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- Everyone in the community got the day off... Except of the laborers.

- Jonas goes to hang out with Asher and Fiona.

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- The giver gives Jonas his favorite memory, It was of a Christmas get together.

- When the giver asks what Jonas felt durring that memory, he says warmth but there's another feeling that he can't name.

- The giver tells him about what grandparents are.

- When Jonas finds out about love is though his memory, he starts talking about how it made him feel a bit more compleate.

- When Jonas goes home, he asks his parents if they love him. His parents tell him that it's inapropirate to use the word love.

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- Jonas comes in the next day and sees that something was the matter with the giver. The giver then asks him to take some of the pain, and transmits a memory to him.

- Jonas awoke in the midst of a battlefield, surrounded by mounds of dead bodies.

- One boy starts beggin Jonas for water,  Jonas finds a container of water and gives it to the boy... He dies seconds after.

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- Jonas finds himself at the top of a hill once more.

- He notices that the hill is steeper and is covered in ice.

- He start going downhill, but soon loses control of the sled and fell onto the icey ground.

- He ended up breaking his leg, he describes the pain by saying that it felt like a hatchet was lodged in his leg.

- He was in pain for the rest of the night due to the fact that he isn't allowed to take pain killers.

- After Jonas is given a memory of starvation, he asks the giver why it is that they hold onto these memories. He tells Jonas that these memories give them the wisdom they need to advise the community on their desisions.

- The giver tells Jonas about how years ago, they wanted to increase the birth rates and have the birth mothers have four kids rather then three. The giver advised them against it not wanting to cause overpopulation.

- Jonas starts saying how it's unfair of them having to carry all of these memories and says that they should change it. The giver explains that this has been going on too long for them to change it.

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- Jonas beings to see colour everywhere he goes. However, they don't last long.

- Jonas starts asking why people can't pick things for themselves. The giver goes on about how they might make the wrong desisions.

-  Jonas was given a memory of an elephant being hunted for it's ivory and another elephant morning it after it was killed.

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- He wakes up the next morning and heads to school.

- Everyone is talking about their new jobs, but Jonas is unable to.

- He goes back to see the giver and tells him about he dream he had. Apparently he felt the sled under him in this dream, but didn't see it.

- Jonas starts to see the colour red. (How did they get rid of colour in the first place? Is everyone here colourblind or something?)

- The giver then gives him a memory of a rainbow to let him see colour.

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- Jonas gets transported onto the top of a snowy hill, he then proceeds to slide down it on a sled.

- The giver talks about how they used to have weather, but it was put to a stop.

- A moment later, he is given the memory of sunshine... And then he is given the memory of a sunburn...

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- As he goes in, he notices that unlike the other doors... THIS ONE HAS A LOCK!!!

- He notices right off the bat that the room is filled with all kinds of fancy furniture.

- The shelves are also covered with various books, ones that no one else in the community owns.

- The giver explains that he must give Jonas the memories of the entire world.

- The giver then gives Jonas a memory of snow.

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- He and Asher ride home together while congratulating one another.

- Jonas parents tell him about how he has been given the most important job in the community.

- They briefly talk about the previous receiver.

- He gets a list of rules the next day that detail everything about his new job.

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- The elders apologize for their mistake and go on about how Jonas has been selected to become the next receiver of memory.

- They go on about all of the positive qualities Jonas displays.

- They say that he has the ability to see beyond.

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- They talk about how each kid is assigned a number.

- The elevens start being given their jobs.

- Asher becomes the director of recreation.

- Fiona becomes a caretaker of the old.

- The elders skip over Jonas causing him to go into a bit of a panic.

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- They talk about the various age ceremonies that are taking place that day.

- We find out that Gabe has been given and extra year to be nurtured.

- New children are given out to families.

- The other ceremonies go by and Lily gets her new bike.

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- What the author is trying to say about people, society, etc.

- Not to be confused with a theme topic like love, war, or family.

Self Discovery

- People must be able to make choices to reach their own destiny.

The Importance Of Memory

- Lowry's personal inspiration- father with memory loss.

- Without memory, human beings cannot reach true happiness or learn from their mistakes.

Pleasure and Pain

- Without pain, people cannot understand pleasure. We must embrace and learn from pain.

Blind Obedience

- It's important for people to question their society instead of following blindly.

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- All of them share the dreams they had last night.

- Jonas tells them about his... Questionable dream...

- He says that the strongest thing he felt in his dream was "The wanting." (... No comment)

- They tell him that he's having "Stirrings" (... Not gonna say anything...) and his mother gives him pills to prevent them from happening again.

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- Jonas goes to the house of the old to volunteer with Fiona and Asher.

- He helps to bathe Larissa (Eww...)

- Larissa talks about Roberto's release ceremony.

- Jonas asks Larissa about where people go when they get released, but she admits that she doesn't know.

(Ok, Just to clarify, I was trying to copy and paste a word into this document and I accidentally put this picture of Maui from Moana. How or why this happened is mystery even to me.)

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- Their father brings Gabe home to care for him.

- They point out how both Gabe and Jonas have light colored eyes while most other people have dark colored eyes.

- They talk about Hippos as though it's something they made up.

- Lily says she wants to be a birthmother but her tells her that there is no dignity in that job.

- Jonas noticed that an apple that Asher was playing with had "changed". He studied it for awhile but couldn't figure out what was up with it.

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- They talk about the various age ceremonies.

- His father talks about being concerned about "Gabe'.

- We learn how they aren't given their names at birth and instead get their names at the ceremony of ones.

- We find out that the ceremony of the twelve is the most important as it is the one where kids are assigned their new jobs.

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- They talk about the strange jet plane that flew over the community.

- We learn about being 'released'

- We learn about our main character Jonas.

- He has a mother, a father, and a little sister named Lily

- His mother works as a Judge (Sorta), and his father works as a Nurturer.

- They have to share what they felt during that day.

- He has a friend nameed Asher.

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Utopia

- A community or society possessing desirable or perfect qualities.

- Every religion has some sort of Utopia

Dystopia

-  Greek word meaning "Anti-utopia"

- A community or society
that is undesirable or frightening.