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Words Used:

1.  Distraught
2.  Desperately
3. Intricate
4. Jeer
5. Reluctant
6. Rueful
7. Emphatical
8. Wretched
9. Unendurable
10. Linger
11. Deliverance

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Here I was at the Christmas parade, I was very distraught. I couldn't believe my little  brother dragged me here! Not only that but I wanted to desperately leave, it was freezing! I had to work on my intricate math homework, but at the parade I couldn’t think straight, everyone was jeering. I begged my brother to leave but he was reluctant and very stubborn. He wouldn’t move an inch. He could tell I was cold and grinned ruefully, finally I emphatically brought my brother to the closest coffee store giving free hot chocolate. After the whole parade I was wretched and I hardly had any energy to move. I was glad it was over. It was unendurable, I  could still hear the echoes of children lingering in my ear. When we reached our house I felt a wave of deliverance from the warmth my house brought. I couldn’t wait to fall asleep.

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BLIND OBEDIENCE

After Jonas agreeing to take the pills that remove his stirrings for Fiona he seems to be more grown-up and takes pride for becoming more like the adults. Since everybody else his age seems to take the pills he seems to follow blinding thinking the pills will affect him for the better. But really he's just joining the bandwagon not knowing what the pills are meant to do. Really the pills are bad for his body and health. It takes away the joy of stirrings and deep feelings such as love. He has no idea what he's doing but is just following everyone else.

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SELF-DISCOVERY

In this chapter when Jonas is trying to calm down Gabriel, he reflects back on the sweet calming memory that the Giver had given him to make up for the painful ones. Slowly he realized that the memory was fading away. He immediately realized that Gabriel was calming down and balling into a deep sleep. Not only did Jonas figure out that Gabriel received memories but he learned that by himself.

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In this chapter Jonas starts to see color everywhere, he even sees red in Fiona's hair. But sadly Jonas also begins to feel more and more painful memories especially what he felt today. He felt the struggle of war, he could see the boy dying from thirst right before his very eyes, he couldn't bear it. He could see the bone poking out of his leg and gushing blood everywhere. He couldn't take it, he felt out of it once it was over and kept thinking about it.

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Finally Jonas is becoming more comfortable around the Giver and uncovers something huge!!!!! Jonas begins to notice that the change in the apple and the book is called color. He can see and tell that the world is missing out on color and it seems to add so much joy into life.

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For the first time Jonas seemed really surprised. First he met the Giver who seemed really smart and wise but who also seemed like he wanted company, like he was lonely. For the first time Jonas was to receive his first memory by lying down and closing his eyes while the Giver transmitted the first memory. First it seemed like he teleported somewhere but instead he was in the memory. He could see and feel snow for the first time and saw a sled. Soon words popped up into his head for what everything was. He saw a sled and went all the way down a hill.

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All of a sudden everyone that he trusted so well seemed to be so distant from him, they seemed to be much more hesitant around Jonas. Not only that but Jonas seemed to be more alone, even though he's surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people. Jonas is also given his rules and instructions to become the new Receiver. A rule that really stuck out to him was to lie. It was forbidden to lie but I guess maybe he's going to learn so many things he's never meant to tell.

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This chapter is 100% surrounded completely by Jonas. After everybody had been given their assignment Jonas was standing all by himself alone. The audience was anxious to see what was next but Jonas was frightened, terrified what was going to happen to him. The chief elder does thankfully mention that she made a mistake and apologizes. She then mentions that not only has Jonas been chosen but he has been specially selected for his position. He has been chosen with the MOST IMPORTANT role in his community. Being the receiver of memories. At that moment Jonas sees a man he hasn't recognized before, an old man with the same eyes as him.

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The ceremony of Twelve was surprising and was left on a cliffhanger. We heard about Jonas' friend Asher and his life, the funny mistakes he's made in school, like saying smack instead of snack, but eventually he flipped a switch and became more resilient with his words. Somehow Jonas was skipped. Jonas was so confused and the rest of the crowd was as well.

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This chapter is all about the ceremonies leading up to his. Instead the chapter cuts short right before the ceremony of Twelve. First the ones were assigned to their family units, the most exciting ceremonies were the ones, the nines, and the Twelves. The nines were able to receive their own bike with their name on it. You could tell who was secretly practicing before and who wasn't. The ceremony of ten was simply getting a more adult-like haircut, quite boring in Jonas' opinion.

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In this chapter when their family seems to be sharing their dreams in the morning Jonas tells his family shyly about his dream about Fiona. It seemed like he had a crush on her, soon enough Jonas' mother told Lily and her father away to explain the feelings Jonas felt. According to them the feeling Jonas had was called stirrings. To take care of that so called problem, he needs to take daily pills to remove the stirrings. Jonas also feels more grown up taking his pills and he recalls Asher forgetting to take his pills one morning.

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Chapter four was quite surprising, first we meet Asher and Fiona when Jonas is  biking to the house of the Old. Next what happens is out of the ordinary. Jonas changes clothes and gives the old a bath. During this time Larissa the elder tells a story to Jonas, a few times Jonas glances at Fiona bathe another elder.

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In the third chapter Jonas grows more and more anxious and afraid for his ceremony of Twelve, he has no clue what his assignment might be. Even if a family unit is only meant to be 2 adults and 2 children, Jonas' family was an exception. They are now taking care of a newborn with sleeping problems. Out of nowhere Lily is instantly distracted and quiet around the baby. This is surprising to even me since Lily goes on and on about her daycare.

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In this chapter we find out that everybody has their own ceremony depending on their age. Each ceremony is a stage of growing up. Lily doesn't want to lose her comfort object, since it is apart of growing up without it, I'm guessing. They introduced more and more of the rules that make their society stand out more. For example saying "you're released" is a bad word? And saying your starving is never meant to be said?

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In this chapter the characters are introduced, then a plane flies by and the speaker tells everyone to find shelter. To leave their bikes and hide at the closest building to them. The plane actually turned out to be a pilot in training and made a mistake and took the wrong turn. Apparently the pilot is going to be released.

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Answering ALL the Questions (I can answer)

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Answering ALL the Questions (I can answer)

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Chapter One:
1. Why are ages considered 'a four' or 'when I was a seven'? Why do they age that way, is it a stage?

Each child has no birthday and is considered to age at the same time with everyone else born in the same year as them. Not only that but they seem to be using that system like apart of growing up and after you reach the stage of being a Twelve age no longer matters.

2.  Are Nurturing centers the same as Hospitals? Why are people assigned to be birth mothers and others aren't?

Nurturing centers are made for newborn babies to learn basic skills, like sleeping properly and being well fed for around a year. After that year they attend the ceremony of one and are given to their own family unit. They also are made to release any babies that don't fit in with their standards. Identical twins are released since they simply can't deal with two identical people.

4. What does "being released" mean? Does it mean to kill? It makes me think that they go to a facility like a prison or they can be contaminated and killed.

Being released means being killed, they have the word murder but use a different name for it. To make it sound less frightening. They also claim that they put them into an "elsewhere" also that is simply a lie.

5. If all of the children are given to families at the same time, how are the families aware of their birthdays? Are birthdays celebrated?

Birthdays were removed to have the sameness. It makes sense a bit since if one person is singled out from the rest others could become envious especially children.

Chapter Two:

2. What if people are not satisfied with their jobs as they grow up and begin to have a change of heart?

Since there has been camera surrounding their community they watch you your entire life to see if you do have a change of heart until your a Twelve. Not only that but they could apply to be released elsewhere not knowing what it entirely means.

4. Who decided  in their society that no freedom is a perfect Utopian place? Why are the rules so limited on what people can do?

I guess the people controlling the government back and back and back chose to rule out everyone's differences and pain that anyone suffered. And many people have different opinion's on what a Utopian society seems to resemble as.

Chapter Three:

1. What did he notice from the apple? What changed?

The reason Jonas couldn't pinpoint what exactly changed when he saw the apple was the fact that he saw color. He couldn't describe it since he had never learned about color before and it didn't change shape or anything.

2. Why is wearing ribbons in your hair such a strict rule? It seems like the government is making everything in life a necessity to accomplish perfectly.

Females wearing ribbons in their hair was a rule made with the stage becoming a seven. You have it for only a year and move on once you become an eight. Boys on the other hand didn't have accessories or hair ties since they had short hair.

3. If there are so many rules in their "Utopia", would there be any crimes?

Since their society is so strict it seems like there wouldn't be any crimes, there's even a curfew at night. And because of this rule it makes sense why  Jonas did not want to be seen by the night crew when he was escaping.

4. Can children be released if they break too many rules?

It mentions somewhere in the book that if a child breaks 3 infraction/rules they are released. Almost like strikes at a baseball game.

5. How long has their society been like this? How many generations?

Since mentioning the phrase "back and back and back" the amount of generations that have lived with this type of society could have been at least three to five generations.

Chapter Four:

1. Why are children meant to give the Old baths? Is privacy not a term used in The Giver? Are people allowed to volunteer to give the Old and babies baths?

It seems that their community is very open and honest with each other. Not being able to lie and sharing feelings at the dinner table already speaks for itself. So it doesn't entirely surprise me but still is gross.

2. Is there a scheduled date for each person to be released? Are they meant to be released if they cause trouble?

You can be released if you break too many rules although since nobody has a birthday and people have retirements after being old enough. They might lose count of their age since they no longer count it after the age of twelve. But they do seem to finish being released ceremonies fairly quickly so it makes sense if they did become released all in the same day.

4. Why are children at such a young age given mandatory volunteer hours?

Having enough volunteer hours is the same for high school you need to have enough volunteer hours to graduate or in their case receive a life long assignment.

Chapter Five:

1. Did Jonas have feelings for Fiona?

Jonas did catch feelings for Fiona and eventually got stirrings for her. In the movie it provides more information on their love life although  the pills are made to remove the feelings of love.

2. Why do people need to take pills to forget dreams that consist of strong feelings.

After hearing all about sameness it seems like they don't want love or strong feelings because they are afraid of anymore chaos. They might fear people taking advantage of love and using against people, they seem to be sticking on the safe side but end up ruining their society.

3. Why are the pills taken until you reach the house of Old?

I guess once you reach the house of the old people don't seem to care as much and are on the verge of being released anyway.

4. Why are sharing dreams and feelings so important?

Like I mentioned before their community is very open and doesn't seem to like secrets the children in their society is taught to be open so they don't get into hobbies of lying and keeping secrets.

Chapter six:

1. Who would replace a child? They lost their first child and replaced him with a child with the exact same name? Who would ever become so lifeless and feel nothing by losing a four year old?

Their community has no feelings or emotions to really actually care for loss or replacing any children. They would handle the job no problem. It seems after the crowd echos their name they move on and completely forget.

2.  Why does the community want to numb their strong feelings of loss, of love, of desires? Who decided to make their life so lifeless or robot-like?

Personally the government is a chicken. They are afraid of every possibility that might dent their society. But the fact that they are so backed up with security everywhere it seems like they can handle any situation like that.

Chapter Seven:

1.  Why are each Eleven's childhood technically given when you become a Twelve? Do they not consider adolescence a big part of their childhood?

The government takes advantage of their adolescence to let them take their training throughout their adolescence and once they reach 16 or older. Depending on their assignment should be prepared for working.

3. Why was Jonas skipped? Did the chief elder make that mistake on purpose? Did the elder find out what Jonas saw in the apple?

The chief elder did make a mistake and realized what she did although she didn't want to stop halfway through the program and redo it. She would make a fool of herself.

4. Is Jonas going to receive his assignment last? Is he going to be released?

Jonas did receive his assignment last but was chosen/selected with the most important role in the entire community.

5. Is their community all white? Does their community have no multicultural groups?

Since the society has strictly forced sameness they might has released everyone else of color, or maybe they wanted everybody to be the same and not need to struggle with differences of race or culture.

Chapter Eight:

1. What is a Receiver of memories? If it is such an important assignment then what is the assignments purpose?

The receiver of memories is rarely assigned. Only one person every few decades is chosen to be the receiver. Not only that but they must carry a burden. Since people have no ability to learn about history or remember, the receiver carries the burdens of all the memories any one had experienced before their society. Now not all of it is bad. It opened Jonas' eyes and made him grow to become more and more curious.

2. Why did the chief elder mention that the learning in Jonas' assignment required physical pain? How serious is his assignment taken?

Since Jonas needs to experience all memories. Some memories require pain. For example a bee sting, you can't fully experience a bee sting without pain. A sun burn, feeling that pain is required to keep the memory.

3. Is his role to record the citizens dreams and emotions, or is there more to his assignment?

That's pretty much his whole assignment although the book only talks about how his training goes. He never completes training or learns about how to train another he simply only has received memories.

Chapter Nine:

1. Why is it that he is noticing from his close friends and family, why the hesitation?

His close friends and family are probably shocked that he was selected out of everybody to be the receiver. The tight also fear what might happen to Jonas especially since the last receiver was technically a "failure". Basically they might assume that Jonas will disappear as well.

2. Why are the "parents" so robot-like do they not celebrate important events? Receiving that assignment is such a big deal, why not celebrate?

Ideally in their society nothing is celebrated unless it is a release ceremony for the old and even that is quite dark. They don't have holidays maybe PD days but nothing anymore exciting.

3.  Why is Jonas now allowed to lie? What secrets will he learn? Will he find out what being released means?

Jonas is not supposed to tell anything about his training, he is meant to keep whatever he learns a secret. So if anyone asks about his training I guess the purpose of him being able to lie is to make up something.

4. Why is the book called the Giver if Jonas is technically the Receiver?

The book is called the Giver, since it is named after Jonas' trainer for his assignment. The Giver is the one who changes Jonas' whole life.

Chapter Ten & Eleven:

2. Is  all of Jonas'  training  receiving The Giver's memories?

I presume that the Giver needs to transmit all of his memories to Jonas but he also might need to inform him on how to train the next receiver whenever they are chosen.

5. Does the Giver know what being released means? If he has all memories does that mean he has memories of people being released?

The Giver was the one who showed Jonas what being released is, he has full access to see and watch every single release ceremony.

Chapter Twelve:

2. Why did the people back then decide to have the sameness over seeing color? What went through their mind to lead them to that conclusion?

I'm not entirely sure but maybe having a favourite color might change people's perspectives on different subjects and thoughts. Removing color was just another process to make everyone the same.

4. Based on hearing that the ability to see beyond is seeing color. They definitely did not learn about colors in school but did they learn about shades like grey, black and white?

Since Jonas had no idea what color meant or was I presume he never had the chance to learn about shades in school at all. They never seemed to question any of it since no one brought it up.

Chapter Thirteen:

1.  Why did the Giver want to show Jonas the experience of war? Is he trying to show what the world was like before their society? Was he trying to stop Jonas from being curious about the past?

Showing Jonas the memory of war was not trying to stop him from anything it is simply a piece of his training. He must also experience all of the Givers memories to be completely trained so it would have happened sooner or later.

3.  Why does Jonas only see colors for an instant? Is he trying to fight his color blindness? Does he know that you can mix colors?

Jonas can only manage to see colors for a glimpse is because his eyesight is readjusting to this big change. His whole eyesight won't change overnight it will definitely take time.

Chapter Fourteen:

1. Could Jonas give any memory to anyone? Do you think he'll try giving more memories?

He seems to only be capable of giving memories to those with pale gray eyes. Other people simply don't possess the ability to process memories. Having pale eyes makes them even more unique.

2.  Why can't Jonas and The Giver at least try to bend the rules about how the population having shared memories?

In the end Jonas breaks about 3 rules
a) stealing Gabriel
b) taking his father's bike
c) running away

The only reason Jonas broke these rules was because he seemed to be leaving his society and leaving all of his memories to the community to restore faith and make everyone normal again.

3. It seems that anyone with pale gray eyes can have to ability of the receiver. The Giver has pale eyes just like Jonas and the only reason Gabriel could've received the memory is if he had pale eyes too. Is that true?

It isn't proven but everyone in the book with pale eyes does possess the power to become the next receiver. Not only that but in the movie everyone possesses the same birthmark on their forearm.

5. Gabriel seems to be a normal baby waking up in the night. Why is that unusual if all babies nowadays do the same?

Maybe since people who apply for children aren't necessarily trained on how to take care of them. They wouldn't be taught what allergies a child would have or how to deal with 3 hours of sleep from babies waking up at night.

Chapter Fifteen:

1. Does their society not have weekends? If their community is so lifeless do they have any days to relax?

I think in a specific part of the novel there is a part where they have a day off to enjoy themselves. Lily has a picnic with her daycare and Jonas goes to see Asher after receiving the memory of warfare.

3. How long do memories seem in the memory? Could the memories take hours to give but only seconds in the Annex room?

Jonas does mention a few specific times when he mentions that the memory felt like it lasted hours but only took a few minutes in the annex.

Chapter Sixteen:

1. Why was Jonas unaware of birthdays? Is he curious when he was born? Does the Giver know his own birthday? Will the hall of records have dated birthdays?

The hall of records would definitely have everyone's date of birth to keep track of their age, but he never found out about birthdays until he received the memory. Having sameness in their community would mean no one is singled out for one day a year, everybody their age has their own ceremony together.

2. Does Jonas have any idea what throwing out the pills will do to his body? Will it change his life for the better?

I'm sure Jonas is aware that the stirrings will return but maybe he might not think that he might see colors much more vividly instead of medications ruining it all.

3. Does Jonas have a feeling that the wanting he had for Fiona is similar to the feeling of love he had experienced? Can he see the similarities between the two emotions?

Jonas would have certainly picked up on the fact that both feelings have the same feeling of warmth. He might have noticed, but love for  family and love for people outside your family is very different.

4. How is the feeling of love known as obsolete, or a generalized word? It is a feeling that everyone should feel but I'm assuming those pills taken everyday remove that feeling so they seem to be more lifeless and robot-like.

Since their population has no emotions why would they ever care about love? Since it is such a strong emotion why should anyone in their community know about love or what it feels like?

Chapter Seventeen:

3. How many memories does Jonas have now after a year? Does the Giver feel mentally much better after giving away so many memories?

The Giver definitely does feel much better now after having company everyday for a whole year. But it must make him remember Rosemary much more since he did mention that Jonas reminded him of her.

4. Does Jonas' father release children? Does he know where they go?

Jonas' father conducts releasing anybody at all ages specifically newborn babies or ones. Jonas' father has a process to do when it comes to releasing someone. First he injects, then waits until they stiffen and put them in a box. The next step confuses me but once he puts the child in the box he deposits it somewhere. Jonas in the book did mention that it looked like a trash chute.

Chapter Eighteen:

1. Is everyone in their community straight? It seems like so many people are opening up about themselves does anybody in their community even consider the possibility? Especially since today everyone is so open, if they're in the future then it must be normal right?

I'm predicting that since all of their memory was erased no one knows anything about being different in that way. And since sameness is so strictly enforced they might have changed everything in that matter.

2.  Does their community have graveyards? Where would they put the remainder of someone after they die? Do they have a special facility for that or do they have an area for Graves, a hidden place?

After watching the release ceremony of the new child they do not have graveyards they simply put the baby in a trash chute. So technically the trash chute is considered their graveyard.

3. Why did Rosemary release herself? Could she not bear the pain that she was given? She was full aware of the pain she would feel but could she not take it? Was releasing herself a way of quitting?

She couldn't seem to want to feel any sadness like the memories had provided, so releasing herself was a way of quitting.

Chapter Nineteen:
1. Will Jonas question his father about what happened to the smaller twin? Will he feel anger and sadness towards his father and the awful things he's done?

After watching the release Jonas did not want to return home after seeing what his father had done. He simply couldn't process it  and found his father as a liar.

2. Do you think Jonas will try and change their society? After finding out that being a nurturer is such a horrid assignment. Will he change things because he has emotions that give him an instinct to make things right?

One thing is for sure, if he had not seen what his father had done at the release of the child he would have not taken Gabriel with him while he escaped. If not he would have left still thinking that Gabriel was going to be sent elsewhere.

3. Will he find out where the deposits go? Where are all the people are in boxes? What will he do to make things right?

In the end Jonas has no idea where any of the trash is deposited along with the boxes of people but it might just be a big pile just like how we get rid of garbage.

Chapter Twenty:

1. How will he pretend to fall into the river? Will the search community look for his body or bike?

Even after escaping without being seen, the search planes still went out to look for him for many days. They checked every few hours to find Jonas. Maybe the plan didn't go as planned.

2. How quickly will their plan work? Does it take a few hours? A few days?

Jonas' plan took about an hour to settle and leave his community but running away from the planes took many days even weeks.

3.  What will happen when someone finds him? How could he escape from being caught?

In the book Jonas didn't end up being caught but since he had broken so many rules he would have been released. As for Gabriel he would be released as well since he was supposed to be already.

4. Will he take Gabriel with him if he's going to be released if he can't manage to sleep soundly?

Jonas did take Gabriel along with him since he couldn't bear to imagine leaving Gabriel behind knowing what would happen to him. What his father would do to him.

Chapter 21, 22, & 23:

4. Why didn't he say goodbye to Fiona? He really seemed to love her and he just leaves with no trail at all. It surprised me that he didn't at least say goodbye since he's the main character and should have maybe even brought her with him. But it does make sense why he didn't take her.

Jonas didn't really seem to have any time to say goodbye to Fiona since he left at night and Fiona would be sleeping but also because he left in a hurry after finding out that Gabriel would be released the morning of the ceremonies.

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Now many people may be wondering does Jonas ever see Fiona Again? It turns out that in the movie Jonas says that he would see her again although Lois Lowry has written a four book series and it seems that Jonas and Fiona never see each other again.

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These last three chapters of the book were exciting and kept me on my toes. Jonas left his community to find elsewhere and other forms of life to find what the rest of the world has become. He not only does he have a plan but he brought Gabriel with him and left a night early. He pretty much had a head start although he thought his whole plan fell apart. He managed to escape without being caught but couldn't stop the fact that search planes came every few hours. Jonas and Gabriel sooner or later ran out of food and Jonas could barely survive on his own. Jonas realized that he could have stayed and made a smarter decision but Gabriel on the other hand would be dead but then.

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While some people thought the book ended happily and the other half think he might have just been hallucinating. Lois Lowry said she wrote the book that way so people could make their own assumptions on the book. She decided that it was their choice if they turned out to survive or not. Although Lois Lowry did think that it ended happily. And turns out there are multiple sequels including hints that lead to Jonas.

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In these three chapters Jonas is putting his plan into action although he faces the fact that Gabriel was set to be released the morning of his escape. So instead he left a night earlier with Gabriel. As he tries and escapes Jonas seems to have stumbled across many challenges with hunger since he has to provide for two people instead of one. Not only that but he needs to stop every now and then for Jonas and Gabriel to rest while still hiding from the search planes. He found out a few ways to stay undetected from the search planes because they have a built in heat seeking device. Not only that but Jonas has the ability to share memories with Gabriel so he shares a memory of the sled or the cold so their bodies remain cold and not warm from the heat. Later on Jonas reaches mountains and struggles with keeping warm. Soon enough things seem to look very familiar and actually sees the red sled he had seen in a previous memory. After that in the end Jonas hears music, although he can't tell if he's hallucinating unless you watch the movie.

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Chapter Twenty One, Two & Three- Connection #2 

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The reason Jonas is escaping is so he can flee from his awful community and decides to find another place to stay. Not only that but Gabriel's release was scheduled before the release so he needed to leave much sooner. In the Olympics for many years (1942- 1972) Olympians from the USSR countries have run away from their competitions so they never need to return to their communist communities.

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Chapter Twenty One, Two & Three- Connection #1

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Finally I can agree with my very first prediction. My very first prediction was thinking that the book might resemble the book Hatchet. These last chapters seem to resemble Hatchet since both stories involve pain, struggle and most importantly, survival. Except in Jonas' case he has a baby to take care of while Brian (Hatchet) needs to find help while being severely injured. Another important part is that both characters are the same age. Brian is 13 to start off, and in the Giver Jonas is 12 turning 13 towards the end of the book.

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Chapter Twenty One, Two & Three-Thoughts

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These last chapters seemed like he started to really enjoy life. He loved the forest and all the surprises it brought. And finally he was able to experience all of his memories from the past year in real life. He had even found the exact same sled from the very first memory he received from the Giver. Not only that but he also saw a waterfall, which he had also seen in a few memories. Jonas seemed to have all of this knowledge on what everything is from memories shared from the Giver Jonas also seemed to have smart backup plans from previous knowledge like thinking of a cold memory so the heat seeking plane wouldn't find them. Jonas found smart ways to adapt to his problems but in the end it became hard to tell if he managed to find another community or if he died.

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Chapter Twenty One, Twenty Two & Twenty Three

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Questions

1. What is the Giver's real name? I'm just realizing this now that he has never mentioned his real name before.

2. How come Jonas had to leave early? He never clearly explained why.

3. Did the story end happily? Was he hallucinating? It never really mentions what happens, I was surprised but I guess it was all up to our choice since we could consider it as a happy ending if he really heard music. Or if he really was just trying to comfort himself and he and Gabe really did die.

4. Why didn't he say goodbye to Fiona? He really seemed to love her and he just leaves with no trail at all. It surprised me that he didn't at least say goodbye since he's the main character and should have maybe even brought her with him. But it does make sense why he didn't take her.

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Every year I sign up for cross country. Now I'm not sure why but every year I always feel sick to my stomach imagining what the race is going to be like, I always fear if I come dead last. I fear the race because it is a big event waiting to happen and it makes me feel very anxious. Here are the rankings I've gotten in cross country since grade 3:

Grade 3- 32nd
Grade 4- 18th
Grade 5- 9th (ribbon)
Grade 6- COVID
Grade 7- COVID
Grade 8- School comes first and I come 15th (I think)

The point is Jonas might be very nervous for his escape especially since now that he can feel emotions he might fear the upcoming weeks before the ceremony.

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Jonas is about to experience the hardest, most difficult stunt he's ever done in his entire life (so far). He's about to face the memories that he suffered this year in real life, he'll face hunger and immeasurable pain. He is leaving everything he loved and never returning, he won't get to say goodbye, only to the Giver.

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The next few chapters are going to be intense, he seems to have built up a lot of courage for what is happening next and has prepared for whatever is coming up soon. What will happen next in the book is going to be rough based on the fact that Jonas will be escaping his family, friends, Fiona, and the Giver. Obviously since this isn't a fairytale I'm predicting that someone will find Jonas while he is out at night. Based on my predictions the plan will be slightly dented but might still work. I do feel scared for Jonas for what he is going to face and what will become of him.

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What Jonas is about to do is a huge heist where he escapes taking his belongings looking for another form of life outside of his community. Although when the Giver was going over his plan it reminded me of the Jurassic Park movie . The protagonists in Jurassic park always seem to find a way out of a problem in the last second. To make the audience's stress levels skyrocket. The next chapter will probably all about setting up his plan and putting it into action it will also probably make everyone on their feet hoping everything goes smoothly.

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In chapter twenty Jonas simply can't face his father after witnessing what he did. He stays a night with the Giver and creates a plan to escape. The Giver creates an idea of how it would work and seems to be an excellent plan. Jonas on the other hand knows exactly what he'll do but sadly is going by himself to escape their community and find another form of life outside of their dystopian society. Jonas begs the Giver to accompany him so he doesn't die out in the cold or suffer from the heat but the Giver was simply too old and would definitely get caught. The Giver mentions that if he leaves their whole society will remain in a state of panic and they will all go into a serious state of chaos, unremarkable chaos. Not only that but if the Giver left as well then the plan wouldn't work. The part of the plan where he announces that Jonas fell into the river. If he could not announce that part the search parties would not stop until they found him. The Giver also wouldn't have the body strength to fight against severe temperatures outside of their community.

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Most of my predictions have been true. Jonas and the Giver are plotting a way to escape and restore their whole community. Jonas is finally doing something to help save their community for them to truly become real humans. I feel proud of Jonas for volunteering his life, to leave everything behind him to save them. He's leaving his whole childhood behind him and is leaving Fiona after all the feelings he has for her. The end was a big twist, finding out that Rosemary was the Giver's daughter it made me realize that it must have broken his heart. Especially since he watched her release.

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1. How will he pretend to fall into the river? Will the search community look for his body or bike?

2. How quickly will their plan work? Does it take a few hours? A few days?

3.  What will happen when someone finds him? How could he escape from being caught?

4. Will he take Gabriel with him if he's going to be released if he can't manage to sleep soundly?

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Based on Jonas finding out that being released means death he will definitely question his father now. If he finds out that Gabriel is being released I wouldn't be surprised if he took Gabriel and gave him to the Giver. Not only would this make the Giver happier, but also give him constant company.

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After experiencing such a horrific event I can tell that Jonas feels betrayed, like his world flipped upside down. He found out the truth about his father and can't deal with it properly. He feels like his father is evil, a criminal. Inside of Jonas I feel that because of that newborn being released it flipped a switch inside of Jonas' mind to change what is right. And not what society is telling him to do. How could he ever return home knowing the dark truth?

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This chapter reminded me of miscarriages. It's so sad it's worth crying for any day. It's an event I'd like to skip in life but it can always happen to anyone. Miscarriages bring a ton of sadness, shock, and even a bit of anger. Reading that chapter brought all of those emotions to me, I feel so infuriated at Jonas' father I could swing a punch at him as soon as I met him.

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This chapter tore me apart mentally and emotionally what happens in this chapter is not only heartbreaking but straight up wrong. In this chapter the Giver explains that now that he is the new Receiver he can have all access to anything and everything. Even attending ceremonies of being released, the Giver suggests him watching the twin being released because it seems like something important for him to know. At first it seems normal seeing his father weighing the two newborns but what's next is terrifying. First his father injects the newborn in his forehead, Jonas is surprised but the baby doesn't move after that injection. The look the baby has in his eyes reminds him of the tragic memory of warfare. He realizes that his father killed the baby. Next his father simply puts the baby in a box and deposits the newborn like trash.

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This chapter was disgusting and terribly sad at the same time, throughout the whole chapter I wanted to skip pages so I wouldn't picture things in my head like imagining the poor child getting an injection through their forehead. This made me, but it didn't surprise me all that much. I was beginning to hint that the release was suspicious to begin with but this has gone way too far. This chapter crushed my heart especially since I have two younger siblings, this made me almost cry imagining my siblings going through that awful pain. My cousins are also all around the point where they settle down and have children. All my cousins have little babies around the age of 1 or 2 and this would be heartbreaking to me if I was a nurturer, I would simply run away or jump in the river. Having no emotions seems tragic and I could never imagine the pain Jonas' father would feel if he could experience emotions while releasing newborns.

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Jonas' father with one of the newborn twins

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Answering Chapter Seventeen Question No.4

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Answering Chapter Seventeen Question No.4

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4. Does Jonas' father release children? Does he know where they go?

Sadly Jonas' father does indeed release children and stores them in a deposit where trash and other belongings go. Jonas' father assignment as a nurturer is to give the child an injection in  their vein that kills them in seconds. He then puts the dead child in a box and throws it down a chute where trash belongs. This would be a dark part of their society. It's taken a turn to how dysfunctional their society is.

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1. Will Jonas question his father about what happened to the smaller twin? Will he feel anger and sadness towards his father and the awful things he's done?

2. Do you think Jonas will try and change their society? After finding out that being a nurturer is such a horrid assignment. Will he change things because he has emotions that give him an instinct to make things right?

3. Will he find out where the deposits go? Where are all the people are in boxes? What will he do to make things right?

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After writing about Jonas' status and re-reading a bit more of the chapter one line really stuck out to me. In the end concluding the chapter the Giver pretty much indicates that Jonas is their community's last hope for being the receiver. This connection shot up in my head about the line in Star Wars "help me Obi-wan Kenobi you're my only hope". This line is very well-known in star wars and I would be extremely surprised if anyone didn't know where that line came from. This line puts a ton of pressure on Jonas realizing how big of a burden he is carrying because of the previous failure of a Receiver. I'm pretty sure it's starting to click in his head about how important he is, how high in power he has.

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This chapter pretty much meant to Jonas "you can't screw up like Rosemary did you're our last hope", obviously the Giver and the whole community has put tons of pressure on Jonas now that he is the new Receiver. Yet Jonas seems to be pretty calm about the whole situation on Rosemary but he still remains very curious. He seemed especially curious about what would happen if something ever happened to him, what would become of their community? How hard would it be to find another receiver? Could it possibly be Gabriel? It seems like Jonas is carrying their community by a small string. The string represents Jonas, if he drowns in the river or disappears their society collapses and will struggle more and more losing hope.

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When Rosemary left the Giver and never returned he fought pain and suffering losing a loved one, tons of people throughout the world struggle growing up without a father figure or mother figure in their childhood or life. When this happens you can never experience a perfect family or life that is has to offer, about 50% of parents get divorced so children everywhere are either in shared custody or never see the other parent. Orphans grow up without parent-like figures with the same blood, they miss something they've never really had. It is devastating after hearing that the Giver suffered this loss alone with no family unit to be with or be happy with, he was there all alone with nothing to feel but suffering.

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Since Jonas now has the ability to ask anyone any question at all I assume Jonas will become more curious about Rosemary and might want to visit the hall of records and find out more about her, to find out maybe if she issued the reason why she wanted to be released. He might bend a few rules or even miss school to find this information.

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If anyone were to ever ask the Giver about Rosemary he would never come clean, but since Jonas had the opportunity to ask anyone anything the Giver really had no choice but to come clean. I do feel bad for the Giver since he has been so lonely all these years and he  and Jonas are the only ones who feels emotions of happiness and love, anger and real sadness. But when Rosemary released herself the Giver might have felt like he had lost a loved one, and the worst part about it was that he was all alone. No one to tell or admit how he feels he seems to be in a state where he's at a dead end in a maze with no escape. I feel as though Jonas on the other hand can't do anything about his issue. He needs to endure all of the pain that Rosemary never suffered and if he falls in the river than their community will suffer even more.

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In the movie Taylor Swift is the actress of Rosemary

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After Jonas kept on hearing about the other failed receiver he grew more and more curious, he worked up the courage to ask the Giver since he was the one who had trained her. The Giver went on and on about the failed receiver. Her name was Rosemary and was described to be quite a lot like Jonas. Jonas did realize that since Rosemary had not successfully been fully trained he had to receive all of those memories from the past ten years.

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1. Is everyone in their community straight? It seems like so many people are opening up about themselves does anybody in their community even consider the possibility? Especially since today everyone is so open, if they're in the future then it must be normal right?

2.  Does their community have graveyards? Where would they put the remainder of someone after they die? Do they have a special facility for that or do they have an area for Graves, a hidden place?

3. Why did Rosemary release herself? Could she not bear the pain that she was given? She was full aware of the pain she would feel but could she not take it? Was releasing herself a way of quitting?

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Chapter seventeen was a new experience to Jonas, him realizing that the world has so much to offer and he can't share it with anyone but the Giver. He has flashbacks of warfare and the pain it consisted of. Asher seemed like he didn't want to deal with Jonas at the time. Really he seems to be drifting apart from him. It seems that also Jonas is growing up very fast he seems to become very committed to his work that even he missed out on the chance of hanging out with Fiona.

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After reading halfway through the chapter when Jonas recalls the memory of warfare it reminds me so much of the Hunger games. After Katniss Everdeen had survived the Hunger games she could only think of the traumatic experiences she had faced during her fight to the death. She had flashbacks and nightmares constantly she was traumatized almost permanently from everything she had seen and experienced. She kept having nightmares about being in that fight all over again she couldn't seem to stop thinking about it. Jonas had technically gotten a flashback when he recalled the boy on the ground lying helpless with blood surrounding him. Both stories share that in common

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As Jonas experiences this tragic recall of the memory of warfare when everyone enjoys playing war with imaginary guns. Many people around the globe simply don't have the experience and can't relate to any memories of pain or hurt. Others like veterans have these memories that can affect their way of thinking. Both have memories that make them think differently, from the pain that they've already suffered.

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Link to article about The World without Love

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Link to article about The World without Love

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https://medium.com/@sswathivel/what-will-happen-if-there-is-no-love-in-world-d5e8b0cba51d#:~:text=Without%20love%2C%20you%20might%20face%20the%20below%3A&text=You%20will%20never%20be%20happy,lose%20the%20ability%20to%20survive.

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An article describes a world without love:

"Love is the essence of life, the goal of life, and the beginning of life as well. If there is no love, nobody can survive. When you see from beyond the material perspective, you see that there is a spiritual force that through one person or another brings you this beautiful vibration we call love and care. Life is worth nothing if there is no love if there is no sense of belongingness. "

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This photo demonstrates that not all books are written about rules

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After hearing that Jonas can see everything vividly in color and can deeply express and feel emotions he might become more and more curious and try to find the other communities out there. Maybe he might try to find where people are released and see if that experience is a happy place. Jonas seems to really enjoy Fiona again now that his stirrings are back, will his family and friends notice the difference from the way he acts. I'm guessing that Jonas might question about the Giver's books on the wall he might realize that not all books are about rules and orders to follow. He might find out that some might be about stories and experiences that he enjoys. That would be another secret he needs to keep from everyone as well.

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In this chapter Jonas has a holiday where he has free time but still needs to attend his training. He wants to see Asher but finds out that he and a few other people are playing a game only he would understand the meaning of. They seem to be playing with imaginary guns and running away and hiding while Jonas is on the verge of tears as this reminds him of the boy laying on the ground begging for water during his memory of warfare. He seems to find that his childhood is gone now that he takes his job so seriously and that he knows too much about the community around him. He can't seem to explain any of it to anyone except the Giver because they both share the same difficulties.

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1. How did their community find out about rifles and the game of war if no one has a memory of war?

2.  Why did Jonas not ask his father as to what happens when people are released? If he has all the power then why shouldn't he ask? Maybe he could find the other community and see what it`s like their maybe being released means death who knows.

3. How many memories does Jonas have now after a year? Does the Giver feel mentally much better after giving away so many memories?

4. Does Jonas` father release children? Does he know where they go?

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Chapter Sixteen was revealing to Jonas. I`m beginning to tell that Jonas is becoming more and more curious about the world before their community or as to why the government decided to change everything good about the world. Jonas might ask people in the hall of records as to why everything changed since he now has the power to ask anyone what ever he thinks of.

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This chapter reminded me of the Croods, both communities have someone who wants to explore beyond the limits and find out about what they seem to be missing. Eep the protagonist in the Croods hates all the rules that her father has on their family, including the fact that they can't go out at night. Jonas is getting curious like Eep and might want to figure out more in the future.

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Chapter Sixteen was revealing how good life used to be, having grandparents, love, holidays, birthdays. Jonas wishes his life still had those wonderful moments that he cherishes every time he receives that memory. Jonas is so profound by the word love and it's deep meaning. Jonas asks his parents if they love him and they answer like a slap in the face. They say that love has no meaning that love is obsolete and that it's almost a waste of time to talk about. Even today we have a holiday about love.

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1. Why was Jonas unaware of birthdays? Is he curious when he was born? Does the Giver know his own birthday? Will the hall of records have dated birthdays?

2. Does Jonas have any idea what throwing out the pills will do to his body? Will it change his life for the better?

3. Does Jonas have a feeling that the wanting he had for Fiona is similar to the feeling of love he had experienced? Can he see the similarities between the two emotions?

4. How is the feeling of love known as obsolete, or a generalized word? It is a feeling that everyone should feel but I'm assuming those pills taken everyday remove that feeling so they seem to be more lifeless and robot-like.

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Countries with the Highest Amount of War in the World 2023

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Countries with the Highest Amount of War in the World 2023

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These countries are only some of the possibilities to where the memory of warfare could have taken place. These areas have lots of wars and crimes.

1. Afghanistan
2. Iraq
3. Syria
4. Yemen
5. Mexico

Another possibility to where the memory of warfare could have been is Germany or in no man's land. The memory might have been during WW1 or WW2, after hearing that horses were in the memory it made the chances of it being WW1 even higher. Many animals were in the World wars to help the soldiers

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A connection that I can make is to Gabriel. Gabriel grew up with sleeping problems and woke up many times in the night. Gabriel was growing up much slower than everyone else. Since Gabriel was much slower he was on the verge of being released because of the delay in growing. My little brother Luke had delayed speech. At the age of three, Luke was not talking alot. Most babies can talk by the age of one and a half. Luke visited a speech therapist not knowing when he would start talking. If my brother was in their community he would have definitely been released. Now that my brother can talk, he seems to not be able to stop!

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After reading chapter fifteen and sixteen at once he became very curious about how loving the world was. He was finding out the good things about the old world, the way we live today. He was especially curious about the quality of love, that feeling of warmth and harmony. The light feeling of comfort that amused him so much. He throws out the pills maybe because he could tell that the dream of Fiona, the wanting was the same feeling of love. He might experiment and think that the less pills the more deeper and meaningful feelings he`ll get to experience. If he's finding out so much about the past Jonas will eventually probably find out about crimes and theft from the past. I`m guessing crimes and theft don`t happen in their community but he should find out about the dark sides of the society we live in.

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I thought chapter fifteen was surprising it was explaining warfare in such detail and precision. The music in the audiobook was becoming louder and louder for a reason. It was a very painful experience, seeing others dead on the ground with nothing else to do. Watching others throw up blood was terrifying to see. I was surprised on how quickly Jonas reacted to help the Giver seeing him in pain from the memory.

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Chapter fifteen was surprisingly short, it seemed to be around only two pages and it was all about the memory of warfare. The memory of warfare caused so much pain, showing life and death, blood everywhere. It showed bones poking out and flesh. It seemed to be very discomforting to Jonas especially to the Giver.

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1. Does their society not have weekends? If their community is so lifeless do they have any days to relax?

2. Are there more memories of pain compared to memories of joy? It is much easier to remember happy memories but if there are more sad and painful memories than it might bring Jonas` mood again.

3. How long do memories seem in the memory? Could the memories take hours to give but only seconds in the Annex room?

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Having secrets is always hard to keep it`s always helpful to have someone to talk to about everything but sometimes they can't always be there for you. Jonas has the Giver to talk with but now that he shared a memory with Gabriel he can only keep that secret to himself. Carrying secrets is almost a burden or a rule not to tell. Some people are very open while others not so much. I have many secrets and I always have someone to talk to about them.

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Not only are pale eyes very rare in the Giver but it has a meaning behind the ability of pale eyes. Pale eyes symbolize a person's ability to think and see more clearly and deeply. In the Giver the people with pale eyes seem to all have the special ability to share memories. Since the Giver, Jonas, and Gabriel all have pale eyes it makes sense for them to be capable of sharing memories. Maybe the reason why being the receiver is so rare is because you can only find their type of people with pale eyes every few decades. And based on their attributes some might not be qualified for the assignment making it even harder to choose.

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After finding out that Jonas has the ability to share memories he might get curious and figure out if he can transfer memories to Asher or Fiona. He obviously wouldn't want them to experience pain but if he shared his memory of the hill and the red sled it would make it a lot easier to explain the concept of snow. I'm guessing he would also want to spend more time with Gabriel if he is the only one he could talk to about everything in the concept of sharing memories.

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In this chapter it seems that Jonas is getting used to his new routine with the Giver. He's realizing that his job is carrying a burden for everyone else. He's doing them a huge favor by having his assignment. Jonas seems to be really curious on all of the hardships he has to take, while everyone else is enjoying life not knowing the feeling of pain and sorrow.

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Chapter fourteen seems to be a bit downhill now that Jonas is only experiencing painful memories. In this chapter Jonas experienced a sledding accident with a broken bone and lots of vomit. Jonas doesn't enjoy it at all and found it terrifying, he wishes that everyone could have their own memories instead of him and the Giver carrying all of the burdens. That night Jonas volunteers to take care of Gabriel and realizes he can share memories with him. He seems to be curious about who else he can share memories with to see his boundaries.

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1. Could Jonas give any memory to anyone? Do you think he'll try giving more memories?

2.  Why can't Jonas and The Giver at least try to bend the rules about how the population having shared memories?

3. It seems that anyone with pale gray eyes can have to ability of the receiver. The Giver has pale eyes just like Jonas and the only reason Gabriel could've received the memory is if he had pale eyes too. Is that true?

4. Where is their community located? If they have no hills or any weather in sight. Not even heat to bring sunburns where are they? Do they have a shield around their community?

5. Gabriel seems to be a normal baby waking up in the night. Why is that unusual if all babies nowadays do the same?

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1. What year is it in the Giver? Hearing that sledding was a memory from such a long time ago what year would the Giver be in? How much has changed?

2. Is  all of Jonas'  training  receiving The Giver's memories?

3. Does becoming the receiver age you faster than other citizens? Does transmitting a memory age you?

4. How old is the Giver? He mentions that he is not near the age of being released and still has quite some time. How much time does he have?

5. Does the Giver know what being released means? If he has all memories does that mean he has memories of people being released?

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Based on what I've heard, The Giver reminds me of The Hunger Games books as I have heard the role of government and control of society plays a key role in the novel. I believe that this book will be full of adventure and complex decisions. It may challenge me as a reader and encourage me to think differently.  The Giver may be full of symbolism and I predict that part of the novel includes an apple with an important role. Many of the photos about the book display an apple with the characters.

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1. Why are ages considered 'a four' or 'when I was a seven'? Why do they name ages that way, is it a stage?

2.  Are Nurturing centers the same as Hospitals? Why are people assigned to be birth mothers and others aren't?

3.  Why is the ceremony of twelve the last ceremony? Who chose to make twelve the last one? Why not 13?

4. What does "being released" mean? Does it mean to kill? It makes me think that they go to a facility like a prison or they can be contaminated and killed.

5. If all of the children are given to families at the same time, how are the families aware of their birthdays? Are birthdays celebrated?

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1. Why are toys or bicycles taken away at certain ages?

2. What if people are not satisfied with their jobs as they grow up and begin to have a change of heart?

3. Why can't the Elders decide or change the laws in a faster way? Does the population's opinion not matter? It seems as though they move on very quickly.

4. Who decided  in their society that no freedom is a perfect Utopian place? Why are the rules so limited on what people can do?

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1. What did he notice from the apple? What changed?

2. Why is wearing ribbons in your hair such a strict rule? It seems like the government is making everything in life a necessity to accomplish perfectly.

3. If there are so many rules in their "Utopia", would there be any crimes?

4. Can children be released if they break too many rules?

5. How long has their society been like this? How many generations?

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1. Did Jonas have feelings for Fiona?

2. Why do people need to take pills to forget dreams that consist of strong feelings.

3. Why are the pills taken until you reach the house of Old?

4. Why are sharing dreams and feelings so important?

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1. Why are children meant to give the Old baths? Is privacy not a term used in The Giver? Are people allowed to volunteer to give the Old and babies baths?

2. Is there a scheduled date for each person to be released? Are they meant to be released if they cause trouble?

3. Does being released mean a punishment? Is it a punishment of great suffering pain or death?

4. Why are children at such a young age given mandatory volunteer hours?

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1. Who would replace a child? They lost their first child and replaced him with a child with the exact same name? Who would ever become so lifeless and feel nothing by losing a four year old?

2.  Why does the community want to numb their strong feelings of loss, of love, of desires? Who decided to make their life so lifeless or robot like?

3.  Why would the community rely on the elders for everything? For decision making and matchmaking, I've heard that many religions or cultures rely on the elders for being the most experienced and wise. What if some elders still act like Asher or Lily?

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In chapter three Jonas is surprised that Lily wanted to be quiet around the baby. He mentions that Lily normally never stops talking in fact she could be chosen for speaker. Talking all day on the announcements. In my life my whole family is very extroverted and it always seems to find a quiet place in my house since we all talk so much.

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Based on the seriousness of the children, I think I'm going to predict that their society is strict on children. Since Jonas is the main character, I will predict that Jonas tries to change society to live more freely.

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Since each age has its own ceremony, I'm predicting society has strict rules on how to grow up since objects and/or bicycles are given/taken at certain ages. What happens to the children who learn at a slower rate? Are they released? My predictions would be that Jonas might uncover dark secrets about their government and what being released really means.

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Something that also reminded me of The Giver is how strict the lives of women used to be. The lives of the people in The Giver's so-called Utopia is meant to bring good, but it only limits people's abilities to enjoy life. Women used to struggle with the same problem. They were told to remain as mothers and take care of children. They had no rights compared to men at the time. Just like how the people in The Giver have no rights compared to the government.

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Another connection was that their society reminded me of communism. Based on how limited their lives are, it made me realize that they are controlled completely by the government. This means that they would not be living in a Utopia world but in communist type society. Many countries in the world struggle with communism just like many people with limited choice in The Giver.

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Text to text: After reading the first chapter of The Giver, it immediately reminded me of The Bee Movie. In The Giver, society is strict and each person is assigned a job for life. The bees in The Bee Movie also receive a job and remain working for the rest of their short lives. It makes me think of how limited their choices were in life. Both stories have their differences, but both had a strict concept on how to live.

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I was very surprised that you could volunteer to help the Old and bathe them. I did realize that Jonas has more than one friend. Fiona seems to be a very kind person and Jonas might like her. I was curious if being released was a celebration for the Old since they seemed to have loved and enjoyed it. At the same time it seems to be very mysterious if no one has a clue where anybody who is released goes.

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I am concerned for Jonas because he is so curious about the ceremony of Twelve. He has no idea what he could be chosen for since he doesn't have one specific interest like his father. Since Jonas is the main character, something dark or scary might happen to him. He might be chosen for a very important job since his grades are so high. Maybe he will be released if the government can't make a decision.

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When I heard in the story that an Eleven was rejected and not received an assignment for not having enough volunteer hours, it made me realize that we can't graduate if we don't have enough community hours either. We might not bathe the Old but we volunteer everywhere to get credits and graduate. The Eleven who didn't receive an assignment had an extra month to complete his hours. What we do is students can fail and redo their last year of high school.

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In the book it was easy to tell that Jonas admired Fiona quite a bit. He was mentioning her from a positive outlook. Unlike Asher he mentioned that he goofed around and didn't take anything seriously. Jonas didn't mention any imperfections about Fiona and seemed to like her. What I think will happen is Jonas will see Fiona in a romantic outlook sooner or later.

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In the first chapter of the novel 'The Giver' I could tell that their way of life was more complicated than ours. I could tell the children seemed wiser and more obedient than children in most books. The children seemed perfect. I did catch on quickly that Jonas and Lily seemed very open to their parents. It does make sense for parents to ask about their children' s day, but the way they worded it seemed strange.

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I thought that in the second chapter the author detailed their life and society more clearly. It changed the way I thought the story was going to unravel. It made more sense when they detailed how children grow up and that specific laws are made for each age. It seems like children have to grow up quickly.

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I had thought that in this chapter they would have written about the ceremony of twelve, but now knowing that all of the ceremonies aren't always big stages. The only big changes out of all the ceremonies are the ceremony of nine since you receive a bike and the ceremony of twelve when you receive your assignment for the rest of your life.

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I personally thought that the third chapter was shorter than the other chapters. It seemed that the rules were very normal for society since their way of life had been changed for quite some time. It makes me wonder how many generations have experienced life like the story tells us. As the story progressed I realized how curious Jonas is. He's very different from the rest of the characters.

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One connection I have with chapter five is that when Jonas used volunteer hours to help bathe the Old, I volunteered at Saunders Farm and became a CIT to help the counsellors. Since I was only in grade seven the volunteer hours did not count although I was paid with free food. For Jonas he ventured around the community because the government made it a necessity.

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A prediction I can make before reading chapter six is maybe Jonas tries avoiding pills. He might have missed his dream about Fiona and might want to regain his stirrings again. He might try to bend to rules to be different from the others. He might try and think of a solution so his parents think he's taking them.

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Chapter Five unveils the amount of thought the government puts into every decision. I can see why they might imagine their society as Utopia. It seems odd that they give pills to hide strong feelings such as love for friends or family. They can only admire each other in a respectful way. If my family had to share our dreams, I would be very uncomfortable knowing my family would know what I think about. Even if it's not personal, being that open crosses the line of privacy.