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He was watching people separate some salmon.

They wanted to talk to Jonas about the ceremony of twelves and their experiences.

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I think that the most important theme in The Giver is blind obedience. Blind obedience is important because in The Giver, the community does things that shouldn't be done like releasing one of the twin baby's. Also, they only follow the rules only the elders put out and if anything out of ordinary happens, they are all freaked out. But Jonas realizes what release is, and when he does, he watches his dad "kill" the twin baby. After watching it, he thinks it's weird and not fight but everybody in the community doesn't question it and goes with it. In the text, when Jonas says "He killed it! My father killed it! Jonas said to himself" he doesn't trust and is scared of the community now after watching his father kill someone. The only person Jonas trusts is The Giver because he has never lied to Jonas and Jonas thinks he did not do anything wrong. There are also a lot of other things that proves that blind obedience is the most important theme in The Giver because it's in the future and the community has become more and more different and odd. This is why I think that Blind Obedience is the most important theme in The Giver.

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Jonas and Gabriel was almost at their destination

They both were cold and weak

He thought he and Gabriel would die.

Then he used his power to warm him up but then he gave it to Gabriel

Is the sled and snow hill from Jonas's first memory? It is, because Jonas sort of recognized it when it happened.

Was there a little village or it was just his memory? It was in his memory

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They find their first waterfall

Jonas is scared that Gabriel will die

Jonas doesn't care about himself anymore, he just wants Gabriel to live

How will they survive? They will go find somewhere else and hope for the best.

Do they eventually die? Yes.

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Gabriel was going to be released

Jonas took Gabriel with him

Next morning, the community tried to find Gabriel

Jonas was far from the community

One night, they stopped searching for them

Did they assume that they were dead? Because the giver told the community that he fell in the river so that Jonas had more time.

What is Jonas going to do with gabriel?

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Jonas stays for the night with the giver

The giver wants to change something

Jonas is going to run away

The giver will give Jonas some music hearing before Jonas runs away

The giver had a daughter named Rosemary

Why is Jonas running away? To mature the community like Jonas did over the

Where will he go?

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Jonas as the receiver can ask for anything he wants and the community has to give it to him

That morning, his father released the twin and it was private so nobody could watch

Jonas watched his father release the new born twin

Jonas also watched Rosemary release too

You inject a needle in you and that's how you get released

When you get injected, do you die or go somewhere else? You die.

What will be the father's reaction if he finds out that Jonas knows what releasing is and him doing it to the new born? He will be guilty and try to calm Jonas down or lie to him to make jonas feel better.

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They were talking about the previous receiver named Rosemary

Jonas did not want to be released

Rosemary wanted to be released

Rosemary was like Jonas

Why did the giver give the bad memories first to Rosemary? Because he made a mistake.

Will the same thing happen to Jonas like it did to Rosemary? No, because Jonas is more brave and can take in the pain.

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Jonas has not taken the pills for 4 weeks now but the stirrings came back

It's almost been a year since the ceremony of twelves

Why didn't he take the pills? Because he had a memory and after that memory, he decide to not take the pills.

Why do they get rid of one of the twin baby's? They do not keep two of the same people.

Where does the other baby's go when their released? Down the chute

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The giver and Jonas was talking about parents

Every night Jonas would give memories to Gabriel

The next morning Jonas did not take his stirring pill because the memory told him to trow it away

Why does Gabriel like sleeping in Jonas's room? To try it out and it went well.

Is Gabriel just like Jonas?
Not quite but they both have pale eyes.

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Jonas went to find the giver

The giver asked Jonas to take some of the pain

What did the giver mean when he said " forgive me"? He said that because he gave too much pain to Jonas.

Did the giver give all the pain to Jonas? Sort of.

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He felt a pain and vomited on the snow

Jonas was not aloud any medication for his training

He accidently gave Gabriel a memory

Gabriel is a receiver but not selected by the community

Jonas had the power of giving memories

How can Jonas give memories if he's just a receiver? He has the power to do it even though he's a receiver.

How is it possible to use the wisdom and not mess up? It's possible if you think of all the possibilities and calculate if the percentages are high.

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What is a theme?

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

Not to be confused with a theme like "love,""war," or "family"

Topic-Self-Discovery

People must be able to make choices to reach their own
destiny/fulfillment

Topic: The Importance of memory

Lowry's personal inspiration-father with memory loss

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

Topic: Pleasure and Pain

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

Topic: Blind Obedience

It is important for people to question their society instead of following blindly

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Jonas told Lily that there were once elephants but Lily didn't believe him

Jonas can have a spouse but it would be different and harder than others

What's the point of passing on the memories? For each receiver to understand what it was like before.

Why should Jonas be angry? Because his job is different than everybody else and they don't understand.

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Gabriel can't sleep well

Jonas lied about that he had no dream

Every receiver has a special thing and Jonas's is color.

They removed color

Everybody was telling about there new job and interrupting others

They are talking about the memory

Why is it important to receive these memories? To pass it on to someone else.

What's the point of having these memories? Because the community took away a lot of things that the memory contains.

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They can  share memories

there first day training

The old man is the Giver

How can they share and feel memories? The giver transfer his memory to Jonas, so he will experience it and have it.

Why is the title called the Giver? Because the giver is a very important person in the book and helps Jonas in this story.

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He meets the elders to learn

Jonas is learning things that other people would never know

Why does Jonas want to know the life of the elder? Because they are important and he is curious

What will Jonas do as his job? Receive memories.

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The old receiver was never seen again

there was a folder just for Jonas but there was only 1 page

He get's to lie

Why does he get to lie? Because he is the receiver

Will he lie? No because he feels uncomfortable lieing.

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Jonas is the receiver of memory

He has to be alone to train
There is another receiver

Why is Jonas the receiver ? Because he is different than other people.

Is it because of his pale eyes? His pale eyes is part of the reason why he was chosen.

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Jonas's number gets skipped at the ceremony

Why was he skipped?Because he is a receiver, so they announce it after.

Is it that because he is different? Yes.

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Definitions

How the author reveals information

From the perspective of the narrator

First person
perspective of one character

look-fors-I, me, mine, myself

Advantages-Inner thoughts of Character

Disadvantages-????

Third-person

Third Person-Limited
Narrator can 'see; many Characters but not everything

look-fors-he, she, it, they, them, etc
Advantages-Can still create suspense

Disadvantages-????

Omniscient

Narrator knows all

look-fors- he, she, it, they, them, etc

Advantages_create full pictures for reader

Disadvantages-???

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On the first day of the 2 day ceremony, assignments for 1-8 were handed out

Caleb dies because he fell in the river and drowned

What will Jonas get? Jonas will get a special job.

Will he get the right one?
He get's a job that only 1 person can have in the community.

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Now at breakfast, they share their dreams

Most of the time, Jonas doesn't remember his dreams, but this one he does

Why does Jonas remember this dream specifically? Because he has the stirrings

Why does Jonas's family always share personal stuff? Thta's what they do.

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Jonas was looking for Asher so they can do " Volunteer hours"

He's deciding what he wants to do

Where did Jonas find Asher? Him and Fiona helping the elders.

Why do people don't get many choices regarding their lives? Because it's in the future and there are certain rules in the community that people don't question.

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For a perfect Utopia, you need to sacrifice rights

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Gabriel is different than everybody else. He has pale eyes.

Lily wants to be a birthmother.

Why does Lily want to be a birthmother? Because when your a birth mother, all you do is make new baby's and get good food.

Will Gabriel be special? He is different than everybody else because he can't sleep well at night and he has pale eyes.

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Jonas talking with his dad and mom about the ceremony

Dad talking about when he was little by and his experience at the ceremony

The 2 most important roles in the community are receivers and elders, why? Because receivers receive memories and go through the pain and the elders

Why do people get baby's from the ceremony? That's how they get their child.

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Utopia
A community or society possessing desirable or perfect qualities

Dystopia
A community or society that is undesirable or frightening

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Main character: Jonas
Friend: Asher
Sister: Lily

They were sharing there emotions at the dinner table

Why did asher get distracted?

Why did the parents wanted to talk to Jonas privately?