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Author's explanation
https://youtu.be/YYGGs2lxtjY

Opinions about the end
https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/500/what-happened-at-the-end-of-the-giver

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What do you think happens at the end of The Giver? Why would Lowry end the piece this way?

Many people hated the way the Giver ending on such a cliffhanger, but in my personal opinion I believe this to be a great ending. The reason why I love this ending so much is because it’s up for discussion and anyone’s opinion could be right. This allows the audience to be more engaged in the book. What happened? Are they dead? Did they reach Elsewhere? These are the kind of things the author strives for, they want the audience to ask questions,  investigate and then observe their reasoning.

I believe that at the ending of the book the Giver, when all goes white and they hear music and recall on the memories of his first sled ride, the two young boys finally reached Elsewhere. You might be thinking of Elsewhere as a actual destination or place that you can physically be in, but to my understanding it might just be a state of mind. This is why most of the people are very disapointed, they were expecting and actual destination. But, never in the book did they refer to Elsewhere as an actual place. They only mentioned it to be where the people go after release. We all know what release really means. After one dies their mind and soul lives on in Elsewhere a place where sameness is nowhere to be seen and pleasent music and memories flow in the infinity. So yes, Jonas and baby Gabriel are deceased but, aren’t they in a better place. Isn’t the infinity, the real utopian discovery, the best place to be?

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Notes/Summary
- Jonas had a feeling that they were close to the end of their journey
- a gust of cold air let Jonas to realise how weak and cold
- He held him in his tunic to protect him from the snowflakes falling
- The snow accumulation made it nearly impossible for him to bike
- Jonas seeked out a memory of sunshine to save them from the bitterly cold and to allow him to keep the journey alive
- Jonas struggled against the cold and a very steep hill
- He reconnected with the memory of him sledding down the soft snowy mountain, this time with Gabe in his arms
- He saw the flashing colors of red, blue and yellow flash from a place where families held and kept memories, and where they celebrated love.
- When he reached the end of the snowy hill, he hear what he believed to be music, or what could've been an echo
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Questions
1. Did Jonas actually find a perceivable place where he could live or did he just reach a state of mind called Elsewhere?

2. What happened to the community?
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Vocabulary
1. Imperceptibly
def. Impossible to perceive
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Predictions/Ideas
I believe that Elsewhere wasn't an actual place that most people thought of. It wasn't a place in which you would have to travel, but a place in which you had to realise. Elsewhere was a utopian state of mind, where music flowed and there was no conflict. His body, I believe must've died or disappeared but his mind lived on, as did Gabe's

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Notes/Summary
- The road they followed started to become more narrow, bumpy and not tended for
- One night, Jonas fell of his bike and rolled his ankle and bloodied up his knees, Gabe was fine
- Wildlife became more apparent, woods were thicker and there were more streams
- They saw their first waterfall and started to see wildlife like birds, deer and a fox
- They began to get hungry, they now had to hunt and look for their own food
- They had experienced rain by then, but all it did was add to Jonas and Gabe to being cold, hungry and weak
- This caused Gabe to cry for the first time in this journey
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Questions
1. Will Jonas and Gabe die of starvation before reaching their destination?
Answer: They did not die of starvation but it's possible they died of a combination of that and the severe cold and wounds.
2. Will Jonas have to sacrifice Gabe's life to make it to Elsewhere?
Answer: No, nobody was sacrificed throughout their journey, but Jonas did fear for his life and gabe's and several occasions
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Vocabulary
1. Peril
def. serious and immediate danger
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Predictions/Ideas
Going into the last chapter, and after seeing the circumstances that the two boys have gotten themselves into, it's hard to say that both will make it to Elsewhere. I believe that Gabe or Jonas will have to sacrifice themselves for the other to reach Elsewhere and It would make the most sense if Jonas goes on without the young one.

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Notes/Summary
- Jonas was forced to straight up flee the community on his bike and over to the bridge in the middle of the night
- Backtrack to the evening beforehand and the family was gathered at the table for a meal
- Gabe was to be released after not being able to adapt to sleeping in the Nurturing center
- In his escape to leave the community he had stolen food, left his dwelling at night, and stolen his dad's bike
- Jonas took Gabe with him to Elsewhere after putting him at ease with a soothing memory
- After daylight returned and Jonas became tired they went into the forest to find a place to hide
- They found a place to rest and sleep throughout the day
- Planes started appearing looking for the two, they used heat detectors to look for the children because they didn't have any ability to see color.
- Jonas would give them the memory of cold to keep them safe
- Slowly the planes stopped coming and looking for them
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Questions
1. What will happen to them if they get caught
Answer: Gabe would be released, but Jonas would only be imprisoned or exiled. If they killed him his memories would be released
2. What will Elsewhere look like?
Answer: We do not know, The ending was unclear
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Vocabulary
1. Frazzled
def. cause to feel completely exhausted; wear out
2. Foliage
def. plant leaves collectively.
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Predictions/Ideas
I predict that there is no such thing as Elsewhere and that this is yet another lie that the community has been taught and that this was a meaningless journey. I do believe though, that he will eventually die. Elsewhere, to me, is not a place, but where they go once they die.

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Notes/Summary
- Jonas doesn't want to go home back to his father and he is throwing a fit and crying
- The Giver allows him to spend the night because he wants to have a chat
- The Giver explains that the people who kill these men and women and children do not know of feeling and it's all they know and all they were taught
- The Giver reminds him of a plan that they will make up to save and help people have feelings and these important memories, a plan related to the ideas from the start of the day
- Jonas is to run away to Elsewhere and release these memories to the community, but he can never return
- The Giver was to stay and help the community bare these memories, plus he was too old to make it to Elsewhere
- The Giver admits that he didn't experience the capacity to see beyond, he experienced the capacity to hear beyond
- He was able to hear music
- Over the next weeks coming into the ceremony they rehearsed the plans
- The Giver would transfer memories of courage and strength to help Jonas
- The plan was to sneak out of his own dwelling at midnight of the night before the ceremony and bike over to the annex where the giver will be there waiting for him
- In the morning the giver would call a driver and Jonas would sneak into the back of the vehicle
- By the midday people would be apparent of his absence and searchers would be sent out to look for him
- By the time they found his clothing and bike the giver would have returned to the community and made an announcement to the community that Jonas had drowned in the river
- After the ceremony of Loss the community would be preoccupied with the memories and the Giver would be there to help
- After Jonas begs for the Giver to come with him, the Giver tells him that he wants to be reunited with his daughter after.
- His Daughter? Her name was Rosemary
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Questions
1. Will this plan work out?
Answer: This plan was thrown out the window when Jonas decided to save Gabe's life and take him on the bike ride to elsewhere to avoid the young baby's execution
2. What happens to Jonas when he enters Elsewhere?
Answer: We do not know if he made it to Elsewhere or not
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Vocabulary
1. Undertaking
def. a formal pledge or promise to do something
2. Solace
def. comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness
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Predictions/Ideas
I found it sadenning that the Giver had failed his daughter, and had to go through the pain of seeing her kill herself and how he had to give her these depressing memories. He had to see her lose her laughter and, as his job, had to slowly kill her.

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Notes/Summary
- Giver and Jonas talk about his father's ceremony of the release and naming of one of each of the twins
- He says that he would like to watch and so the Giver agrees that he should be able to
- They go back into the hall of records and look at the recording of the release
- There is an empty room with nothing more than a bed, a table and a scale
- His Father and his assistant came into the room with the twin males and weighed the first at an even 6 pounds
- While the other was 5 pounds 10 ounces
- He sees his father with a large syringe inject it with its clear liquid into the newborn's forehead
- He sees the baby flail his limbs and then go limp
- He realises that his father had murdered it
- He sees his father dispose of the dead body in some sort of trash can, like it was nothing
- The Giver reminds Jonas of when Rosemary applied for release and told them she'd inject herself
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Questions
1. What will Jonas say to his Father when he gets home?
Answer: Jonas understood that his father didn't know better and that he didn't have the same knowledge, and so they pretended like it never happened
2. How does the Family/Father react?
Answer: The same way his son did, and the way the community taught him. Like it wasn't a big deal
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Vocabulary
1. Seldom
def. not often; rarely
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Predictions/Ideas
Jonas will not take this well with his father, he saw the way he treated this newborn and how cold it was to see his father murder an innocent being without much remorse. As well as having ptsd about the young boy murdered in the battlefield, this experience was not taken very well by Jonas

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Notes/Summary
- Jonas asks the Giver of his opinion of release
- Giver admits to wanting to apply for release when in pain but he's not allowed to
- This rule was given out by the committee after the failure 10 years ago
- Her name was Rosemary and she was self possessed, serene, and intelligent
- The giver loved her and hated to transfer painful memories to her
-After 5 weeks he decided to give her memories like loss, loneliness, and a child being seperated from parents
- He could see the pain in her eyes
- After a session one day she gave the giver a kiss on the cheek and went straight to the chief elder and asked to be released
- Jonas then asks what would happen if he died with the memories
- The Giver tells him that memories are forever and that they would be released into the community
- He ponders about the theory about how he could teach these memories to the community like he has done with Jonas
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Questions
1. Will Jonas become a failure to the community like Rosemary?
Answer: No, as far as I know he was never regarded in that way. But, god knows what happened after the ending
2. Will Jonas ever hope for release after some of these memories?
Answer: Jonas never wished for release, he knew what that mean't. But, he did run away to Elsewhere and could've died that way as well
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Vocabulary
1. Anguish
def. severe mental or physical pain or suffering
2. Luminous
def. full of or shedding light; bright or shining, especially in the dark
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Predictions/Ideas
It seems as though that this idea formed by the Giver and by Jonas in which he could train and teach these memories to the community was an idea that the Giver to into consideration. Through actions of Jonas giving memories to Gabe and about his personal thoughts and desires about showing memories to certain friends and family ( love, war), I could see that Jonas would fancy this idea as well.

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Notes/Summary
- The day was declared a unscheduled holiday and people were given the day off
- Jonas had not been taking the Stirrings pills for awhile now
- Today Jonas felt happiness
- Jonas and Asher went to the park were some of the other kids were playing war games related to gun shooting and dying
- This gave him pdst about the memory of a young boy who was killed in battle
- He was on the verge of tears and got into a little argument with his friend Asher over the subject on whether to play this game or not
- Gabe was beginning to walk
- The ceremonies are close again
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Questions
1. Which Assignment will Lily get in later years?
2. What will happen with Jonas after the next ceremony?
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Vocabulary
1. Exasperation
def. a feeling of intense irritation or annoyance
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Predictions/Ideas
Since Jonas has stopped taking the Stirring pills I feel like he will be more prone to making different decisions and doing things differently than most on the community solely based on the fact he is a more sexually driven person without the use of the pill

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Notes/Summary
- He now regrets everything about being a Receiver and wants to be normal
- He is reminded, though, of good memories such as birthday parties, art museums and bonds between human and animals
- the Giver then proceeds to give him his favourite memory
- Jonas is given a feeling of Family, warmth and most importantly, love
- He is with the entire family, grandparents and all, at Christmas time
- He is reminded of how the old communities used to work, very different from how they do it themselves
- Jonas asks the Giver to help him  feel more complete and be his grandparent
- Jonas asks his parents if they love him, and they don't understand what he means by that, they instead try and rephrase it by saying "Do u enjoy me?" and "Do u take pride in my accomplishments?"
- He then lies when he agrees to his mom asking if he understands that the word love is inappropriate
- Gabe will be named and assigned to a family in 2 months
- Jonas had been giving Gabe memories every night
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Questions
1. Will Jonas end up doing something to get people to experience these new memories?
Answer: Yes, him and the Giver came up with a whole plan to reveal these memories to the community, did it work? we aren't sure
2. Will Gabe's developpement be affected by these memories?
Answer: After not being able to sleep in the Nurturing center without the memories given by Jonas, they were going to release the child
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Vocabulary
1. Faltered
def. start to lose strength or momentum.
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Predictions/Ideas
I predict that when Gabe grows up that he'll end up talking about these memories as if they are common knowledge and spreading them to people who have no idea about these concepts or ideas, which will end up causing problems or even cause Jonas to fail his job like the one before him did

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Notes/Summary
- Jonas walks into the annex and the Giver is in a lot of pain
- Jonas agrees to take some of the pain away from him by receiving a memory
- He was taken back to a memory of warfare
- There were hundreds of men and children who was ripped apart, bloodied and on the verge of dying calling for their mother and hoping for death
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Questions
1. How will Jonas act after seeing such a horrible thing?
Answer: In later chapters the children were playing war games which caused a freak out from Jonas related to ptsd from that memory.

2. How does this make him feel?
Answer: At first he regrets this new job and selection for him and wants to go back and have a normal life without these memories or these responsibilities
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Vocabulary
1. Bridle
def. he headgear used to control a horse
2.  Crimson
def. a rich deep red color inclining to purple
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Predictions/Ideas
Jonas will now start to take a different approach to how he thinks about Receiving memories. I'm pretty sure he will no longer be begging to gain wisdom on these subjects and topics.

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Notes/Summary
- In this memory they were back on the sledding hill, but this time the snow was more like ice and the nice clean ride was more like a death wish.
- Jonas made a tumble off the sled and broke his leg
- He asked for some medicine for the pain but the Giver had to refuse
- After going home and into his sleeping room, he felt lonely about having these memories to himself. Nobody has ever felt pain
- He was given a painful memory then after a more pleasurable memory to ease it over
- In the example of hunger the Giver explains that the committee wanted to increase the population but his wisdom about hunger and warfare lead him to decide against the idea
- Jonas wonders if everyone can bare memories so the pain wouldn't be as harsh
- Gabe has caught up to speed and is growing and reaching expectations
- A birthmother is expecting twin males and Jonas' Father is supposed to select which is to be nurtured and which is to be released
- Jonas offers to let Gabe sleep in his room instead of keeping his parents up
- In the middle of the night Gabe became restless so Jonas transmitted a calm memory about the sea and a boat sail to him, which put him to sleep
- He realised that he made a mistake and decided not to tell the giver that he had given away a memory
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Questions
1. What will happen to Jonas if the Giver finds out he gave away a memory?
Answer: Since they came up with a plan to release all the memories anyway, and even though the giver never found out, I don't think it would've been that big of a deal
2. Would this memory have a negative impact on the community?
Answer: In the perspective of Jonas, No. If anything this would improve the community.
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Vocabulary
1. Rhythmically
def. in a rhythmic manner
2. Billowing
def. moving or flowing outward with an undulating motion
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Predictions/Ideas
I believe that this slip up from Jonas, in which he transmitted a memory that the community does not know of into the community will cause some problems. Again, we all know what happened when the last Receiver failed and let out some memories.

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Notes/Summary
- Jonas is seeing color in his everyday life
- He's angry that he can't make decisions (blue or red tunic)
- Him and the giver decide that giving the people choice instead of sameness would be unsafe
- Jonas is angry that his friends are satisfied with their lives. Admits that he's tried to give memories about the color red to his friend Asher
- The Giver shares a memory of some dark skinned men in Africa who hunted down an elephant and took his tusks. He sees the grief and anger of a fellow elephant looking down on his mutilated friend.
- People don't think that they were once animals like elephants
- The receiver is allowed to have a spouse, as is the Giver, but they cannot share things about their job
- The Giver explains that when his successor failed all the memories were released out there where they were before there was Receivers
- At the end of the chapter Jonas asks what is causing this pain, and that he hasn't felt real pain in his training
-The giver decided to give it to him and decides to take him back to the snowy hill
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Questions
1. What does the Giver mean about what he is going to do in the next chapter?
Answer: He was trying to show him how to see color
2. Is there going to be any more experiences and memories that we have in our modern time?
Answers: Many of these memories are from our age, such as wars, christmas', sled rides, animal brutality and much more
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Vocabulary
1. Wilting
def. become limp through heat, loss of water, or disease; droop
2. Mutilated
def. inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on.
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Predictions/Ideas
I predict that In the next chapter He will start to experience more harsh memories that hurt him more personally such as global warming or maybe torture and such.

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Notes/Summary
- At school many of the other kids were excitedly explaining their Assignments, while Jonas couldn't do much of the same
- While having a conversation with Fiona about their new jobs, Jonas has a moment where he sees beyond
- He sees Fiona's hair flicker like an old lightbulb
- When arriving to the Annex Jonas goes on to explain to the Giver his experiences with the capacity to see beyond
- The Giver goes on to run a test on how this ability is going on with Jonas as it was different with him at his age
- When calling upon the memory of the sled Jonas noticed that the sled has the same quality as the apple and as Fiona's hair did
- Fiona's hair is actually red
-Before Sameness there was colour that thrived and what Jonas was experiencing was him seeing the different tones of colour in Fiona's hair
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Questions
1. What is the Giver's view on the capacity to see beyond?
Answer: At first he only had the capacity to hear beyond, which mean he heard music.
2. Will this community ever go back to how it was before Sameness
Answer: The giver and Jonas devised a master plan to get Jonas to release all his memories to the community by going to Elsewhere. And since the answer to whether they made it to Elsewhere or not is unclear, we don't know if the memories were released.
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Vocabulary
1. Abuzz
def. Filled with a continuous humming sound
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Predictions/Ideas
I predict that Jonas will now start to see this capacity almost everywhere he goes, as well as re visiting these memories. He was now learned to understand them and figure out how to find them in his mind.

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Notes/Summary
- Jonas first experiences snow
- He is taken away from reality and almost put into different one
- After the experience of sledding and feeling snow Jonas was very surprised
- The man explains that the snow became obsolete and then they went into Sameness
- Jonas is given another memory that he must perceive by himself.
- He recognises sunlight
- He was later tested with sunburn that hurt him, he didn't get the word but he did get the meaning of pain
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Questions
1. What will be the worst pain Jonas endures?
Answer: Probably the pain of not being able to share these memories and the loneliness and depression that came with the memories.
2. Which memory or event came from that pain?
Answer: Most of these feelings came after several life changing memories such as neglection of a child and separation of a family
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Vocabulary
1. Obsolete
def. No longer produced or used; out of date
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Predictions/Ideas
I predict that the next memories will slowly get more and more painful to the point where it will reflect on bigger scales such as, the gas from ww1. I believe that since some of these memories are quite alike the ones we have had in the last 1000 years, he will probably feel some of the worse ones from our times as well.

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Notes/Summary
- Jonas drops Fiona off at the House of the Old and plans to bike back home with her
- Jonas goes to the Annex where he will meet the Receiver and begin his training
- Jonas noticed the only door in the community which was locked. It was locked to ensure the privacy and help the Receiver keep concentration
- The room where the Receiver works is surprisingly well furnished with lots of books and bookcases all around
- The Receiver has big baggy eyes, and seems a lot older than he actually is because of how consuming the job really is
- The Giver's job is to give Jonas his Memories of the past life
- His first memory that he will transmit was snow
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Questions
1. Why did this community neglect these memories
Answer: It caused them great pain
2. How old is the Giver?
Answer: It was never said but he did have a daughter nearly twice the age of Jonas. The only hint was that he looks older than he actually is.
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Vocabulary
1. Upholstered
def. having a soft, cushioned covering
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Predictions/Ideas
I think that the reason that this community neglected all these memories was to keep away conflict to help sustain the utopian society that they wanted to build

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1. Go immediately at the end of school hours each day to the Annex entrance behind the  House of the Old and present yourself to the attendant.
2. Go immediately to your dwelling at the conclusion of Training Hours each day.
3.From this moment you are exempted from rules governing rudeness. You may ask any question of any citizen and you will receive answers.
4. Do not discuss your training with any other member of the community, including parents and Elders.
5. From this moment you are prohibited from dream-telling.
6. Except for illness or injury unrelated to your training, do not apply for any medication.
7. You are not permitted to apply for release.
8. You may lie.

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Notes/Summary
- Jonas feels separate because of his selection which was to be alone apart
- Jonas meets up with Asher and they talk about their part of the Ceremony
- After the Assignments are made most children memorise the rules of their new job all night
- Everyone is very hesitant with how they talk to Jonas about his selection
- The family talks about the name Not-To-Be-Spoken, who was the last failure of a Receiver and was amounted with the highest amount of Disgrace and that nobody would ever be able to name a new child after her
- Parents say they never saw her again after what went wrong
- The rules of the Receiver
1. Go immediately at the end of school hours each day to the Annex entrance behind the  House of the Old and present yourself to the attendant.
2. Go immediately to your dwelling at the conclusion of Training Hours each day.
3.From this moment you are exempted from rules governing rudeness. You may ask any question of any citizen and you will receive answers.
4. Do not discuss your training with any other member of the community, including parents and Elders.
5. From this moment you are prohibited from dream-telling.
6. Except for illness or injury unrelated to your training, do not apply for any medication.
7. You are not permitted to apply for release.
8. You may lie.
- Jonas was stunned at the rules, he had no longer time to ride bikes, play ball do recreation or any sort of fun
- Jonas was set on not being rude to other, even though it was p
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Questions
1. Will Jonas end up liking his new job?
Answer: He was at first Apprehensive but for the most part he enjoys it alot.
2. Which of these rules and new things that he's allowed to use, will he not use?
Answer: He tries to stay away from most of the lying, especially when it is not needed and being rude
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Vocabulary
1. Vital
def. Important or essential

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Notes/Summary
- After the last born is given an Assignment, the chief Elder made an apology to the crowd and to Jonas for causing anxiety
- The chief elder takes Jonas on stage and explains that Jonas was not to be Assigned, but to be selected to be the Receiver of Memory
- The chief elder says that he will be trained by the old Receiver
- The last Receiver they chose caused them terrible discomfort and failure, so they decided to not be hasty in the next selection
- Jonas is to be alone and apart from the community while he is prepared by the current Receiver
- Receiver are in high honour in this community
- Receivers like Jonas must have intelligence, integrity, courage, and wisdom
- Chief elder explains that the training causes lots of physical pain
- He also must have the Capacity to see beyond
- As he was contemplating if he had this capacity, he looked over at the crowd and the same thing happened as what did with the apple. He believed this was the capacity to see beyond
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Questions
1. What is the Capacity to see beyond?
Answer: It's the ability to see color. Most of the population only see different shades of black and white. Only some have the capacity to see beyond
2. What kind of painful tasks will Jonas have to endure to become the Receiver?
Answer: Although most of the pain he endures is more mental than physical such as seeing people die, experiencing loneliness and depression.
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Vocabulary
1. Meticulous
def. Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise
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Predictions/Ideas
I believe that after all the pain and suffering that Jonas will go through, he will become an emotionless being such as the current Receiver is. After enduring the kind of pain and seeing the kind of things that he will see through his training there is no coming back from that reality.

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Notes/Summary
- New children were given a number before the naming
- Jonas is 19
- The ceremony begins and the Chief Elder makes her speech
- Slowly the Assignments were made beginning from 1
- Asher was given the Assignment as Assistant Director of Recreation
- Fiona was given the Assignment of the Caretaker of the Old
- Instead of giving Jonas his assignment at number 19, he was skipped and proceeded to read out the 20's
- Jonas felt ashamed and wanted to disappear, he didn't know what he did wrong
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Questions
1. Why didn't Jonas receive his Assignment?
Answer: Jonas was not supposed to be assigned, instead the elders believed that he was fit to be selected to be Receiver.
2. What happens when you don't Receive a Assignment?
Answer: Sometimes when you aren't assigned to a job, you are selected for something else. In Jonas' case he was selected to be the Receiver.
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Vocabulary
1. Ruefully
def. in a way that expresses sorrow or regret, especially in a wry or humorous manner.
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Predictions
I Predict that the reason he didn't get his Assignment was because he failed to do something leading up to the Ceremony of 12. Ethier he didn't do the right amount of community service hours, or for any other reason, there had to be a reason why his number didn't get called.

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Notes/Summary
- 4, 5, 6, and 7's wear a straight
- Lily is going to the ceremony of 8 and Jonas is attending the ceremony of 12
- The family except for the father biked over to the auditorium.
- Firstly they did the Naming and the ceremony of the one
- Gabe, the new child was given an extra year to be Nurtured, and would spend nights at the families house due to father's plea
- They recall the death of a four named Caleb, who wandered into the river. They had a ceremony of Loss for the child.
- 10's got their hair cut into a manly, ear exposing style
- 9's received their bicycles
- 11's given new clothing and extra pockets
-  You have to Apply for the Matching of Spouses to find a wife or husband
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Questions
1. Will Jonas be happy about his Assignment?
Answer: Jonas did not receive an assignment, instead he was selected. He is still unsure about his selection seeing the training causes a lot of sacrifice and pain
2. Will anyone have a disappointing Assignment?
Answer: I don't think anyone had a disappointing Assignment like most of the new 12's had been scared of
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Vocabulary
1. Chastisement
def. Chastisement is the act of scolding or punishing someone
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Predictions/Ideas
I predict that Jonas' Assignment will be a very big surprise and something that isn't very common. The reason I believe this is because he doesn't seem to be like many of the other children. He has different coloured eyes, he has no interests that really stand out to him, and he has weird things about him. Such as the apple incident. He is going to be given the Assignment as the Giver (book title)

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Notes/Summary
- Morning routine is to share your dreams that you had last night with the rest of the family
- Jonas doesn't usually dream but this night he vividly remembered them
- Dream telling began at 3
- Jonas had a dream where he was alone without clothes on with Fiona at the House of the Old. He persists to get Fiona to take her clothes off and let him bathe her. He felt the urge of wanting to do it badly
- This is noticed by the mother as being called the Stirrings. It's something that happens to all people of his age and something that requires treatment.
- The treatment for Stirrings is to take some pills
- Everyone takes these pills until they reach the house of the old
- Jonas, although, still wants the feel the Stirrings again
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Questions
1. What does the Stirrings represent to our lives on earth?
Answer: The Stirrings is alike the beginning of puberty for us. Particularity the feeling of arousement.

2. Why do the people have to take pills to prevent such a natural thing like the Stirrings?
Answer: The community wants to prevent all means of conflict to achieve a utopian society, and the stirrings might cause conflict
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Vocabulary
1. Stirrings
def. Stirrings are similar to dreams, and happen when a child is in the beginning of puberty
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Predictions/Ideas
I believe that the minds of the children at the beginning of the Stirrings are already being controlled to some extent. I believe this because in the dream of Jonas, he wants to undress and bathe the girl Fiona but he is stopped by something telling her that they shouldn't have these feelings or do these acts. This is related back to when they are told to take pills so they will not have these dreams and feelings.

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Notes/Summary
-Jonas reflects o the success of his groupmate Benjamin who is very devoted with rehabilitation
- Jonas is doing his volunteer hours distributing cartons of supplies into the dwellings of the community
-Jonas finds Asher's bike at the House of the Old
- He goes into the House of the Old and looks for his friends Fiona and Asher, who are helping in the bathing room
- Jonas decides to help bathe one of the elderly, and they discuss the release of recent people
-  The lady explains how in the telling's of one of the ladies life, her life seemed boring and less meaningful, she was a Birthmother
- And then she explains the interesting and successful life of Roberto's telling's, a Instructor of 11's, a Planning committee and how he raised successful children
- She further explains the ceremony of the Releasing of the elderly, and mentions a releasing room. The men and women walk through a door to be released. But nobody knows about what happens after, except for the committee.
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Questions
1.  What happens when you walk through the door at the releasing ceremony?
Answer: The person who walked through is injected with a deadly syringe that kills them
2. Does Jonas like Fiona as a friend or is it more than that?
Answer: Jonas likes Fiona in a more sexual way than just friends. I know this through the dream of Jonas in chapter 5 and the Stirrings
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Vocabulary
1. Dwellings
def. A house, apartment, or other place of residence
2. Smock
de. Loose dress or blouse
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Predictions
I predict that whatever happens after you pass through the door at the releasing ceremony, must not be that great. Whether it be death or pain or nothing. It has to be something that the committee doesn't want to be public information. I predict that something bad happens after you walk through that door.

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Jonas
- Main character
- Male 11
- Light colored eyes
- Brown hair

Asher
-Jonas' best friend
- Not very serious
- Known for never crying as a new child
- Is very coordinated

Lily
-Jonas' sister
- Loves new children

Father
- Jonas' father
- Works as a Nurturer
- Emotionally intelligent

Mother
- Jonas' mother

Benjamin
- Groupmate with Jonas
- Very skilled with Rehabilitation
- Spent nearly 4 years in the rehab center helping out

Fiona
- Female 11
- Quiet, polite and fun
- Jonas likes her
- Works as a Caretaker for the Old

The Giver
- Appears to be very old
- Very wise
- Was the Receiver before Jonas
- Is the "Grandfather" of Jonas

Rosemary
- Daughter of the Giver
- asked for release
- was very intelligent and kind

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Notes/Summary
- Jonas feels a little bit self conscious because only him, Gabe and  a girl down the street he have paler colored eyes than everyone else
- Father brings home the troubled new child Gabriel
- 8's do volunteer hours
- Lily loves children and wants to be a Birthmother or a Nurturer
- Instead of being singled out, citizens are given a speech from Speakers who don't single out people
- Jonas remembers a time when he broke recreation rules, and took an apple home after seeing something odd happen with it
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Questions
1. What did Jonas mean when he said the apple changed mid air?
Answer: This special ability is only for people who are fit to be a Receiver, This ability is called the Capacity to see Beyond
2. Is Jonas' family unit going to adopt or add Gabriel to the Family?
Answer: They never planned on adding him to the family, and it never happened. He was a temporary stay
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Vocabulary
1. Adequate
def. Satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity
2. Tunic
def. A loose garment, typically sleeveless and reaching to the wearer's knees
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Predictions
It looks like the new child named Gabriel is spending a lot of time with Jonas' family and around the father, who has already broken a rule by naming the young child. I predict that because of this bondage Jonas' father will end up taking custody of the new child or lose his job over the child

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Utopia- a perfect place, safe haven,

- 1516 by Sir Thomas More
- A community or society possessing desirable or perfect qualities

- They never work!
- Everyone's view on perfection is different
- People want more

Examples
Garden of Eden
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Dystopia
- Greek word meaning "anti-utopia"
- A community or society that is undesirable or frightening

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Notes/Summary
- Age is representative of their numbers ( Jonas is turning 12)
- At the 1 ceremony, the child is given a name
- Jonas' father broke the rules to name the struggling child in hopes to help him not get released and back up to speed
- At the 9 ceremony the children are given a bike
- At the Ceremony of Twelve the committee of elders give the children their Assignment
- A committee of elders make most of the decisions about rules and laws
- The Receiver is the most important Elder who makes the more important decisions
- Jonas'  father knew of his assignment (Nurturer)
- But Jonas is apprehensive about if he'll enjoy his assignment
- He will lose some friends and have to join a new group of people with the same assignment
- He is worried he won't be able to have any fun afterwards
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Questions
1. Who is the Receiver and why does he have such an important job?
Answer: The receiver is a job in which is to overlook the community and help make decisions based on harsh memories he received
2. What Assignment will Jonas get?
Answer: Jonas was not assigned, yet selected to be the new Receiver
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Vocabulary
1. Adherence
def. Attachment or commitment to a person, a cause or a belief.
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Predictions
I think that since Jonas made such a big deal and was very stressed about receiving his Assignment, and whether it will be good or not, will lead to him having a further struggle when he finally gets given the Assignment it will be disappointing at first.

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Notes/Summary
- Main character is Jonas, who is an 11 male
- Asher, friend of Jonas, 11
- Sister is Lily
- Plane goes over the community, with a pilot in training driving, when its against the rules. Therefore he was released
- family units share emotions at supper
- Jonas is apprehensive about the 12th ceremony
- Each community has a weird set of rules
- Father is a Nurturer
- Family unit includes a father, mother, and one brother and sister
- Groups have a number association
(7,11,12)
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Questions
1. What is releasing?
Answer: At the end of somebodies life they are given a releasing ceremony where there are telling's of their life and speeches and such. And then, they are sent through a door to be released.

2. Why are certain groups given a number association and how is it rewarded?
Answer: The number is associated with the child's age. Ex. 12 years old is in the group 12.
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Vocabulary
1. Apprehensive
def. Anxious or dreadful that something bad might happen
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Predictions
Leading into chapter 2 the parents of Jonas said they were going to have serious talk with him. So I predict that in chapter 2 that the parents might reveal some harsh secret or reality to Jonas, harsh enough that they didn't want his little sister, Lily, to hear.