. Jonas mentions how old he must be, and he laughs a little and makes a comment about he has much time left, he just looks older than he is, how this job has aged him. He also says that when he was a Receiver he came to this exact same place that Jonas is currently training at. His entire job is to transfer his memories to Jonas, but not just his memories, the memories of the whole world, and the memories of the previous Receiver.

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Connection: In our society it is really an unspoken rule that lying is bad, and it’s not something you should do. It’s common sense to know that lying isn’t right. I shouldn’t really say it’s an “unspoken rule” because myself, and many people have been taught as we’ve grown up not to lie. Do we really ever know if someone is lying though? We can always make assumptions based on their gestures, tone of voice, or past information we have about them and the situation, but we really never know. Someone could tell us an open faced lie, and we could never find out. It could be little white lies or it could be big things. Even if you ask someone, and they say they aren’t lying, that could be a lie too. It’s the whole premise of trust. We build up this trust in people that they won’t lie, but we never really know. Just like Jonas doesn’t know if everyone has been lying to him, or if it’s only him who has received this instruction. He has built this trust in his society that no one lies, because it’s wrong but there is nothing saying that people are telling the truth now, or that they ever have been.

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I think this image really does represent the society that Jonas is in. They are told that they are prohibited from lying, it’s one of the most prominent rules. Nobody lies. Or so everyone thinks. In Jonas’s folder he receives the instruction he can lie. He knows his assignment is special. One of a kind that no one else will receive for a long time, so there may be different rules but what if… what if every adult has received that instruction on their folder when they became a twelve? What if he has been lied to this whole time? Is there really a reason he should now believe anyone? Or has all of the “truths” he has been told, been flat out lies.

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Will Jonas stay in touch with his friends or will training be too strict?
Do all adults lie? Has everyone bee lying o Jonas?
What really did happen to the mistake Receiver? What did she do to be considered a mistake? Where is she now?
Will Jonas have to stop taking his medication for stirrings?

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- Jonas is exempted from the rule regarding rudeness.
- There was a mistake Receiver before Jonas, but it is absolutely forbidden to speak her name. She disappeared one day and was never to be seen again.
- Jonas’s rules leave no extra time to spend with his friends and group mates, solely school, his dwelling, and training.
- Lily starts to volunteer at the nurturing centre.
- Jonas is feeling self conscious about how people will treat him.

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All of the Twelves got a folder in association with their new assignments stating the rules, and instructions of their training. There was quite a bit of paper with instruction in everyone’s envelope apparently, but Jonas’s was almost completely empty, except for 1 piece of paper stating 8 rules and instructions related to his training as the Receiver. One of Jonas’s instructions was that he is completely exempted from the rule regarding rudeness. He can go up to anyone in society, no matter of their status, and ask them any question no matter how personal, and he will get an answer. Jonas has always been trained to not ask personal questions, just to not be rude in general. He doesn’t know if he can, and frankly doesn’t want to start being rude ne asking personal questions.

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We know that Lily becomes an eight in this chapter, which entails that she will have to start volunteering at places of her choice. Because of her involvement with Gabriel, and her love for the new children she sees, she says she is going to commence her volunteer hours at the nurturing centre, and will likely continue there.

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Jonas has been selected to be The Receiver, a job that is clearly very important and a great honour to receive. It was obvious that no one in the audience expected this, neither did Jonas. With receiver this honorable task, Jonas feels he is already being treated differently, by his friends, people in his group mates, even by people he doesn’t know. He feels like everyone is whispering about him, judging him, like because of this newfound power nobody feels the same around him, and he doesn't feel the same around anyone else.

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1. Go immediately after school the the Annex entrance behind the house of the old.
2. Go immediately your dwelling after training hours.
3. Exempted from rudeness rule. You may ask any questions, to anyone.
4. Not permitted to discuss training with anyone in society including parents and elders.
5. Prohibited from dream telling.
6. No medication unless related to illness or injury unrelated to training.
7. Not permitted to apply for release.
8. You may lie.

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One (Madeline) - Fish Hatchery Attendant
Two (Inger) - Birthmother
Three (Isaac) - Instructor of Sixes
Four (Asher) - Assistant Director of Recreation
*5-17 not specified*
Eighteen (Fiona) - Caretaker of the Old
*Jonas - 19 skipped over*
*Rest were not specified*

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- Jonas hasn't been assigned like the other twelves, he has been skipped.
- Common discipline for children is being smacked by a "discipline want".
- Every child is given a number at birth depending on when they were born comparing the rest of the people in their age group.
- Even though children are named, some parents, when agitated with their child's behaviour, refer to them as the number they were given when first becoming a new child.
- When new children are very young it is easy to tell who is born earlier and later in the year, then when children become three, they all start to develop evenly.

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Chapter 7 - "Thank you for your childhood"

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Chapter 7 - "Thank you for your childhood"

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This phrase is something that seems like such a normal thing, but really has a deeper, and frankly, sadder meaning. By the chief Elder saying this to every child that goes through the Ceremony of Twelve, it obviously signifies that their childhood is over, but also signifies that they never really had a proper childhood that we think of today. Their childhood was never playing with dolls, watching Dora, going into your basement and playing dress-up with all of your princess and superhero costumes, it was controlled and put into stages. Their childhood was always a test, and ways to serve the community. Even when they were so little, not being able to volunteer or help out much, everything they did was being watched and evaluated to one day provide for the society. It's not just a 5 word phrase. It's a window to see the real things his society goes through, and how stuff everything really is.

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Fish Hatchery: "A fish hatchery is a place for artificial breeding, hatching and rearing through the early life stages of animals, fish and shellfish in particular."

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Why was Jonas skipped? Was it for good or bad?
Answered in Chap. 8: Jonas was skipped for a reason that was not considered bad. He wasn't assigned a regular job, he was selected to be in the position of the world's most honored role. The Receiver.
Did anyone really have a childhood? Or was all of it just a test?
If this society is supposed to be viewed as a society where everything is done right, why was hurting children a form of punishment?

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Not any new or important vocabulary in this chapter. Just descriptive words such as:
Intelligence
Integrity
Courage
Bravery
Wisdom

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- Jonas is selected to be the Receiver.
- The Receiver is the most important job in the community.
The qualities needed to become a Receiver are Intelligence. Integrity, Immense Courage, and Wisdom.
- It is said that Jonas possesses all of these qualities apart from wisdom, be he is believed to be completely capable of unlocking said wisdom as he trains.
- Jonas has the "capacity to see beyond", and he experienced it with the apple and again while looking at the audience during the ceremony

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Is the Receiver also the Giver? On the back of the book in the short description it says that Jonas trains under "The Giver" but here it is stating that he trains under the Receiver. Is there a difference?
Answered in Chap. ?: Jonas is assigned the role of Receiver, therefore the previous Receiver has been assigned the role of "The Giver". The names are very self explanatory as Jonas receives memories, and The Giver gives them to him.
Is Jonas no longer aloud to see his family unit, or his friends at all?
Answered in Chap. 9: Jonas is still permitted to see his friends, but only at school. He is still permitted to live at his dwelling with his family unit, and Gabriel.
What exactly is "The Capacity to see Beyond"? Does it have something to do with being Released? Or the controlling society?
The capacity to see beyond means that Jonas start to see color when nobody else can. He sees color in the apple, and in Fiona's hair.
What does the "Receiver of Memory" mean? What exactly is their role?
The Receiver of memory is Jonas's new role, and it means that he receives memories of the past. He is the only one, other than The Giver who knows about these memories.
Does the Receiver know why society is being so heavily controlled? Will Jonas find out?
Jonas finds out that society is being so heavily controlled to achieve sameness and erase all evidence of the past from everyone's memories and lives.

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The Elder looks over at the section of Elders, and Jonas notices a bearded man with pale eyes that he has never seen before, clearly being the current Receiver. He works alone and is not well known. The Elder states that all of the Elders have been watching JOnas ever so carefully since he started showing key qualities that were needed to become a Receiver. They are being even more careful as when Jonas was only a toddler, they made a faulty selection for the next Receiver and do not want to experience a failure such as that again. Unlike his other group mates who will be watched, and modified during training, Jonas will be trained completely alone apart from everyone else, except the current Receiver. The Elder says that Jonas will be faced with a magnitude of physical pain that nobody other than the current Receiver can ever fathom to experience, but he seems to show the bravery to endure it. He ultimately feels scared, and debates telling them they have selected wrong, but then he looks at the faces in the crowd, and to the Elder and he knows he has to continue on. He is scared of what he will become and what he will become of him throughout this process but goes through with it in the end.

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This chapter is about Jonas and solely Jonas. They reveal the rest of his life ahead, what is to become of him, why he wasn't assigned a job at first. The Elder says that "Jonas has not been assigned, he has been selected.", Jonas automatically feels fear and confusion as he is not sure what the Elder is talking about, but she shortly follows with announcing that he has been selected to be the new "Receiver of Memory." The whole crowd is stunned and gasps, clearly knowing that this is a big deal, but Jonas still diesn't know what she is talking about and stands there stunned, worried and confused.

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Comfort Object: Plush toy new children are given at birth that they are permitted to use until they "become an eight". This will then be recycled to the younger age group. Similar to what we have as "stuffed animals."

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- Takes place when children become "A Twelve".
- Takes place in December.
- Based on what the elders have noticed about the habits, strengths, weaknesses of children up until they become "A Twelve", they will assign them a profession which they are required to follow through with. For example because Jonas's father showed a liking and interest in the new children, and the habits he had as a child, they assigned him to be "A Nurturer."
- After you are "assigned" a profession, aside from school you will no longer be able to have a social life with friends that aren't assigned to the same profession as you, as you will be training with the other "Twelves" assigned to your profession.

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Jonas's father is revealed to have been a quiet child, very similar to Jonas who was very focused on school, and enjoyed company with friends, however during his free time he would spend the majority with the new children, and spend his volunteer hours at the nurturing centre. At his "Ceremony of Twelve" he was assigned to be "A Nurturer".

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Released: Grim statement/Punishment/Unacceptable Phrase
Nurturer: Responsible for physical and emotional well being of the new children before they are assigned a family.

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- December is a month that brings many changes, even from a young age.
- Jonas's family "received" him and Lily. His mother didn't give birth to her, or Jonas, new children are assigned to family's to keep a balance of one girl and one boy.
- Certain privileges are given at certain ages. For example, you can't ride a bike until you are "a nine".
- Rules  are very hard to change, and even if they do end up being changed it takes a significantly long time.
- After you become "a twelve", age is no longer important, and many people forget how old they are.
- When you become "an eight" your comfort object gets taken away.
- The city seems to control how fast kids grow up by having limits to how old they can be to have a stuffed animal, or how old they have to be to ride a bike. They assign professions to kids when they are just twelve years old.

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Who is "The Receiver"? Are they more important than "The Giver"?
The Receiver before Jonas has now become The Giver because Jonas has become the new Receiver. They are of the same importance.
Why is growing up so rushed, and controlled in this society?
What is the purpose of all of these rules? Why is everyone being so heavily controlled?
The answer is simple. It's because society/chief elder wants complete control of everyone and everything. They want everyone to be equal, and under their rule. The Chief Elder and needs to have power, no one else.

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The Receiver is a character was briefly introduced in this chapter but we weren't given much information. All they said was the receiver is the most important elder who works and lives alone.

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- Released: Not exactly sure of the meaning yet, but it is considered a grim statement, and a punishment, and an unacceptable phrase to be used when not in a serious matter. The books version of swearing.
- The only time being released isn’t a punishment is when you are releasing an elderly, or releasing a newborn. Releasing a newborn is a sad thing, but not a form of punishment. Releasing an elderly is a sign of of a full life lived, and is a positive thing.
- A rule in society is a family must consist of a mother, a father, one girl and one boy. No acceptions.
- It seems that this society has been de-humanized. They don’t know simple things, for example. what the word “animal” means.

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What exactly does the term "Release" mean? Is it related to death? Maybe being murdered?
Answered (part 1) in Chap. 4: There is a "releasing room" at The House of the Old, and the woman at the old age home says that you walk through a door, while being released. Nobody knows where you go, but it's not being murdered.
Does the term “a seven” or “an eleven” represent age?
Answered in Chap. 2: Yes. The terms "an eleven", or "a seven" is representing how old someone is.
What happens when you “become a twelve”? Why is it so important?
Answered in Chap. 2: When you become "A Twelve" there is a ceremony held to assign you a profession. The elders study you habits, likings, interests, etc. up until you become "A Twelve" and use the information they gather to assign you a profession which you will follow through on for the rest of your life.
Was the jet in the sky that Jonas saw a year prior to present day really a pilots mistake or was that cover up? Does it mean something else, and society is trying to hide it?

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Similar to Jonas’s mother, next to no information is revealed about Jonas’s father, other than his role as Jonas and Lily’s father, and his profession. He is a Nurturer, someone who is responsible for the physical and emotional well-being of the new children that come into the society. They hold the position of someone similar to a doctor and take care of the new children until they are assigned a family.

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Jonas’s mother doesn’t have much shared about her in this chapter. they reveal her place as Jonas an Lily’s mother as well as her profession. She has a very prominent position at the Department of Justice, similar to what we call “court”.

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In this chapter we are introduced to Jonas's little sister Lily. They don’t give much information about her but we know she goes to daycare, and she is “a seven”. Based on inference, I am fairly confident that would mean she is seven years old.

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This chapter has introduced a lot of different, and what seems to be important aspects of this book. We have been introduced more to Jonas, the main character. We know that he is an "eleven", and that there is an important event for him and all other "elevens" in December called "The Ceremony of Twelve" that he is feeling excited, nervous and quite apprehensive about. In the first pages Jonas talked about seeing a jet zip through the sky a year prior to present day, and how he felt frightened, but it ended up being a Pilot's mistake.

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Based off of the information on the back of the book, I am predicting that this novel will be focused on a world where no one has choice. It will show us the perspective of what it is like to live in a society where you feel like a puppet under the control of a puppeteer, the government. In our country, and in many other countries you have a right to choose many things. Your employment, your country's representative, your husband/wife if you have one, whether you have kids etc. I predict that in this world nobody can make a choice, and nobody has the guts to confront any government official about this lack of choice. We are already introduced to a character Jonas, who is clearly eleven or twelve years old, who lives in this society with no choice. I know that their tasks in life are predetermined, however clearly Jonas is chosen for something special, something different from the rest. To work with The Giver. I predict that the Giver knows why this society has such little choice, the reason and history behind it, and I think that Jonas will eventually ask and find out why everyone in his society is so trapped, and possibly find a way to try and reconcile the situation.

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In this chapter we are introduced to a new child that is not apart of Jonas’s family but is staying with them overnight for the next few nights to help him develop. The new child’s name is Gabriel, and Jonas’s father (a nurturer) has been looking after him at the nurturing centre during the day and realizes he is delayed therefore Gabriel is staying with Jonas’s family overnight or the time being. He is one of the few people in the community that have light, pale eyes. The majority have dark eyes, but Gabriel does not.

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In this chapter, we learn about an encounter with a fighter jet that frightened many people. I'm not exactly sure why there are fighter jets because this society is said to be so secure, and they don't even have simple things like cars.

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In this chapter we learn that some things about Jonas’s appearance as well as an event that took place not to long ago. We learn that Jonas, like the new child Gabriel, is one of the few in the community that have light, pale eyes therefore giving him more of a look of depth. We also learn that Jonas wears a red tunic. we know that it’s red because while talking about an apple, he refers to his tunic as being the same colour. Not too long before present day Jonas was playing catch with Asher using an apple. While they were playing Jonas noticed that the apple changed, for a split second in mid-air but as soon as it was in his hands, it was back to normal. His vision other than that was fine and everything else was normal except for the apple changing. The book states that this happened four times while the boys were playing.

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We already have information about Lily, and we know who she is, but in this chapter we get to see glimpse as to what she is like. She shows an interest in the new child, Gabriel and talks about birth mothers. She states that she wants to be a birth mother, but he mother quickly shuts her down saying how little honor it holds.

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Why do people wear Tunic's?
People wear Tunic's so society can achieve sameness and everyone can dress look identical. They don't want anyone to have any individuality.
Why doesn't the society use color?
Society doesn't use color because society wants no memory of the past at all. They want to achieve "sameness" and that doesn't include the ability to see color.
Why are they so interested in Gabriel's light eyes? Why is that so different?
The light eyes make people a possible candidate to become the Receiver. It gives people the ability to receive memories.
It is stated that Tunic's are typically worn in Greece and Rome, could this story take place in what was once Greece or Rome?
Why was only Jonas see the apple change? Was he hallucinating, or did he really see something?
Jonas has pale eyes, giving him the ability to become the Receiver, and giving him the "capacity to see beyond". He was eventually chosen to become the Receiver, and he sees color. Jonas saw the color red when the apple changed but he didn't know how to describe it as he didn't know what color was.

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- In society, it is very rude to point out features of someone that are considered different. For example, Jonas and the new child Gabriel have light, plae eyes, but nobody points it out because it's rude to point out other's differences.
- The don't use color. This is proven in two different scenarios, the first being when talking about eye color. Instead of referring to darker eye as "brown", they just say someone has "dark eyes". The second scenario bein whe Jonas was playing with Asher with the apple. When Jonas catches the apple, he refers to it being the same shade as his tunic. Not specifying that his tunic is red, or that the apple is red, just that they are the same shade.
- You can start volunteering when you become "an eight".
- Mirrors are not forbidden, but very rare.
- Being birthmother is a job with very little honor and isn't an ideal profession, according to Jonas and Lily's mom.

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Tunic: "A loose garment, typically sleeveless, and reaching to the wearers knees. Typically worn in Greece and Rome."
Birthmother: The profession in which you get to give birth to three new children in three years, then you no longer are permitted to give birth.

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A comfort object is something that new children are giving that is taken away when they become "an eight" and then are recycled to the next round oc new children. This is Lily's last year with her comfort object which is stated to be an elephant.