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Today the Giver is specially talking about every detail that happened ten years ago

She trained for about five weeks before applying for release

Everything was perfect until Rosemary first started feeling pain

The Giver would only give emotional pain and not physical pain

At the end The Giver talks about if Jonas floated off the river,I could help the whole community just like he did to him

The Giver is trying to convince Jonas about the fact that he should start to use more of his privilege to ask anyone anything.

Then they start watching the releasement of the twin that his dad is doing

One of the twins is lighter than one of the other so the lighter twin will be released

His Father released the twin and he actually killed the twin

Personal thoughts

Wow what an phenomenal and mind changing chapter. Now we finally know what the term releasement mean. It means that you are going to get killed. So every time you do something bad you automatically get sent to die. This also means that this community is really strict and that they don’t accept any mistakes. So this was probably one of the biggest chapters in the whole book.

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Jonas helps the Giver by taking some of his pain

Jonas was in a war environment where he sees a young boy who’s extremely thirsty,wounded men on the ground,dead horses and the sound of cannons

Jonas is starting to rethink the Assignment of the Receiver because he just wants to live an average life like everyone one else

He also had the chance to experience a birthday party,museums,colorful paintings,snow and sledding.

The Giver’s most memorable memory is Christmas with the grandparents,child's opening their gift and just the glorious and colorful ambience.

When Jonas asked his Father Do you love me, his Father was disappointed because it wasn’t “precise”.

Jonas told his first lie

Every time Gabriel slept in Jonas room,he always seems to sleep peacefully but when he sleeps somewhere else it’s back to the old times where he just can’t stay calm

Vocabulary:

contoured(118)

Questions:

Why did the Giver had to take pain that day?

How is precision of words related to Sameness?

Will the parents discover that Jonas is transferring memories to Gabriel?

Will Jonas tell more lies and can his parent determine that he is lying there?

Connection with war

This book is a clear representation of war and how life isn’t fair. For example in the book, while Jonas is taking all that pain and suffering, everyone else in the Community other than the Giver is living a good life,having fun no need to worry about anything. In our world right now, I am at home working on my Novel Card not even suffering at all I can get water and food whenever I want. Meanwhile in Afghanistan people are fighting for their life, they haven’t ate or drank in a week and for them every day could be their last. So that's another connection from the book to our reality

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Jonas experienced the pain that his whole body was on fire,he started vomiting and bleeding from his face

Jonas was suffering and there was no medications to heal him so for the first time he had to retain the pain

With the memories that Jonas and The Giver acquire,they advise the Committee of Elders to facilitate their decisions.

The Receiver of Memory is such a significant job because instead of every people taking all that pain,it’s just the Receiver

The Parents are thinking about releasing Gabriel because at night he always seems to move and can’t sleep well

When Gabriel was sleeping in Jonas room, Jonas was able to transfer a memory to him

Vocabulary:

skittered(108)

jarred (108)

daub(108)

lingered(109)

throbbing(110)

anguish(110)

Questions:

Will Jonas be able to take all that pain?

What if they don’t have answers for the Committee,what do the Elders do?

So Jonas wasn’t able to transfer a memory to Asher but somehow he transferred one to Gabriel so does that mean Gabriel is special?

If the parents decide to release Gabriel,what will Jonas do?

Prediction about Gabriel

I have a prediction that Gabriel will be the next Receiver. I believe so because in the previous chapter, Jonas tried to transfer a memory to Asher but with nothing happened but somehow when Jonas transferred a memory to Gabriel he was actually successful and that definitely means something really important. I also think that Jonas will continue to transfer memories to the little boy so that his parents will stop having the idea to release him and Gabriel will continue to live with this family.

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Jonas sees glimpses of colours in his everyday life

Jonas is starting to become furious about the fact that they have no choice or rights in their life

He is also trying to transmit his knowledge to Asher but no success occurs.

The Giver is talking about the advantages of Sameness

Jonas is stuck in his own imaginary world

Jonas is learning what happened 10 years ago

When the old Receive failed, all of her Memories went to the people and it was painful for everyone

Vocabulary

tufts(100)

Questions:

Will Jonas change the way this society works?

Will Jonas transmit more memories to his friend and will he be successful?

Why did Jonas hurt his sister?

Where did the memories go?

Real life connections with elephants

The memory that Jonas experience talk about three mens who captured elephants. This is a real life connection because in our world, hunters are chasing the tusks of elephants to make profit of it. So now we see that new born elephants are born without these tusks and that could have a huge negative impact in the future. But now he have programs whose  goals are  to specifically protect the magnificent tusks of the elephants so we are heading in the right direction. The author did another wonderful job to relate the book to a serious problem in our world.

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Today is an unscheduled holiday

Jonas hasn’t taken his pill in four weeks

Jonas is getting really emotional  about a game that is based on war,he start imagining all the devastated memories;the little kid begging for water,animals lying on the ground

Becoming the next Receiver has really transformed Jonas

Tomorrow Dad is going to release one of the twins

Questions

Why is it an unscheduled holiday?

Is Jonas starting to lose his friendship?

If Jonas told his first and he’s started to skip the pills, will it mean we will see lie more and use some of the rules that he has the privilege to do?

What will Jonas do with the ability now to see colours?

Will Jonas start explaining his Training to his friends

Vocabulary:

realm(131)

horde(131)

trudged(15)

merrily(135)

glum(136)

Predictions

I have a prediction that with the whole Receiver situations and the fact that Jonas sees everything different now, I believe that Jonas will be starting to lose of all of his friends and that one day he’s going to become isolated. Not only will he become isolated but  I also believe that he’s will so disappointed and disgusted with this society that he will apply for release or just escape without anyone knowing.

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Jonas is nervous and scared about the December,I  think that the December thing is an important even in the community and that the people will have to take a big decision that will impact their future forever

A pilot made a bad mistake and that person will be released.

Every night the kids have to explain their feelings to their parents.The parents hear the feeling and then they try to reason their kids to transform that negative feeling to a positive feeling.

The society is really strict and they have rules that everyone has to respect. I think that this society is utopia.

Each year all the Elevens have to do the December

The dad talk about how they might release a Nurturers(new child) and Lily was joking  about keeping him.

You can only have two children -one male,one girl so again you can determine that this society is very organized and that all the rules are really strict.

Vocabulary

sleek(1)

churn(2)

jeering(3)

palpable(3)

frowned(6)

beckoning(10)     Releasements

I have a theory that there is two different releasemenent.The first one is a punishment(hell) so if you do something terrible or dangerous, you will be executed and then you do a horrible condition dystopia. While the other one.  the Releasement of the Elderly when you are tired of your life and you feel like you accomplished everything.Then there is some sort of ceremony to recognize your work and then you leave the community happily to go to a magnificent utopia.

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Jonas remembered when they received Lily. Why didn't the parents from the parents how do u receive a children.

Now I can determine that each December is their anniversary.

“The year we got Lily, we knew of course that we’d receive our female,because we’d made our application and been approved”. So the parents knew they were going to have a female because the rule is strict about 1 male,1 female. Also they had to apply to get a child, how weird is that?

The naming Ceremonies too and now we know that the names arent decided by the family but by the committee(the names are already designed for each newborn).

Each year  there is the Ceremony of Ones and the Ceremony of Twelve

Now we learned that after the age of 12 there is a lot of changes(no longer spending times with your old friends,Volunteers Hours and everything is going to become more serious.

Jonas is still wondering what will be is Assignment

Vocabulary

Fidgeting(Page 18):

Questions

Why is the special month December?

If there’s a mistake or they forget a person or the family doesn’t get a children what happens?

Why did they have to apply to get a child?

What is going to happen with Gabriel?

What if you get caught breaking a rule?

What is the committee, how do you get in the committee,who’s in the committee?

What if you don’t want to accept the Assignment that you are given?

Why do they have to go to school if your not going to decide what your job will be?

Personal Thoughts

I have a theory about why the special month is December. We all know that Jesus is born on December 25 so I think this as to do with Jesus so I believe this society is catholic.

The rule of one female,one male is like the rule of one kid in China. Both of those have similiar in the fact that rules are really unfair,strict and if you can that rule serious consequences will be involed. The only difference is that in this book it's impossible to escape or not get caught breaking the rules while in real life you can hide your kids and it's impossible for a country to minitor when the baby are borns or the gender that the couple will have. So  we can compare the realistic  versus the fictional

I can determine that this society is a “privilege” and that you should be fortunate that  you’re living in this community. Personally I wouldn't be happy living in that type of communitee because I like being free making my own decisions and not being  handcuff while there you always have to respect everything.

Predictions

I can already recognized that this family will  break some rules because in Chapter 1 Lily joked about adopting Gabriel,Jonas was teaching his sister to learn how to bike,The Father looked for the young boy’s name(his name is Gabriel) and  the Mother is the only one that respect always respect the rules.

I predict that in the next chapters we will this family breaking more, bigger rules and they will get caught which will lead to a big consequence

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Almost everyone has dark eyes in the society except for Jonas,a female Five and the young boy Gabriel

The Father brought Gabriel home’s from his work

The Mother gets mad when Lily says she wants to be a Birthmother

Jonas got in trouble for bringing an apple home

Something weird happened with Jonas while he playing catch with Asher;while the apple was in the air ,the apple changed but when he caught the fruit everything went normal. The same thing happened four times

Because of that weird incident Jonas took the apple home to investigate the apple

Vocabulary

squealed(20):

chastise(20):

peering(20):

reluctantly(22):

dwelling(25):

stirred(25)

whimpered(25)

solemn(25)

Questions

Why doesn’t the mom like when they discuss the job Birthmother?

Is there something special about blue eyes, will it impact the story?

What’s wrong with bringing  items home from the Recreation Area?

How does everyone know who’s the person that the message from the speakers is directed too?

What happened with Jonas and the apple,is it the beginning of something new with his eyes and will it impact his future?

Will Gabriel grow up and actually live in the community?

Why is this society only using bikes?                                       Predictions

I predict that this is the first of many times that Jonas can see things that are unusual and I strongly believe that there is something special with having blue eyes but we don’t know yet. For Gabriel I believe that he will get some special attention or something like that because The Father will try to do everything to keep him and I think that they will adopt Gabriel and be the first family to have three children which will lead to terrible consequences.

Bikes

Finally I believe that the society is an utopia so it’s perfect and the bikes are their conveyance because it's really simple, no climate change,no major injuries and it reduces the rist of death.

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Jonas is getting ready to meet the Receiver of Memory at the House of the Old

The room is completely different from what he is use to see

The man isn’t that old it’s just that the job aged him alot

The Receiver was also given this Assignment

The Receiver is talking about the past and a long time before this community excited

Jonas doesn't know what snow is

The Receiver has the power to transmit information to your head

Vocabulary

wandered(73)

upholstered(74)

alcove(74)

embroidered(74)

deftly(79)

Questions:

Why is the location of the Recerveir at the House of the Old

Why is there so many books?

Who was the Receiver before him?

So if it doesn’t have snow what climate do they have?

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Gabriel can’t sleep well at night and he always seems to move.

Jonas is reliving the dream that he experienced with the Giver.

Jonas is starting to see the colour red.

Now we learn that back in time everything had colours.

There genetic scientists that are trying to eliminate things about life.

Then the people decided to go Sameness.

The Giver is recognizing that Jonas is learning rapidly.

Questions:

Why do the colours only come in glimpses?

Where are the genetics scientists?

Why can’t Gabriel sleep well at night?

What’s wrong with colours?

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Jonas is feeling the weird sensation of snow

Now Jonas is feeling like he is in snow and that he's going downhill

The old man is talking about the disadvantages of the snow and mountains and why they don’t have those anymore.

Now we learn about Sameness and Climate Control.

Jonas is learning quickly and the old man is really surprised.

The old man does one more experience on Jonas and it’s sunburn so for the time he feels pain.

Questions

How does the Giver get that power?

What are some pains that will Jonas experience in the future.

Who  decided to Sameness?

Who controls the Climate?

Personal thoughts:

What we learned in chapter is a very pivotal point of the story,now we discover why they don't have snow,sledding and sunshine. It’s all because of Sameness and Climate Control. But I’m still wondering who decided to incorporate those rules into the community, we know it was a long time ago and there’s good reason why they did but imagine all the fun that it would be for the kids to play in the snow and to experience those climats.

Predictions of the next pain that Jonas will suffer:

Frostbite,allergies,hunger,war,
starvation,headaches,crying and diseases.

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We are getting closer to “December”

Jonas is looking for Asher to do his Community Hours and he found him at the House of Old

Today they are celebrating the release of a man named Roberto

Jonas is learning more about the releasement and the process.

Vocabulary

leisurely(26):

hasten(27):

tabulated(28):

serene(28):

hunched(29):

bowed(32):

Questions

Will Benjamin be an important character that we will see in the future?

Why was Roberto released?

Will Roberto come back in the story?

What’s wrong with talking about someone’s success(why is awkward)

What’s the Releasing Room,Where is it?

Why was Roberto happy when he got released;isn’t supposed to be a punishment?

Why aren’t the children allowed in the Releasing Room?

Will Jonas develop a crush on Fionna?

Releasement

I have a theory that there is two different releasement. The first one is a punishment(hell) so if you do something terrible or dangerous, you will be executed and then you do a horrible condition dystopia. While the other one is the Releasement of the Elderly when you are tired of your life and you feel like you accomplished everything,there is ceremony to recognize your work and then you leave the community happily to go to a magnificent utopia.

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But the Chief just made a crucial mistake and Jonas will still be receiving his Assignment

Not only Jonas hasn't been assigned,he has been selected to be the next Receiver of Memory(most important job of the community)

Also, there is an old guy with pale eyes who’s separated from everyone else

Ten years ago,they failed to replace the next Receiver of Memory

Jonas will be doing one on one training with an unknown men

Jonas also possessed all three qualities: intelligence,integrity and courage

This job requires physical pain

The Receiver right now has been scouting Jonas and confirmed that he is the right selection

Questions

Why did she have to do a mistake on Jonas;why him?

Why is she looking at the Elders?

Is that old men with pale eyes the person that we saw on the book cover?

Did the parents know that Jonas was going to be the Receiver of Memory?

What happened ten years ago?

Where is the person that failed the job of The receiver ten years ago?

What physical pain is she talking about?

The Old Man/Prediction

I believe that the man we saw is The Receiver of Memory is the old men that we saw on the book cover and that I predict will be a key character in the story. I believe that because he also has pale eyes and why would the first time we talk about the man is  specifically the time about the Receiver and I believe it’s not coincidental. Also I’m really thrilled to see where will Jonas trained  and what physical pain is she talking about. Personally I believe that Jonas will be training somewhere isolated outside and if he does a mistake or doesn’t demonstrate all of the capabilities required to be the next Receiver of Memory, he will be slapped or even tortured.

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Jonas is feeling different because everyone got normal Assignments and instead he got the most important Assignment of the community.

Lily is starting her community service at the Nurturing Center

Jonas is learning more about the selection that happened ten years ago

Jonas get’s the page of rules related to being the Receiver of Memory and he is quite surprise with some of the rules on it

Vocabulary

throng(65)

dismayed(69)

unnerving(69)

hastily(69)\u

requisitioned(69)

excruciating(70)

reeled(71)

Questions:

Why is everyone hesitating with Jonas?

What if Lily talks about Gabriel?

Where is the girl that failed ten years ago

What if Jonas break one of those rules

Why can’t they lie?

Theory about what happened ten years ago

I personally think that what happened years ago is that the nominated Receiver wasn’t ready mentally and physically prepared for all that pain. So she decided to leave or escaped without anyone knowing and it had a terrible impact on the community. I also believe that the Giver was extremely impacted by this loss and I think that he took it personal because he believed that he failed.

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Now we discover that they have numbers when they are born

This society is democratic because they have elections every 10 years

The Ceremony has now beginnend

Everyone gets their Assignment even Asher and the ceremony is perfect

But the Chief went from eighteen to twenty, she skipped Jonas turn

Jonas felt very embarrassed and was wondering why he got skipped

At the end of the Ceremony everyone gets their Assignment other than Jonas,everyone is shocked and confused

Questions

Why do they get an number when they’re born?

Why is there only one Assignment possible for each person?

Why are they hitting the young kids when they do mistakes?

Why is now that we talk about the Chief?

Why is the Chief thanking every Twelves for their childhood?

Why did they skipped Jonas;Is it because he has no Assignment or something special

How did the parents of Jonas react;did they know about this?

Vocabulary

tunic(51)

meticulously(52)

pampered(53)

sheepish(54)

ruefully(54)

beaming(56)

serenely(56)

hush(57)

piecemeal(59)

Ressemblances

Now as we know, this chapter they revealed that this society is democratic and they have elections every 10 year. So now we know the answer to the questions about the government and now we know more about the type of society. Also this can relate our country to their society because we are both democratic so I think that author did a good job of relating our world to their book. But I am wondering how does the vote work, is it the whole population or only the committee?

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The Mother is tying the hair ribbons for Lily

Lily and Jonas are discussing about what comes and goes with your age

The family is getting ready for the most important event of the year;The Ceremony of December

Lily became an Eight

The next day,it’s Jona’s turn for the Ceremony

We also discovered that there is a Matching of Spouses so you don’t even pick your wife/husband

Vocabulary

fidgeted(40)

prodded(41)

wails(42)

squirming(42)

indulgently(42)

reprieve(42)

plee(42)

exburant(44)

longingly(45)

infringed(46)

merriment(47)

Questions

Why do the girls have to wear ribbons?

Why isn’t the father there to see his daughter;does it have to with his job?

Why is the bicycle so important?

Why do the teens have to cut their hair?

Where are the other communities?

Where do the New Borns come from

My theory

I have a theory that this society are actually robots, at first you might think that this is crazy but after I give some reason why this will make more sense. So we all know the siblings aren’t related to each other and now we know that the adultes don’t even pick their future partner because they have a Matching Spouses. Also have you ever wondered where does the New-Borns come from,where are they after being released.

The fact that they are robots would also explained how they can’t love someone, they always have to talk about their feeling and how the rules are so strict.

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The family is doing a morning rituals and they are explaining the dreams that they had last night.

For Lily she was having nightmares about breaking the Rules and the same thing happened for the Mother.

Jonas had a really awkward dream about wanting to bath a friend.

This weird dream is called Stirrings and now he has to do a meeting.

But at the end the Stirrings were gone.

Vocabulary

wandered(34)

disquieting(34)

chastised(35)

gurgling(35)

perspiring(35)

murky(36)

Questions

Why are they doing rituals in the morning?

For Lily,Mother and Jonas was it their dreams telling them something important?

Why was everyone having weird dreams

Is Stirring positive, negative?

Why the Stirrings affect Jonas in the future

What are the parents doing with information that they get from the rituals,etc

What is the Collection Crew,first time he have heard that in the story.

Personal thoughts from this book so far

I am really surprised about how the book turned out to be because I thought that the book cover(an old man) was going to be an important character in the Giver but we haven’t seen him yet. Also I like that I can really imagine the society that they are leaving him and the environment of the society so the author did a really job of that. For Chapter 5 we can recognized that this society is monitoring each of your moves and everything is already place for you.