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Question: Out of the 4 themes studied, which one do you think is the most important?

Answer: Out of the 4 themes in the Giver, I think personally I would have to say "The Importance of Memory" is the most important. I think it is important because it highlights the fact that you must have past memories to learn from your mistakes in the past. Like in the Giver, only the Receiver's of Memory can learn what happened in the past and teach the other people in the community what to do and what not to do in the future. This is a good thing to have someone like the Giver, to have the importance of memory in their lives and struggle for others to live better.

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-He whispers to Gabe that they're almost to the top
-He knows, he says, because he remembers it. This is a memory of his own
-Then, Jonas finds the sled from his first memory, waiting for him at the top of the hill
-He settles on to it, pulls Gabriel close to him, and feels hopeful as he begins to surge down the other side of the hill
-Jonas struggles to stay conscious as they fly downwards
-He knows that Elsewhere is waiting for him at the bottom of the hill
-Looking ahead, Jonas can see lights and colors
-He knows he's going to a place of love
-Then, Jonas hears music for the first time. He knows they are others waiting for him
-Jonas thinks for a moment that he hears music coming from behind him, too, back from where he came
-"But perhaps it was only an echo"
Questions:
1. Will the Giver series continue?
2. What will "Elsewhere" look like?

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#1
a) The ceremony of Twelve is where the elders of the community decide what your job is, for all twelve year olds.
b) Yes. It means to get injected by a needle that kills you, then you get placed in a bag, and then  thrown in the garbage.
#2
a) Yes.
b) He will be the Receiver of Memory.
#3
a) The apple starts changing colours and it is the start of when Jonas sees colours.
b) Jonas' father bring Jonas home because he is very sick and not normal.
#4
a) No Answer
b) No Answer
#5
a) Stirrings is "Puberty" in this community and you can take pills for it.
b) These pills are to stop your "Puberty" problems.
#6
a) Jonas will get the occupation of the Receiver of Memory.
b) He earns a relationship with Jonas and earns his memories.
#7
a) Jonas was skipped because he was given the most important occupation of the community, the Receiver of Memory.
b) Yes. The current Receiver of Memory (The Giver) has pale eyes as well.
#8
a) Jonas will now serve the people of the community by keeping the bad memories away from them and he will learn what happened in the past.
b) He will have to overcome many obstacles and emotions along his journey as the Receiver of Memory.
#9
a) The girl with the "failure" is the Giver's daughter also known as Rosemary.
b) Jonas will not break any laws, but he does run off the same as Rosemary had done.
#10
a) Yes.
b) Yes.
#11
a) Jonas transmits his first accidenta memory to Gabe while he is comforting him.
b) No Answer
#12
a) No Answer
b) The lesson will only consist of the Giver giving the memories to Jonas so that he can become the Receiver of Memory.
#13
a) No.
b) The painful memories are memories like war and other disasters.
#14
a) No, in fact, the Giver is surprised that Gabe can understand this and feel happy.
b) No Answer
#15
a) No. Instead Jonas will leave the Giver.
b) No Answer
#16
a) No Answer
b) Jonas throws the pills away because he feels that he doesn't need them anymore.
#17
a) No, but Jonas will know on his inside and he can't share this with anyone
b) No Answer
#18
a) Yes. But this time the Giver is encouraging it.
b) No Answer
#19
a) No, but he will look at his father disgustingly and realise that his father and the rest of the community don't have feelings.
b) No Answer
#20
a) Yes.
b) No Answer
#21
a) No.
b) Yes. He will see many new things, that he has only seen in the memories, in person rather than the ones in the memories.
#22
a) No Answer
b) The novel will end by Jonas hearing music and wandering off into the distance.
#23
a) No Answer
b) No Answer

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-Jonas is feeling like he is getting close to Elsewhere
-Now it starts to snow
-The bike falls and now he has to walk
-Then Jonas has the idea of using a memory to help
-Then Jonas has the idea of using a memory to help, except he's not sure that, this far from the community, he still has the ability to recall a memory or to transmit it to Gabriel
-When he thinks about the sunshine it works, then he transmits the memory to Gabe
-Jonas tries to transfer the warmth he feels to Gabriel
-It works for at least 30 seconds then they go back to a frozen body temperature
-As he continues to trudge up the hill, he musters up all the memories he has of warmth and sunshine
-As Jonas gets closer and closer to the top of the hill, he realizes that he's completely freezing, exhausted, and going numb, and yet, he feels happy, joyous even, he's flooded with memories of Fiona, Asher, his family, and The Giver

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-Jonas is biking further and further away from the community
-Jonas falls on his bike, Gabe was ok but Jonas had a twisted ankle
-But he still keeps going on his quest
-Jonas now starts to travel in daylight
-Jonas sees the first bird he has ever seen in his life soar above him
-They see more and more animals on their way
-But grow starvation through the both of them
-He tries to conjure up memories of food, but they're dim and fleeting
-Then Jonas encounters hills for the first time
-On the one hand, he's all excited to see hills. On the other hand, he's on a bike and he has a sprained ankle, so this isn't exactly the best time
-On the one hand, he's all excited to see hills. On the other hand, he's on a bike and he has a sprained ankle, so this isn't exactly the best time
-Then it starts raining
-Now they're starving and wet and freezing
-Gabriel, understandably, starts crying
-Jonas does, too, but not for himself
-He's not worried about saving himself anymore; he's just concerned about saving Gabriel
Questions:
1. Will the two make it at this kind of a situation?
2. How will this end?

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-Their plan does not work
-He tries to tell himself that he can make it work
-Jonas is eating dinner with his family when his Father cheerily announces that Gabriel is going to be released the next morning
-He took his father's bike which had the extra baby seat, which was for Gabe!!!
-Before he stole the Gabe, Jonas transmitted to Gabriel the memory of a rocking hammock
-Fortunately, this kept the little tyke asleep and quiet while Jonas got them out of the house
-When he sees the planes, Jonas tries to hold on to memories of cold, in the hopes that that will neutralize the heat-seekers
-Jonas notices that his memories are fading a bit, which is what he and The Giver had expected
-As he moves further and further away from the community, the memories should be released to the citizens and thus fade from his mind
-The planes become less frequent and finally stop searching
Questions:
1. Will the planes come back one last time and find him?
2. Since Jonas is outside the community, will he see things he has never seen before meet new people?

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-The Giver will transmit memories of courage to help him
-Then, the night before the big Ceremony, Jonas will sneak out of his house and hide his bicycle and clothes by the river
-Then he'll come to the Annex, where The Giver will be waiting for him
-As the plan goes, his parents will wake up and find a cheery note about Jonas having gone for an early bike ride
-They'll wait and wait, and, finally, they'll just leave for the Ceremony without him No one will notice his absence all day because they'll be so wrapped up in the festivities
-Meanwhile, The Giver, who typically does not attend the December Ceremony, would order a vehicle, send the driver away under some pretense, and hide Jonas inside the truck
-By the time everyone has found Jonas' bicycle and clothes by the river, he will be long gone, and the community will turn to The Giver to help them through the crisis
-The Giver will explain that Jonas accidentally drowned in the river, and then he will help them cope with the new memories
-That's the plan, while he knows that The Giver needs to stay, Jonas still wants him to come along on the escape
-The Giver explains that he will stay to help the citizens. After that, he says, he wants to be with his daughter—Rosemary
Questions:
1. Will Jonas take Gabe with him to prevent his release?
2. Who is the Giver's wife if Rosemary is his daughter?

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-Jonas, still raging, refuses to go home and see his father
-He's crying, and The Giver, once again, says, "Be quiet," but this time in a comforting voice
-He tells Jonas that no one can see or hear him sobbing
-He also says Jonas can stay there for the night if he wants
-Once the moral outrage at killing babies dies down a bit, Jonas is consumed with outrage that his Father has been lying to him
-The Giver tries to explain that his Father was just following the rules, that he doesn't know how to act any differently
-Jonas wants to know if The Giver has ever lied to him; the old man answers no, he never has
-Once he calms Jonas down a bit, The Giver explains that the two of them are the only ones with real feelings in the entire community
-Jonas and the Giver make a plan because the Giver says they need one
-Jonas is sitting wrapped up in The Giver's robe, the kind the Elders wear
-He knows that if their plan doesn't work, he will very likely be killed
-They are going on a journey, but the Giver says that he is too old and too weak to make the journey, and stays behind
-When Jonas finally goes home, he pretends everything is hunky-dory with his Father
-Jonas spends the next day at school going over the plan in his head, which at last we get to hear about: for the next two weeks, as the December Ceremony approaches, Jonas will get ready to escape to Elsewhere

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-Jonas talks about the twins that his father is going to release
-The Giver frowns he wishes that they wouldn't do that to twins
-Jonas then says that he wished that he could see the release ceremony
-But it's too late now because the ceremony happened in the morning
-The Giver reminds Jonas that these ceremonies are always recorded
-So the Giver asks his attendant to grab a video and show it to Jonas
-Jonas' father hands the heavier baby (six pounds) to a nurse to take back to the Nursery
-Jonas remarks that this is the part where his father cleans up the other baby and "makes him all comfy"
-But then Jonas watches as his father… gives the baby a lethal injection to a vein in the forehead
-Then, as though it's no big deal, he drops the dead baby down the garbage chute
-Jonas is outraged
-The Giver says he watched the tape of Rosemary's release, except he turned away after she asked to inject herself
Questions:
1. Will Jonas protest this at his house?
2. Why would they record such a humiliating experience?

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-Jonas asks about the Release and what it is
-The Giver tells Jonas that he sometimes wishes to be released but he knows he can't and Jonas also knows that he himself cannot ask for a release because it's in the rules
-The Giver then explains that they made those rules ten years ago, after the failure with the other Receiver. Jonas wants to know more about her. He asks her name, and The Giver reveals that it was Rosemary. He remarks that her eyes were "very luminous." He explains that she was very intelligent, very eager to learn, and that he felt love for her, just as Jonas experienced in the memory of Christmas morning
-This emotion made it very difficult for The Giver to cause her any sort of pain. So for five weeks he gave her only happy memories. But the time came when he knew he had to do his duty. He didn't want to cause her any physical anguish, so he transferred only memories of emotional pain: a child taken from its parents, for instance. After that, Rosemary changed. She was no longer happy, and he no longer got to hear the sound of her laughter. One day, the old man says, she stood up at the end of their session, kissed him on the cheek, and left. She applied for release and he never saw her again
Questions:
1. Will Jonas runoff as well as Rosemary?
2. Will the Giver ever see Rosemary again?

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-There's an unscheduled holiday declared over the public speakers
-Jonas tries to find Asher
-He's been having some juicy dreams
-He has also started seeing colour everywhere
-Asher, Fiona and many others were playing a game in the field
-Jonas stops cold and realizes that the popular game of combat was actually the game of war
-Jonas aso realizes that he is powerless to change anything
-Lily talks about her day at the dinner table
-Gabe is learning how to walk and pronounces his name as "Gay" because that's how close he can get to his name
-It's almost December again, which means Lily is going to become a Nine and finally have her own bicycle
-Tomorrow, Jonas's Father says, the twin males will be born, and he will have to decide which one is sent Elsewhere
-Jonas wants to know if he actually takes the twin to Elsewhere, but his Father says no, he just picks one and performs a Ceremony of Release and then hands the kid off
-Lily wonders aloud: what would happen if the twin that was released went to another community, and both twins ended up with the same name, and then one day during a school visiting trip they got mixed up
Questions:
1. Will Jonas' friends realize that what they are playing is a game of war?
2. Will Lily's theorie actually happen with a twist?

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-Jonas wants to have a normal life like his friends
-The Giver trying to make up for all of this transmits some good memories to Jonas such as: a birthday party
-He also gets to ride a horse and find out that a bond between an animal and a human is such a thing, while sitting next to a campfire in the dark
-The Giver's favourite memory was the christmas morning
-Jonas wishes that the Giver could be his grandfather
-In the middle of the night, Jonas whispers to Gabriel about colors and memories and grandparents and love, telling him that things could be different than they are
-The next morning, Jonas throws away his pill to stop the Stirrings
Questions:
1. Is the Giver actually Jonas' grandfather?
2. Why does Jonas throw the pills for the Stirrings away?

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-When Jonas shows up at The Giver's room, the old man is crumpled in pain
-Jonas readies to leave, but The Giver begs him to take some of the pain, which he willingly does
-This time, Jonas receives the memory of a body-strewn battlefield
-He himself is lying on the ground and seems to be missing a good chunk of his arm, and he's forced to watch a comrade beside him slowly die
-When he can't take anymore, Jonas opens his eyes and returns to the room with The Giver
-The Giver apologizes for having transmitted such an awful memory, and he looks away from Jonas
Questions:
1. Will the Giver actually leave?
2. What will Jonas do if this happens?

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-For this memory, the Giver brings Jonas to the sled again
-Jonas know is feeling pain as he crashes the sled and fractures his leg
-Jonas goes home limping in pain with the literal pain of the injury still with him
-He cannot get any medication for injuries that are related to his work
-Then he receives the memory of starvation
-Meanwhile, Jonas at home comforts Gabe and he is doing well
-In the middle of the night, Gabriel's fussing wakes Jonas. He pats the baby and, while doing so, starts thinking about the pleasant memory—the one of the sailboat. Accidentally, he begins transmitting the memory to Gabe, who is comforted and stops fussing. Jones can feel the memory disappearing from his mind, so he pulls it back
-The next time Gabriel wakes, he gives the baby more of the memory, knowing he can take another one from The Giver
-Then Jonas starts to think about if he has actually broken the law of not sharing the memories
Questions:
1. Did Jonas actually break the law, will he get punished by the Giver for doing so?
2. Will Gabe be the next Receiver of Memory?

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-Sometimes, when Jonas shows up for his training, The Giver is rocking in pain and sends him away without training. When this happens, Jonas goes for long walks alone and tries to test his memory by looking for colors and trying to feel the sun
-He walks all the way to the river and stands at the bridge that leads to other communities. He's crossed it a few times, on school trips, for example, but other than that, travel across it is forbidden.
-He wonders what everything looks like Elsewhere, beyond the neighboring communities. Do they have hills and colors and sunshine?
-This made it clear to everyone just how much they needed a Receiver—so that someone could suffer on behalf of everyone else
-He goes on to explain that his life, his job, is simply to hold the memories
-One day, Jonas asks The Giver what causes him so much pain.When the man doesn't answer, Jonas asks if perhaps it isn't about time for him to take some of the painful memories to carry himself
-The Giver agrees
Questions:
1. Will Jonas find the missing girl that failed to be his spouse?
2. What are the painful memories that he will have to carry himself?

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-As weeks go by Jonas learns all the colours and gets to know what they look like in the real world
-He is angry that the world is devoid of colours
-The Giver asks Jonas to explain himself, by what he means
-He argues about the way of choice
-Jonas elaborates to his former family member and how he would have the choice of his toy
-Jonas realizes the wisdom
-He agrees that the people in the community shouldn't be able to earn choice in their everyday lives
-One day he asks Jonas to look at a flower very carefully and try to examine it's colour
-Jonas also touches him which is weird outside of family property
-One day the Giver transmits the memory of poachers killing an elephant to Jonas
- The dead elephant's mate finds it after the poachers hack off its tusks, which is sad
-That night Jonas tries to tell his sister that her comfort object is an elephant
-Jonas finally gets around to asking The Giver why he doesn't have a spouse; is he allowed to apply for one
-Giver answers yes, but also states that it is a lot of work
-The Giver paints the portrait of a solitary, secret life—even in marriage. When he gets to the part about advising the Committee of Elders, Jonas gets nervous. After all, that's a big responsibility
-The Giver explains that, when the last Receiver of Memory failed, the memories didn't come back to him. Instead, they were released to the world—everyone had access to them, the way it used to be
-This made it clear to everyone just how much they needed a Receiver—so that someone could suffer on behalf of everyone else
-He goes on to explain that his life, his job, is simply to hold the memories

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What is it?
-What the author is trying to say about people, society, etc.
-Not to be confused with a theme topic like "love", "war", or "family"
Topics
Self-Discovery
-People must be able to make choices to reach their own destiny/fulfillement
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 is important for people to question their society instead of following blindly

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-The Giver states that Jonas is starting to see the colour red
-Jonas not only knows what "colour" is but, also doesn't know what "red" is either
-The Giver explains that, back in the day, before "Sameness," objects had a shape and size, but they also had a color. That's what Jonas saw in the apple, in Fiona's hair, and even in the faces of the crowd at the Ceremony, since flesh has red tones in it, Jonas really likes the colour
-Jonas wants to know why anyone would ever get rid of something so wonderful. The Giver explains that it was a choice, and that for losing things like color, they gained control
-Jonas protests the choice, while the Giver wisely tells him Patience
-Jonas asks what The Giver meant when he said he, too, "saw beyond" when he was a kid, but in a different way. The Giver says he'll save that lesson for another day, and begins to send to Jonas the memory of a rainbow

Questions:
1. What does the Giver mean by "Patience"?
2. What will the lesson be like?

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-Jonas has to lie about his dreams
-He dreamt about the snow and sledding again and again
-During school everyone is talking about their new assignments
-Jonas couldn't talk about his assignment so he just kept to himself
-When Jonas sees Fiona, he expects her to ask about his training
-Instead she just talks about her training with the elderly
-Fiona reveals that they use a discipline wand on the Old the same way they do it for the young
-While they keep talking, Jonas sees Fiona's hair change colour again
-Jonas is at the Giver's place and is told to recall the memory of the snow
-Whatever quality that the apple had and that Fiona's hair had for a brief moment, this sled has permanently. He doesn't know what it is, though
-The Giver told Jonas to look at one of the books on the shelf, and immediately it changed colours

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-Jonas is still on the bed waiting and chilling for the memory of snow
-All of a sudden he gets very cold
-He no longer feels the old man's hand on his back
-Jonas describes the snow as pinpricks on his skin and he sticks out his tongue for to catch the falling white things (snow)
-One part of his body he states is still on the bed in the Annex and the other is somewhere else, sitting on a hard surface with a rope in his hands (sled)
-Then he realizes that he is surrounded by snow and that he is sitting on a sled
-He races down the hill on the sled really fast at first until he stops with the snow piles building up
He then opens his eyes to find himself in the back of the room with the old man
-The old man says that he was tiring from that but also feels lightened because he gave one last memory
-Jonas asks if the memory is now gone for good, the old man says yes, but the old man doesn't really seem to care stating that he has many more dreams
-Jonas asks why they don't have snow, sleds or runners anymore
-The old man replies by saying that they don't have snow and etc. because of climate control
-The community does not have hills either because it slows down transportation
-Jonas thinks he has lots of power, but the old man corrects him and says that he has a lot of honour, not power
-It comes to the time to transmit another memory
-The memory is in the sun, with a sunburn
-They are done for the day
-Jonas is curious to what to call the old man if Jonas is the New Reciever
-The old man says to call him the Giver
Questions:
1.  When will Jonas transmit his first memory and what will it be?
2. What honours him throughout his journey?

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-The old man corrects him and says he won't be transmitting of his own personal past, but rather memories of the whole world
-The old man says that "it is how wisdom comes and how we shape our future"
-He pauses to lament the terrible weight of all these memories
-He also explains that it is like a sled going downhill, as its easy and quick first, until the snow builds up on the runners and then you have to push and push to kee going
-Then he stops realizing that this simile has no effect on Jonas because Jonas doesn't know what snow, sled, runners, or downhill for that matter mean
-The old man tells Joans to take of his tunic and lie face down on the bed
-Jonas does so and then watches the man go to the wall and turn off the speaker
-Every house he's ever been to has had one, but Jonas has never seen one with an off button before
-Jonas, using the excuse that he can ask as many questions as he wants, what the old man is going to do
-The old man puts his hand on Joans' back and explains that he's going to transmit the memory of snow
Questions:
1. Is the old Receiver the Giver?
2. Does this mean that he is in progress and is leaning how to transmit a memory?

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-Jonas rides with Fiona to the House of Old
-Ooooh
-Fiona goes in the normal entrance for her training
-Jonas heads to the Annex for his training
-As he buzzes the door and sees a female attendant standing and greeting Jonas as the new "Receiver of Memory"
-It gets him kind of uncomfortable
-Then she unlocks a door to the Receiver's room
-He gets even more uncomfortable
-Doors in their community don't have locks
-He enters the room into what he calls a "Receiver's Living Area" that has a bed, desk, table and more
-But he is most excited for the book he sees in the room
-Jonas usually only sees books for reference or rules
-But now he is shocked to see shelves of books
-Then he realizes that the former Receiver was sitting in the corner
-Jonas stumbles as he greets him
-When Jonas was remarking the old man's age, the old man speaks up and states that he is not as old as he looks and that Jonas thinks he is
-The old Receiver says that he had aged from working in this job
-The old man tells him that Jonas can feel free to ask as many questions as he wants to
-He explains that Joans' job is to transmit memories of the past
-Then Jonas says he has some experience with this, like listening to old people telling stories

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-The Ceremony finishes and the crowd leaves
-Jonas meets up with Asher, who hesitates to agree to ride their bicycles back home
-During dinner time he asks his parents about the "failed" receiver from ten years ago
-His Parents are hesitant to talk about the matter
-But in the end they do, they reveal it was a girl
-Jonas asks what happened to the girl
-His parents said that they never saw the girl again after the "failure"
-Moving on from that conversation, Jonas' parents congratulate him on earning his "greatly honoured" selection
-After the ceremony of Twelves, all the Twelves had been given folders of materials in the way of training for their new jobs
-Jonas opened his folder to find just a sheet of paper
-It's a list of instructions telling him to go to the Annex entrance behind the House of Old as soon as he finished school
-Immediately afterwards, he has to return home
-He is exempt from rules about rudeness, it says, which means he can ask anyone any question
-He's not allowed to discuss his training with anyone, and he's no longer permitted to share his dreams
-He can't apply for any medication if the injury is related to his training, he can't ask to be released, and he is allowed to lie
-Jonas realizes he has no recreation time anymore
-He's shocked about being able to lie and ask rude questions
Questions:
1. Who really is that girl with the "failure"?
2. Will Jonas still break the law?

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-Finally when all the Twelves are done, The Chief Elder addresses that she skipped Jonas for a reason
-Everyone sighs
-The Chief Elder announces that Jonas was selected specifically to be...
-A Receiver of Memory
-Obviously, Jonas can tell this was a big deal because the crowd all gasps
-The Chief Elder explains that the community has only one Receiver at a time, and that the current receiver, an old man, will teach the new one
-The crowd tries to find the current receiver and sure enough, sitting amongst the Committee of Elders is the old man who has the same pale eyes as Jonas
-The Chief Elder also explains that they were trying to find a new Receiver about ten years ago, but failed to do so
-Jonas is apparently now been lead to what is a more solitary life
-Then she starts listing Jonas' qualities
-She specifically states on characteristic "The Capacity to see Beyond"
-He looks back at the crowd and sees them changing colours like the apple
-The crowd chants his name and Jonas is both proud and fearful of what is to come
Questions:
1. What will happen to Jonas as a Receiver of Memory?
2. What kind of emotions will pass him with this occupation?

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Definition
-How the author reveals information
-From the perspective of the narrator
First Person
-Perspective of one character
-Looks for : I ,me mine, myself
-Advantages : Inner thoughts character
-Disadvantages???
Third Person (Limited)
-Narrator can "see" many characters but nothing everything
-Looks for : he, she, it, they, them
-Advantages : Can still create suspense
-Disadvantages???
Third Person (Omniscient)
-Narrator knows all
-Looks for : he, she, it, they, them
-Advantages : Creates full pictures for Reader
-Disadvantages???

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-It's time for the Ceremony of Twelve
-Jonas get in the line with all of his friends
-They are put in order of the numbers they were given birth at
-Jonas was number 19
-Asher was number 4
-The kids will earn their assignments in this same order
-The Chief Elder, an aged woman, gives a speech
-The assignments begins
-Its now Ashers turn, and he gets Assistant Director of Recreation
-When it comes to Fiona, who was 18 and she gets Caretaker of the Old, Jonas know it's him that is next
-But what really happens is...
-Jonas has been skipped
-The whole crowd hushes in AW
-But the Chief Elder keeps scrolling down her list and goes to number 20
-Jonas is thinking to himself what he has done wrong
Questions
1. Why was Jonas SKIPPED??
2. Could this relate to the pale eyes that Jonas, his father and Gabe have?

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-The Ceremony of Ones
-Jonas reminds Lily how she got her front-button jacket when she turned seven
-Before kids became the Seven's, children have to wear their coats that fasten in the back so that they can learn 'interdependence" by buttoning each other up
-The entire community shows up at the Ceremonies
-Mother takes a seat with the audience
-Since their father was a nurturer he was up on stage at the naming of Ones
-Gabe is not up at the ceremony of Ones
-Since Gabe isn't healthy or grown enough to be placed  with a family, normal routine says he should be released from the community
-Jonas' father won another year for Gabe, one one condition, the condition that Jonas' family will take care of him until he is well
-In addition to that Jonas, Lily and their parents had to sign a document stating that they will not get emotionally attached to Gabe
-A family just lost a four-year old boy named Caleb because he drowned in the river
-The family received a new Caleb
-Ceremony of Twelves will take place the next morning from now (Chapter 7)
-Bicycles are presented to the people who turned nine, the Tens get their haircut, the Elevens get new clothes
Questions:
1. What will happen at the Ceremony of Twelves?
2. Will Gabe earn an emotional relationship with someone in the family?

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-In the morning Jonas' family has another ritual that is telling their dreams
-Jonas talks about two feelings wanting and puberty, in different words
-While Jonas' father takes Lily to school, his mother asks him to stay behind
-His mother tells him that these feelings are called "Stirrings"
-His mother tells him to warn them whenever these feelings occur
-She says she has a pill that will make them all go away
-Apparently everyone takes these pills, everyday, until they end up in the House of the Old
-As Jonas bikes off to school he remembers that the "Stirrings" felt good and that he wants to feel that way again
-Except he took a pill again, so he forgot all about the dream
Questions:
1. What are "Stirrings"?
2. Are there consequences in taking these pills?

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-Jonas looks for Asher so they can't do volunteer hours
-Jonas finds Asher's bicycle next to Fiona's
-According to Jonas, she is a cool girl because she has a sense of humor
-Asher, Fiona, and Jonas go to the bathing room
-Jonas bathees an old woman
-Old Woman's name is Larissa
-Larissa tells Jonas about the release that happened earlier
-Jona asks Larissa about the actual time of the release
-But, she's not sure
-All she knows is that the person in question walks through a door to the Releasing room
-She says that Roberto was happy as he left the Releasing room
-They both wonder why children aren't allowed to witness releases
Questions:
1. Why was Roberto happy when he walked out of the Releasing room?
2. Who is the man that got released in Larissa's stories?

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- Father brings home a sick baby, named Gabe
-Lily loves the new baby
- "The rules say that someone can be a BirthMother for three pregnancies"
-Asher and Jonas play catch with an apple then steal it
-He took it home because it was reacting weird and he wanted to find out what it was
Questions:
1. What will happen with the apple?
2. Why does Jonas' father bring Gabe home?

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-Lily was born in December
-Lily came from a nurturer
-"New Child "#23, Lily"
-Against the rules to ride a bike at nine years old
-Rules are decided by older people, and wiser people
-Ceremony of Twelve is really when everyone learns your profession is going to be
-The Elders watch the young people to find a profession for him or her
-Lily has a comfort object
-The object is a stuffed elephant
-Jonas used to have "a bear" as a comfort object
-Jonas is wondering about his profession
Questions:
1. Is being nurtured being adopted by different parents?
2. What will Jonas' profession be?

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Utopia
-Term coined by Sir Thomas More in 1516
-In order to have a utopia, things must be sacrificed
-A community or Society possessing desirable or perfect qualities
Examples :
-Garden of Eden
-Heaven
-Nirvana

Dystopia
-Greek word meaning " anti-utopia "
-A community or society that is undesirable or frightening
Example :
-Hell

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- A plane went over the village
- Main Character Jonas
- Best Friend Asher
-Sister Lily
-Father is a nurturer, who takes care of newborn babies
-Jonas is worried of a major ceremony of 12
-They talk about feelings during dinner time
-Mother is part of the The Justice Departement
Questions:
1. What is the Ceremony of Twelve?
2. Does being 'Released' mean to die?