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Although he did not wear any conspicuous, he was still able to be pointed out by the others. They diminish and jeered at him, made him feel emphatically distraught. He gave a wretched smile and desperately reached for his phone. He would not forsake this opportunity. He stopped for a moment and paused. He would reprieve his intricate plan.

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The Importance of Memory
The Giver emphasizes the importance of memory in human life as one of its most important themes. Without memory, there is no pain: “You’re right,” he said. “But then everyone would be burdened and pained. They don’t want that. And that’s the real reason The Receiver is so vital to them, and so honoured. They selected me - and you - to lift that burden from themselves.” At some point in the past the community in The Giver decided to eliminate all pain from their lives. They had to give up the memories of their society’s collective experiences: “Even trained for years as they all had been in precision of language, what words could you use which would give another the experience of sunshine?” Not only did this allow them to forget all the pain that had been suffered throughout human history, it also prevented members of the society from wanting to engage in activities and relationships that could result in conflict and suffering: “It was as simple as that. Once he had yearned for choice. Then, when he had had a choice, he had made the wrong one: the choice to leave. And now he was starving.” It eliminates any nostalgia for the things the community gave up in order to live in total peace and harmony: “The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past.” According to the novel, however, memory is essential. The Committee of Elders does recognize that if you do not remember your errors, you may repeat them: “I knew that there had been times in the past-terrible times-when people had destroyed others in haste, in fear, and had brought about their own destruction.” But as Jonas undergoes his training, he learns that just as there is no pain without memory, there is also no true happiness.

The Relationship Between Pain and Pleasure
Related to the theme of memory is the idea that there can be no pleasure without pain. No matter how delightful an experience is, you cannot value the pleasure it gives you unless you have some memory of a time when you have suffered: “We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.” The members of Jonas’s community cannot appreciate the joys in their lives because they have never felt pain: “They have never known pain, he thought. The realization made him feel desperately lonely.” Similarly, they do not feel pain or grief because they do not appreciate the true wonder of life: “They were satisfied with their lives which had none of the vibrance his own was taking on. And he was angry at himself, that he could not change that for them.” When Jonas receives memories from the Giver, the memories of pain open him to the idea of love and comfort as much as the memories of pleasure do: “He knew that there was no quick comfort for emotions like those. They were deeper, and they did not need to be told. They were felt.” Jonas releases this subjective feeling and that he would rather have both than live without feeling pain and pleasure:“It's just that... without the memories it's all meaningless.”

The Importance of Self Discovery
At the Ceremony of Twelve, the community celebrates the differences between the twelve-year-old children for the first time in their lives. The only time that they are pointed out as an individual is the way they have don't something wrong and when they are not seen as a child anymore: “But each child knew his number, of course. Sometimes parents used them in irritation at a child’s misbehavior, indicating that mischief made one unworthy of a name.” For many children, twelve is an age when they are struggling to find a distinct identity for themselves, differentiating themselves from their peers: “Alone? Apart? Jonas listened with increasing unease.” Among other things, the story of Jonas’s development into an individual, maturing from a child dependent upon his community into a young man with unique abilities, dreams, and desires. Jonas has learned to become confident in himself and the day that he ran away, shows his courage and faith in himself, thanks to the Giver: “He felt, surprisingly, no fear, nor any regret at leaving the community behind. But he felt a very deep sadness that he had left his closest friend behind.” The novel encourages differences instead of disparaging them or pretending they do not exist:  People in Jonas’s society ignore his unusual eyes and strange abilities out of politeness, but those unusual qualities end up bringing lasting, positive change to the community: “No one mentioned such things; it was not a rule, but was considered rude to call attention to things that were unsettling or different about individuals.”

Control
Jonas’s community subjugates people by requiring total obedience to rules, keeping people from thinking for themselves. Pointedly, the community has rules instead of laws. These sorts of guidelines of what they must do or must not do: “No one had mentioned it, not even his parents, because the public announcement had been sufficient to produce the appropriate remorse. The relationship between the government of the community to its citizens is that of an authoritative parent instead of a government. Likewise, how adults use rules to provide structure in children’s lives, the many rules and regulations of the community ensure that people’s lives have a structure that they cannot stray from: “He laughed silently to him-self, picturing his sister droning on in the self-important voice that all the Speakers seemed to develop, saying things like, ATTENTION. THIS IS A REMINDER TO FEMALES UNDER NINE THAT HAIR RIBBONS ARE TO BE NEATLY TIED AT ALL TIMES.” Now Jonas sees that and wants to break free from these rules: “If everything’s the same, then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!” The most devastating effects of the community’s control are evident in Jonas’s father’s work at the Nurturing Centre. After identical twins are born and the community can only keep one baby, Jonas’s father doesn’t consider whether releasing the smaller twin is truly humane because the rules of his job state that he must keep the stronger baby: “He killed it! My father killed it! Jonas said to himself, stunned at what he was realizing. He continued to stare at the screen numbly.” Acting in accordance with the community’s rules means that Jonas’s father has relinquished his control over his own decisions and allowed the community to maintain full control over the actions of its citizens: “I said it because it's true. It's the way they live. It's the life that was created for them. It's the same life that you would have, if you had not been chosen as my successor." "But he lied to me!" Jonas wept. “It's what he was told to do, and he knows nothing else.”

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Palpable | (of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to seem almost tangible | Jonas felt a palpable sense of loss.

Jeer | make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice | Some younger men jeered at him.

Distraught | deeply upset and agitated | Distraught parents looking for a runaway teenager.

Reluctant | unwilling and hesitant; disinclined | I was having such a good time I was reluctant to leave.

Infraction | a violation or infringement of a law or agreement. | But it soon became apparent that his infraction of discipline in crossing the Ohio was not forgiven.

Reprieve | a cancellation or postponement of a punishment. | Under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved.

Relinquish | voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up. | He relinquished his managerial role to become chief executive.

Intricate | very complicated or detailed | This was an intricate network of canals

Conspicuous | standing out to be clearly visible | He was very thin, with a conspicuous Adam's apple.

Diminish | make or become less | The trial has aged and diminished him.

Successor | a person or thing that succeeds another.

| Schoenberg saw himself as a natural successor to the German romantic school.

Receptacle | one that receives and contains something | She used the box as a receptacle for her jewellery.

Wretched | (of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state | I felt so wretched because I thought I might never see you again.

Rueful | expressing sorrow or regret, especially when in a slightly humorous way | He gave me a rueful smile and apologized.

Emphatically | in a forceful way | She closed the door behind her emphatically.

Deliverance | the action of being rescued or set free | We pray for deliverance from our sins.

Unendurable | not able to be tolerated or endured | He heard cries of unendurable suffering.

Forsake | abandon (someone or something) | He would never forsake food.

Linger | stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave | The tourists didn't linger very long.

Desperately | in a way that shows despair | He looked around desperately.

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Other Notes:
-Soon the Giver’s wisdom will be required to help guide the community through the troubling new memories and experiences he is leaving.
-Up to this point, Elsewhere has been a place of mystery. For all Jonas knows, it may well be, as Lily speculates, a world of twins.

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Questions:

What and where is Elsewhere?
response: In The Giver, Elsewhere encompasses all of the land outside of the community. The townspeople are not allowed to leave their community, and few want to. After all, they are taught that Elsewhere is a dangerous place, without the safety and rules that protect people in their society.
Is Jonas hallucinating the singing?
response: Jonas feels love toward his family and friends, hears music for the first time, and feels “certainty and joy” as he believes himself to be going to a better Elsewhere.
Is Jonas now creating his own memories, after stepping outside the community?
response: Upon first seeing the top of the hill, Jonas believes that he remembers the place, and it is “a memory of his own,” as opposed to one from the Giver. Because Jonas doesn't have his own memories of snow, the meaning of this sentence is not obvious. This confusion could signify Jonas's deterioration.

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-Jonas and Gabriel are starving, and now things are getting worse. A swirling snowstorm has started. Still, Jonas feels that Elsewhere is nearby. None of his senses confirm it and there are no sounds ahead, but Jonas feels certain that he is close to his destination.
-He and Gabe will die of starvation and exposure soon.
-The snow is mounting, and ahead of them, Jonas sees a hill. Jonas’s feet and legs are numb and exhausted from the exertion of their travels. Jonas continues to push on the pedals, but the bicycle eventually stalls and then falls over. With great difficulty, Jonas forces himself up and begins to climb.
-He has now travelled so far from the community that he can feel the memories leaving. Jonas struggles to transmit memories of sunshine to Gabriel, whose skin is dirty and streaked by tears. With the power of these memories in his mind, Jonas continues up the hill as he and the infant hug each other for warmth.
-Jonas relies on his memories to help him continue, but it seems that they have all gone. Suddenly he thinks of the Giver, Asher, and Fiona, and Jonas finds that these thoughts give him a burst of energy that allows him to reach the top of the hill. Once there, Jonas looks down and sees a sled. He is surrounded by fresh snow. Jonas finds the rope and carefully rides down the hill. When he gets to the bottom of the hill, he looks up and sees a village. There are lights, buildings and warmth. Jonas thinks he hears music coming across the distance he has travelled, “but perhaps it was only an echo.”

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Questions:
-How will Jonas supply food for him and Gabriel?
response: Taking Gabe, Jonas leaves his dwelling at night, taking leftover food from the night's supper trays, which have been placed outside doorways for the Collection. Additionally, he makes a net out of Gabriel's blanket, and catches two fish from a stream, which they eat raw.
-How is Jonas able to identify the bird, without ever seeing one?
response: Jonas is able to identify that it is a bird because he has seen one in the memories that the Giver has given him.
-Why did the community take away hills?
response: Hills made it hard to move goods, so the communities became climate-controlled.

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-The first memory Jonas received showed him what sledding was and what hills are. In the community, there are no hills, because they chose to implement Sameness. Later, he learned about rain, another thing that was left behind because of the desire for Sameness.
-Jonas was once chastised for complaining that he was “starving” because he was only “hungry.” No one in the community ever starves. However, Jonas is no longer in the community, and now he is experiencing starvation. So is Gabriel.
-When Jonas first learned about how the community worked, he was irritated that its organization denied its members choice. Now, Jonas wonders whether he made the wrong choice in escaping. He and Gabriel are clearly starving. However, Jonas reflects, if he had stayed, he would be starving for love, colour, and feeling. If he had stayed, Gabriel would already have been killed, so perhaps there was no choice at all.

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-Now Jonas has moved beyond the community’s climate control and uniform landscaping, and he discovers the reality of the problems that hills pose. For one thing, riding the bicycle has become much more difficult and dangerous. The ground is no longer smooth, and Jonas soon falls off his bicycle. As a child, he scraped his knees, but now he injures his ankle and only finds relief by putting it into a nearby pond.
-There are other challenges now that Jonas has entered a world that is not driven by Sameness. The rain, which seemed so nice to experience in the memories passed on by the Giver, now makes Jonas and Gabriel wet and uncomfortable, and it takes them both a long time to dry off. Jonas does his best to experience and transmit memories of eating cakes and other foods, but he has travelled so far from the community that the memories are now fading.
-One day, Gabriel announces that there are planes nearby. Before Jonas can panic and hide, he sees that Gabriel is pointing at birds. Jonas has never seen an actual bird before, but what remains of the received memories helps him identify these new creatures. He also sees deer and flowers and other aspects of nature that have been, until now, denied him. There are even some red furry creatures with thick tails that Jonas cannot identify. There is beauty in the world. But the most pressing concern is finding food for Gabriel, who now screams from starvation.

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Questions:
-Why does Jonas choose to leave early with Gabriel?
response: When Jonas learns of his father's plans to release Gabriel the following morning, he decides it is time to leave early. Jonas steals his father's bike and some leftover food and takes Gabriel as far away from the community as he can pedal in the middle of the night.
-Why does Jonas not go to the Giver to receive the memories?
response: He does not go to the receiver because he leaves early and changes the plan by taking Gabriel. By leaving early he does not have time to go see the receiver.
-Why are Jonas' powers losing strength?
response: Jonas' powers are losing strength because he is getting farther from the community, where they were sourced from.

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-Their escape is not over; they have not arrived anywhere.
-The planes fly so low that Jonas can nearly make out the faces of the pilots. However, he knows that the pilots are colourblind, which will work to his advantage. On the other hand, he knows that the planes have been equipped with heat-tracking equipment.
-Jonas has robbed the community and broken many rules to make his escape.

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-Jonas ends up leaving early. The Giver would likely have been able to offer Jonas a great deal of help, but Jonas is forced to go without it.
-While Jonas was staying with the Giver, Jonas’s father allowed Gabriel to return to the care centre. The infant fussed and cried all night, irritating the Nurturers. The next day, even Jonas’s father agrees that the time had come for Gabe’s release, and plans have been made to release the child the next day.
-Jonas decides to escape ahead of schedule and to take Gabe with him. He takes his father’s bicycle, which will allow him to carry Gabriel. He also takes some supplies to feed the infant. As he crosses the bridge, he notices that the outer dwellings of the community are becoming less common. He knows that planes will begin searching for him and Gabriel soon.
-To avoid patrols, Jonas travels at night and rests during the day. His legs are soon numb from exertion, but he finds that he is getting stronger and does not need to break so often. He and Gabriel forage for water and food in the fields that surround the community.
-Planes are sent out to find Jonas and Gabriel. These planes fly low and are designed for searching.
-To combat this, Jonas transmits memories of snow to Gabriel, though he is careful to keep some for himself. He begins to notice that the memories he carries are less powerful.

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Questions:
-What is Elsewhere?
response: Elsewhere an ambiguous term because the community uses it both to refer to places outside the community and the destination of people who have been released/killed.
-Will Jonas take anyone else on his journey to Elsewhere?
response: On his journey to Elsewhere, Jonas takes Gabriel. The original plan that Jonas and the Giver come up with was for Jonas to sneak out of his dwelling in the middle of the night and leave his bike by the riverbank. The plans change when, that night, Jonas' Dad announces that Gabe is scheduled to be released the next morning.  In a desperate attempt to save the child, Jonas steals away that night, taking his father's bike and Gabe along with him.
-Why is Jonas's father being a nurturer so ironic?
response: Another word that is ironic and not precise is Nurturer. Jonas' father, a Nurturer, is supposed to be a caretaker of infants. He does care for infants, but he also kills them.

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Other Notes:
-They will feel the pain of Jonas’s memories, and they will be confused.
-They will need to turn to the Giver for his wisdom to deal with these new experiences.
-The community will chant Jonas’s name, loudly at first and in descending levels of volume until he is merely a whisper, when they think that they have lost him.
-The Giver will request a vehicle and driver for the purpose of visiting a nearby community. This is also not unusual. In reality, Jonas will use this time to escape to Elsewhere.

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-Jonas has watched his father release an infant, and now he knows that release means kill. His father’s job is to kill children, and Fiona’s job is to kill the elderly. Something in Jonas is torn by this experience, and he cries and lashes out against the Giver, declaring that he will never go back to his family. The Giver agrees to let Jonas stay in the Annex room with him.
-Eventually, the Giver manages to help Jonas to calm down, reminding the young Receiver that no one in the community is capable of feeling anything about what they do. Together, they work out a plan for Jonas to escape from the community. The Receiver does not usually attend the ceremony, and this year, the two will take advantage of this. Jonas will leave a note on the morning of the ceremony explaining to his family that he is going out for a morning bicycle ride along the river.
-Jonas tries to convince the Giver to come with him, but the Elder explains that his role is to stay and help the community deal with the memories that Jonas’s escape will release to them. However, the Giver feels that Jonas’s role should be to escape.
-For a long time, the Giver did not think they could do anything to bring change to the community, but now he sees a way. When Jonas escapes, the Giver will return to the ceremony and announce that Jonas has been lost to the river.
-In the meantime, when Jonas returns home, he lies to his family about how he feels. Furthermore, he now knows that his father is lying to him in return when he discusses his work.

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Other Notes:
-He recalls Lily’s complaints about a visitor from a nearby community cutting in line. She did not feel angry but rather felt a sort of shallow impatience and exasperation. Now Jonas is aware of what anger is and what it can feel like.
-When Jonas continues trying to persuade Asher, his friend replies, “I said I apologize, Jonas.” Jonas is forced to accept the apology automatically, and he realizes that he has the power to change nothing.

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Where do they actually go when they are sent Elsewhere?
response: Elsewhere encompasses all of the land outside of the community. The townspeople are not allowed to leave their community, only few can.
Where did the children learn this game of war?
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Why do they have to release a twin?
response: When twins are born, the smaller of the two is released, so there are no identical people in the community.

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-A surprise holiday is announced and Jonas is thrilled. He no longer finds school as meaningful as it once was for him. His parents have the day off as well. As always, the community has planned carefully, and substitute workers take care of Nurturing and Food Production.
-Riding his bicycle, Jonas sets off to find his friends Asher and Fiona. He reflects that since he stopped taking the pill that prevents the Stirrings. Moreover, Jonas notices that the way he feels emotions has changed.
-Language in the community is supposed to be precise to prevent misunderstandings, and after careful thought. Jonas decides that he feels things more “deeply.”
-When he finds his friends, they are playing a game with imaginary weapons. After they are hit with the weapons, they mime exaggerated postures of dying, giggling all the while. Jonas, who is now aware of war, finds the game repulsive and begins to break down. His emotional outburst disturbs the other children, who simply decide to leave and play elsewhere. Only Asher and Fiona remain, and Asher is irritated with Jonas for breaking up the game.
-Back home, Gabriel is starting to walk and can even say the first syllable of his name. Jonas’s father now brings home a discipline wand when he returns from nurturing to help Gabriel learn how to behave.
-Jonas’s father will have to release one of a set of twins when they are born. The decision is simple, based on weight. Lily speculates about what happens to children who go Elsewhere.

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-This world seems as though it is a utopia, with the huge lack of warfare, but without love or the feeling of warmth that a family gives you, it seems quite lonely to be Jonas. With family, you must create a bond of some sort, but with Jonas' family and all the community, it is as though the parents are just there to provide food and shelter.
-When Jonas points out the disadvantages of the grandparents, it shows that ever since a young age, they are taught to think of efficacy not about humanity.

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-After receiving the memory of warfare, Jonas is reluctant to return to receive memories from the Giver again. Warfare is awful, but the Giver is quick to point out that there are many good memories.
-Jonas asks about the Giver’s favourite memory. He is surprised when the Giver transmits his favourite memory to Jonas. It is a scene with people of all ages gathered around a tree, which is indoors, decorated with lights. When Jonas returns from the memory, he cannot name the holiday, but he recalls feelings of warmth, family, and happiness. There is also another feeling, which the Giver helps Jonas to identify as love.
-The Giver explains to Jonas that these elderly people are grandparents. Jonas is quick to point out that there are disadvantages to this organization, and that puts the elderly at risk of not being cared for.
-When Jonas returns home, he asks his parents whether they love him. Jonas’s father is surprised to hear such imprecise language from a member of his family. Jonas’s mother explains that love has become a generalized word that is now so meaningless it is nearly obsolete. When Jonas’s parents ask whether he understands, Jonas lies for the first time as he thanks them for helping him.
-Jonas once again taking care of Gabriel. The child has slept soundly in Jonas’s care for four nights in a row, and the Nurturers are very pleased with Gabriel’s progress. However, when Gabriel starts sleeping on his own, he again has fretful nights.
-The next morning, Jonas does not take the pill that stops the Stirrings.

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-The measures taken to create an equal society in Jonas's community differ from those in ours. Jonas's community requires its members to wear specific clothing and maintain certain hairstyles that indicate their gender and age. Citizens must conform or risk being released if they express themselves individually. Expression is encouraged in our world. Identifying how we are feeling and why we may feel this way helps us understand why we are feeling that way. As far as Jonas' community is concerned, there is no feeling at all. However, in our world, individualism emphasizes personal freedom and achievement. It awards social status to personal accomplishments such as important discoveries, innovations, or great artistic achievements.
-A second difference is that Jonas' society censors knowledge. In Jonas's community, only The Giver has access to past books and has the authority to answer certain questions. Residents can only access the reference books and Book of Rules inside their dwellings. The Hall of Closed Records is one of the few places where Jonas can discuss his training sessions. A passive, obedient population is cultivated by the Committee of Elders by censoring knowledge. And in our world knowledge is one of the most important factors determining the development of global economy and society. We need a fair distribution of resources of knowledge because of its major social problems.
-Lastly, lethal injection is another main difference between our society and Jonas's world. In Jonas's community, lethal injection is legal and used on a regular basis. Death in Jonas's community is the term of release. Unhealthy newborns and infants who do not reach their development goals and elders are euthanized. In our world, instead of murder being controlled and selected for certain people, it is not the decision of a chief or person with power, who lives and who dies. Even if someone were to be murder because of their doing, it is illegal.

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Questions:

Why do they no longer celebrate Christmas?
Response: Jonas' community was strictly controlled and regulated. As long as the Elders have all the power, any celebration must conform to their control.
Why is love no longer a proper word?
response: For them, the word love is too generalized a word, so meaningless that it's become almost obsolete.
What happens when Jonas does not take his pill?
response: His mother then tells him it is time for him to begin taking the pill daily as a treatment for the stirrings. Without the feelings, they could lead to pain or heartbreak, a risk for their perfect society.

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Other Notes:
-Jonas doesn't know has never experienced warfare, when he enters the memory he has finally realized how bad people can be. The sugarcoating of the society has been so bad that they have created their own little world. In this world they have never felt pain or anguish.

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-When Jonas enters the Giver’s room today, the Elder is clearly suffering. On days such as this, Jonas is sent home, but before he leaves today, he asks if there is any way he can help. The Giver, desperate for relief, asks Jonas to take on some of the pain. Jonas helps the Giver to his chair, then removes his tunic and lies on the bed to receive another painful memory. It is a memory of war.

-There is a foul smell in the air, as well as a great deal of noise. A field is littered with men groaning in pain. A young boy, near Jonas’s age, begs for water, though he can barely speak. Inside the experience of the memory, Jonas reaches for his water container and discovers that his arm is immobilized. When he looks closer, he can see the splintered bone of his arm. He passes water to the boy slowly and painfully with his other arm. His eyes are filled with lifelessness as he watches the man drink the water. Nothing can be done by him. As people are dying and cannons are fired, Jonas lies in the field for hours, overwhelmed with pain.

-It is the most painful memory Jonas has yet experienced. When Jonas cannot bear to experience the memory any longer, he opens his eyes and discovers that he is back in the Annex room with the Giver. The Giver looks away from Jonas before asking for forgiveness.

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Questions:

Who the young boy that asked Jonas for water?
response: He is a dying boy who asks him for water, during his warfare memory.
What happened to Jonas' arm in the memory warfare?
response: One of his arms is badly broken, to the point that he thinks he can see the bone poking through
-What caused this warfare?
response: Warfare can be caused by frustration, fear and greed, because of past actions. But because they do not have memory it can not be caused.

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Other Notes:
-The rules clearly state that Jonas cannot apply for relief from pain that comes as part of his training.
-That the Receiver alone should carry the burden of pain seems unfair to Jonas. Why must they carry it? The Giver explains that pain brings wisdom.
-He has not been given permission to transmit memories.

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Questions:

-How do they control the weather?
response: In The Giver, climate control refers to a series of technological advancements made in Jonas's society that creates a uniform weather pattern. There is no winter or snow in his world because of climate control, but the changes maximize the production of food.
-Are people that have pale eyes, the only people qualified to become a receiver?
response: Yes, those who have pale eyes are set apart and thought to be different. Jonas' eyes seem to indicate his superhuman ability to see beyond.
-Why does Jonas feel pain, even after the memorie is over?
response: The pain lingers after the experience is over, because the Giver is not allowed to give him relief of pain, and Jonas limps home and goes to bed early.

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-Jonas has asked to experience a painful memory, and the Giver relents, reasoning that he cannot protect Jonas from them forever. They return to sledding, but Jonas is on the top of a hill with a sled, but this time, there is less snow. As Jonas experiences sledding down a hill, he suddenly experiences a loss of control followed by a feeling of pain so agonizing that he vomits. Back in the Annex room, Jonas asks for medication, but the Giver denies it. That night, Jonas limps home as he endures the pain of the memory.
-The transmission of painful memories becomes part of Jonas’s daily routine, though the Giver is always kind enough to end their sessions with a positive memory, such as the memory of a sailboat on a lake. That the Receiver alone should carry the burden of pain seems unfair to Jonas. Furthermore, the community long ago chose for this to happen. When he explains that this arrangement has been in place for generations, nothing will ever change.
-At home, Jonas’s family unit is managing to care for three children. Gabriel seems to be progressing, though he still sleeps fretfully at night, which keeps Jonas’s mother from sleeping. Even now, it is possible that Gabriel will be released from the community, and Jonas wonders what would happen. Jonas volunteers to take care of him. At first, the child sleeps well, but by the middle of the night, he is thrashing in his bed. Jonas gets up to tend to Gabe, and suddenly, he finds himself transmitting a memory of a sailboat to the child. It calms Gabriel, but Jonas is left wondering about this new experience.

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Questions:

-How does colour affect "sameness"?
response:  The lack of color is meant to promote sameness, to eliminate any variety or envy amongst the denizens of the community.
-Are the kids that have pale eyes the only ones that can see colour?
response: In order to achieve the “perfect” society, the Elders removed things like love, color, and choice. Except, those with pale eyes often develop the ability to see color and they perceive the world differently from those with dark eyes.
-How are the old disciplined The Giver?
response: The discipline wand is a thin, flexible weapon that stings painfully when wielded. It is used mainly on small children starting when they take their first steps, but is used occasionally on the children younger than 8, it is also used on the old.

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Other Notes:
-Jonas notices that Fiona’s hair changes somehow. Jonas has come to recognize moments like these as having to do with the capacity to see beyond, but he is still very confused about what is happening. When he arrives at the Annex room, the Giver chastises Jonas for arriving one minute late. Jonas remembers not to apologize and explains that he was sidetracked by the change in Fiona’s hair. Instead of receiving memories, he asks what is going on.
-Perhaps Jonas is wise beyond his years and the Receiver transmits a memory of a rainbow.
-When the community decided to implement Sameness, they decided to get rid of colour.

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-It is the second day of Jonas’s training as the Receiver of Memory. He has been instructed not to share his dreams with others, but he is still uneasy with the idea that it is permissible for him to lie. His mother does not ask whether he dreamt but rather whether he slept soundly the night before.
-At school, the Twelves are all now quite eager to share how their first day of training was with each other. At the end of the day as he cycles to the House of the Old with Fiona, Jonas can tell that his friend is eager to hear about his training. Fiona shares that although she has volunteered many hours at the House of the Old, she is learning a lot of new things.
-The Giver recognizes that Jonas does not yet have the ability to understand what is happening, but he tries to explain. He starts by inviting Jonas to explore his memory of the sled and snow. When Jonas asks whether the Giver can just transmit the knowledge, later explains that the memory now belongs to Jonas. It is up to him to experience, similar to how all the others experience their individual memories.
-Giver that the first time this happened was with an apple, the Giver is confident that Jonas can see red. He explains that objects still have shape and size, but they once also had colour.
-At first, the Giver suggests that Jonas has come to a very strong opinion considering that he has only recently begun to receive memories. However, he shares that he himself did not come to this position of disapproval until he had been a Receiver for many years.

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Other Notes:
-Sledding, snow, and hills are foreign to him.
-Jonas doesn't know what snow is maybe because it isn't perfect enough for the community, and they tried and succeeded to get rid of it. So maybe when the Receiver was younger they didn't get rid of it yet. So a younger him would have enjoyed the experience of snow and sledding.

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Other Notes:
- If Jonas is now the Receiver, what does that make the Elder? He explains that he is now the Giver.
-I think it's weird that climate control is possible and that they can take down hills and stop the cold winter.
-I think that the receiver lived in the early stages of the community, when they hadn't put up so many rules or changed the environment, that surrounds them. Climate control I think is used to get rid of the cold and the snow because of how they can cause snow storms and maybe not many people like the cold.

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Questions:

-Why is it tiring to transmit memories?
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-What happens when the Receiver transmits pain too early?
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-Why is Jonas’ title now the Giver?
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-To receive memories, the Elder puts his hands on Jonas’s back and begins to transmit the memory. Jonas finds himself sledding down a hill and experiencing snow for the first time. He is quite enthusiastic about his experience in the Annex room when he returns to it. A little lighter without the memory, the Elder reflects as he wipes sweat from his brow as he wipes sweat from his brow. In spite of the Elder's many memories of snow, these memories are lost forever when they are transmitted. The memory of snow and sledding is a very old memory, and the Elder explains to Jonas that it is quite difficult to transmit such ancient memories.
- Jonas receives another memory, this time of sunshine. Unlike the previous transmission, this time, Jonas has to identify the memory he has received. When he is able to identify sunshine, it is clear that Jonas has a talent for receiving memories from before “Sameness.” Although the Elder is clearly tired from the exertion of transmitting these memories, he agrees to transmit something that is more painful this time. Jonas experiences sunburn for the first time and suggests that it was not that painful. The Elder warns that there are more painful memories coming. He is reluctant to transmit too much pain too early because that is what led to disaster with the last Receiver ten years earlier.

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Questions

-Why do they never lock doors in the community?
response: The community is all about social conformity: there are no secrets. Not locking doors means that everybody's life in open to scrutiny.
-Why are snow and sledding foreign to Jonas?
response: The reason they don't have snow anymore is because of climate control. Weather that wasn't conducive to growing crops was essentially eliminated
-Why does the Receiver already see Jonas as the Receiver?
response: Jonas is chosen to be the new Receiver of Memory for his community when he turns twelve. He now receives the memories and the current receiver becomes the giver. And now he gives the Receiver the memories.

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-Jonas’s training is to take place at an Annex attached to the House of the Old. He and Fiona arrive at the House of the Old together and comment on how different life seems now that they are Twelves. They agree to ride home together if their training ends at the same time.

-The Annex is a nondescript building, and Jonas announces his arrival into a speaker next to the door. Upon entering, a woman assures him that he has nothing to fear, though the Receiver

does not like to be kept waiting. She unlocks the door, so Jonas can meet the Receiver. Jonas is shocked that there is a lock on the door; he has never seen a lock before.

-The Receiver himself is also interesting, he is not very old but tired. When he greets Jonas, he calls him the Receiver. In spite of the fact that the rest of the community views Jonas as a Receiver in training, to the old man, Jonas is already the Receiver.

At first, Jonas thinks he'll just have to listen to the old man's stories about his childhood. The Elder, however, explains that he carries memories from all over the world and from generations past. Initially, it seemed exciting, like sledding down a hill, but gradually, it has become more challenging. Despite the analogy, Jonas is unable to comprehend it. The Elder decides to transmit to Jonas the memory of snow, and he has Jonas remove his tunic and lie face down on a bed to receive this memory.

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Other Notes:
-Others might treat Jonas differently because he doesn't have a 'normal' job or because they might think he might see things that they can't.
-The rules that he was given for his jobs, are rules that go against the community.
-I also think that is it interesting that now we get to Jonas' now question his family and giving him trust issues. He wonders whether everyone or anyone is lying to him. Even though it is against the community's rules.

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Questions:

Why is Jonas' folder so thin?
response: Jonas's folder is thin compared to those of others he has seen, and in it is only one sheet of rules. There are a total of eight rules on the sheet.
What does the medication do to the population?
response:  Older children are given daily doses of medicine to prevent the stirrings or deep emotions that develop naturally in adolescence. And all pain is avoided.
Why is everyone treating Jonas differently?
response: They are most distant with him and don't know how to address him. He's been chosen as a special person in the community.

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Other Notes
-Bragging is a rule not to be broken even if you don't think that you are.
-The Elevens have to get a certain amount of volunteer hours or else they will be disgraced and not have a ceremony.
-Being a Birthmother is an unpopular job that most people look down to.

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-Jonas rides his bike around the town looking for his friend, Asher.

-As he passes by the town and its factories,

-He finds Asher's bike parked next to the old age home. He enters and as he walks past the elderly, looking for his friends, reminded him of what he might be chosen for. Since most kids start volunteer hours at the recreational centre, then move to things they enjoy doing for the next three years.

-Jonas finds Asher and another girl, Fiona, bathing the elderly.

-He meets an old lady named Larissa, that tell Jonas all about the ceremony of release for the elderly, while he bathes her. She talks about the release of an elder man, including details like the telling of his life, the speeches, the toast, and his release.

-Jonas is intrigued by the release and asks Larissa, but she doesn't know much about the release. All she can say is that the person being released walks to the releasing room and goes through the door.

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Questions:

-Where do they go after they walk out of the releasing door?
response: Most of the members believe that the people that are released leave the community for another place. In reality, the people being released are injected with a lethal injection, and their bodies are thrown away.
-Why do the children have to bathe the elders?
response: Twelves are tasked with caring for the elderly of her society, with bathing them and helping make them as comfortable as possible just before they are "released."
-Why do only the old get to see the release of the elderly?
response: The old ones, at the House of the Old, are able to watch the ceremony, but they do not get to see the departure, as they believe the old ones are sent to another place.

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Questions:

-Why is it rare to see mirrors in their community?
response: Mirrors were rare in The Giver because people did not see the need to have mirrors. People believed that using the mirror was similar to.
-Why do Birthmothers never get to see newchildren?
response: This is to prevent the birthmothers from forming a bond with the new children are experiencing any maternal feelings. Birthmothers are not viewed as parents.
-What causes the apple to change, when it is thrown?
response:  The apple changed from Jonas' point of view because he started seeing beyond, a quality that made him a candidate to be the new Receiver of Memory.
-Why are light eyes rare in this community?
response: It is suggested that blue eyes are an indication of an aptitude for storing foreign memories. And only a handful of people can see beyond.

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Other Notes
-I think that maybe he might have a power because of his eyes, being different. For example, him being able to see the apple change, and Asher not being able to see it.
-I also think that it is weird that they need required practices or games because a skill is not up to standard, like hand-eye coordination.

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-The newchild is brought home by Jonas’ father. Lilly points out that it has light, pale eyes like Jonas. Jonas feels insecure about it, but realizes she is right. We learn that light eyes are rare and only a few people have them in the community.
-At this point Lilly also expresses her interest in becoming a birth mother. But her mother quickly shuts down this idea since it doesn't bring much honour in that Assignment.
-Jonas thinks that it is quite amusing because he thinks that Lilly would be better suited for an announcer
-Later that day, while Jonas is studying, he reminisces about the time when him and his friend, Ash, were playing with an apple. During their recreation time, they were playing catch with an apple, throwing back and forth. Jonas realizes that something feels off. The apple changes in an odd way when it is in the air, then when it lands in either of their hands it goes back into its original form.
-Jonas is intrigued by the thing but is told to dismiss his discovery, by an announcement.

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Questions:

-What is a comfort object?
response: Comfort objects are stuffed animals that represent actual animals. Each newchild is issued one comfort object and can keep it until the age of eight, when it is turned in to be recycled for use by another newborn.
-Why are their jobs chosen at age Twelve?
response: After the Ceremony of Twelve, time is only spent with other people in training. There are no more volunteer hours nor reacreation hours. For the community, twelve is chosen as the age when people are ready to begin their life-long job.
-Who are the elders?
response: The elders of Jonas's community act like a city council or governing body. To maintain the effectiveness and execution of the policy of Sameness, they enforce the rules, determine job assignments, organize family units, host celebrations, declare holidays, and determine who lives and dies.

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Other Notes
-The elders have the power to choose the job pathway of the children
-They base some job off the child's personality

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-Jonas' parent talk to him about the ceremony of the twelve. His father talks about what happened when his was Jonas' age. He talks about the job selections and how the elders know what job is best for the elevens. He tells Jonas about how their jobs are selected by the elders
-His parents tell about the change he will go through; losing friends and meeting new people, on the job that he is made to do.
-Later Lilly walks into the conversation and is given her stuffed animal. This teaches us about how children are given a new object and task each year of their lives.

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Other Notes
-This community is very controlling and dehumanizing
-And family is more like a business
- We learn that Jonas is learning about vocabulary, and he seems to reword a lot of his words, even if he doesn't know what they mean.

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-We are induced to Jonas and his family (the main characters; Lilly, Jonas, Mother - Department of Justice, Father - Nurturer), and the world they live in.
-In this chapter we learn about an occurrence that Jonas and his peers, had with an unidentified aircraft. In this occurrence, Jonas tells us what happens with something out of the ordinary. The community shuts down and everyone hides outside. This shows the amount of control that the community has on the population.
-We also learn about Jonas' everyday life, in school and his peers
-Additionally, in this chapter we also learn about his home life. At dinner, him and his family learn about each other's emotions and feelings. Lilly shares her feeling of anger because of someone new at preschool.
-Near the end of dinner, they ask to talk to Jonas privately.

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Questions:

- Why do they show their feeling at dinner?
response: They share their feelings so that he other family members get a chance to help the sharer work through their feelings to figure out why they might have felt the way they did.
- What is being released?
response: In the Giver, “release” means death by euthanasia or that they are given a lethal injection.. While most people in the community think that those who are “released” simply leave the community and go to a place known as “Elsewhere.”
- Why is the ceremony of the Twelve so important?
response: The Ceremony of Twelve is important because it is when the children are given their permanent assignments.

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The Giver depicts a seemingly perfect, utopian and dystopian world. We will learn what happens when we look closer at the world we thought we knew. As The Giver unfolds, my prediction is that our main character will begin to question the perfect world he lives in and that his questions will only grow once he meets The Giver. He will realize that something normal to everyone else seems odd and disturbing. There will be a conflict between him and everyone around him as he tries to change this utopia. Having the chance to read this book will be very interesting, and it might make us rethink the world we live in today.

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-He hasn't really shared much about his dreams with his family during most rituals of telling them, but at his most recent, he had a very vivid dream.
-Lilly shared her first as part of the ritual. The family concluded that his mother had that dream due to her guilt, which caused her to feel this way. There was no dream for his father.
Jonas was next. In his dream, he was in the bathing room with Fiona. Although he wanted her to get in the tub, she refused. A sense of desire was present in Jonas' dream.
-After Lilly was sent off to school, his mother stopped him before he could go to school. His mother tells Jonas that in the dream, he was feeling his first stirring. She explained that it happens to everyone and that most boys him age have it. Jonas thinks that he has to go away for treatment, but his mother settled him down and told him that to cure the stirring, all he has to do is take a pill. She confides to him that everyone takes the pill, all their life until they reach the old age home.
-Jonas is relieved by this and rides to school.

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Questions:

-What does the pill do to someone?
response: According to community rules, Jonas must take a pill to stop “the stirrings,” or the onset of sexual desire during puberty.
-Why they have to share their dreams?
response: People have to report their dreams and share their feelings to make sure no one has any negative dreams or feelings and to stop them early if they do.
-How did Jonas report his stirring, just by telling his dream to his family?
response: Feelings like this are disallowed in the Community, so Jonas's mother lets him know that he did the right thing by reporting his dream, and he will begin taking the pills as a treatment.

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Other Notes:
-Everyone has to take pills to suppress their emotions.
-Stirrings start with dreams.
-Everyone including Jonas' friends and his parents, take these pills.

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-After returning to their seats, the members of the community begin the Ceremony of Twelve. It is a ceremony with many traditions and expectations, a ceremony that Jonas and Asher have felt apprehensive about for a long time. Their Chief Elder explains that childhood is about fitting in and conforming. During the Ceremony of Twelve, the community acknowledges differences by looking at what people should do to contribute to the community.
-Each Twelve is called to the stage to receive his or her assignment, but they are not called by their names. Instead, they are called by their numbers, which reminds everyone that each child is born to a number. Jonas is 19 or, more specifically, 11-19.
-After Asher’s assignment, the ceremony returns to its normal routines. Although there is time for light-hearted reminiscences, as with Asher, the ceremony is indisputably important because at the end of it, all the Twelves will be adults. They may be untrained, but they are adults nevertheless. This is why the Chief of the Elders thanks each Twelve for their childhood.
-The Chief of the Elders seems to make a mistake, that greatly concerns Jonas. She skips him, calling 18 and then 20. No one comments on the mistake, even though everyone notices it. Jonas and his family feel humiliated and disgraced. Jonas feels he has done something wrong, and they all wonder what it is.

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Other notes
-I find it interesting that even though the community has strict regulations, if you don't like the job you were given you can still submit an appeal to change it.
-This ceremony is the only ceremony that the population is allowed to make noise or seem cheerful about.
-Newchildren get assigned their names and families.
-Gabriel was given another chance. He stays at the Nurturing centre and stays at Jonas’ house at night, until he is assigned to his new family.

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Questions:

-What happened to Caleb?
response: Caleb died when he was four years old by falling into the river that runs near the community.
-Do they recycle names after someone dies, so that no one has the same name as anyone else?
response: They reuse the names as long as that person wasn’t “released” under painful circumstances.
-Why do children equip a new item each year?
response: At each Ceremony, children are granted new privileges, or responsibilities, seemingly related to their expected level of maturity.

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Questions:

What is the punishment for disciplining children in The Giver?
response: The punishment used for small children was a regulated system of smacks with the discipline wand: a thin, flexible weapon that stung painfully when it was wielded.
Why was Jonas skipped?
response: She skipped Jonas is because he had not been "assigned" an occupation but was "selected" as the community's next Receiver of Memory.
Why are Twelves so important, instead of any other age?
response: I think that the reason why the author chooses age 12 to be so important, is to reflex the target demographic, so that the audience feels more related to the main characters.

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-Beginning where the previous chapter ended, it was now time for the Twelves to receive their job selection.
Each child was given a number at birth and keeps this number. This number would decide the order in which they got onto the stage. Jonas was number 19, the 19th newchild that year.
-The ceremony consists of a speech of the chief elder, then a recollection of their childhood, told their assignment, and finally given details about and why their assignment is important. This repeated for each child, one by one as they step onto the stage.
-As follows one by one each Twelve make their way up onto the stage, and is given their assignment. Jonas’ friend, Asher is one of the first to go up. There the chief elder recalled some of Asher’s funny childhood memories, and then gave him the assignment of assistant director of recreation.
-After a few kids went up, it was Jonas’ turn. But instead of calling him up, the chief elder skipped his number. Jonas felt disgrace, anxious, and confused. Numbers were called in order until Jonas was the only one left sitting in his section.

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Other Notes
-Children are abused as a form of punishment, if they do not use the correct words in the correct context.
-When the chief elder says 'thank you for your childhood', I think that says think as a sort of way to tell them that their childhood has ended. I think that their childhood is more of a test to see how well they can control and how they can improve their community.
-Each child is given a number, as if they are robots moving up a year. These numbers consist of when they were born and what year they are in. For example, if someone was at the age of 11, and they were the 14th born in their year, their number would be 1114. The first digits change very year. This shows that lack of humanity and how they control kids.

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-It seems that the Chief Elder has decided not to assign Jonas a job within the community. Every other new Twelve has received his or her assignment, and the entire community feels uneasy at Jonas’s omission. The Chief Elder explains that a mistake has not been made. Nevertheless, she apologizes for the unease everyone has felt, and the community accepts her apology. Jonas notices that these assurances assuage the concerns of the community.
-The Chief Elder explains that Jonas has not been given an assignment. Instead, he has been selected for training as the Receiver of Memory. As Jonas stares at the current Receiver, he notices that he is different from the other Elders in some way.
After watching Jonas for several years, the Committee of Elders has determined that he possesses the essential qualities for becoming a Receiver of Memory.
-Jonas has the “Capacity to See Beyond.” Apart from the Receiver, no one in the community can understand this, although they are aware of it.

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Questions:

-What does the Receiver do? And why is it so important?
response: The Receiver is the sole keeper of the community's collective memory.
-Why are people more distant from Jonas after the ceremony?
response: Jonas immediately feels "separate, different." People move aside for him to pass, and his peers are unsure of how to act toward him. Even his best friend, Asher, appears uncomfortable in Jonas' presence.
-What is the "Capacity to see Beyond"?
response: The capacity to see beyond refers to the ability to carry the memories of others and see past the restrictions placed on their society.

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-Jonas has been selected for training as a Receiver of Memory. Despite only being told of his selection a short time ago, Jonas already notices differences in people's reactions to him. There is a noticeable difference in Lily's demeanour around Jonas now. Jonas' old friend Asher seems hesitant to answer when Jonas asks him to ride home with him.
There is still a feeling of apprehension about Jonas' future. For their assignments, Twelves have been given folders with instructions to read. Jonas’s folder is very thin. Its documents outline eight rules. The first two are related to where Jonas may go during the day, and the Receiver in training notices that his new schedule will isolate him even more from his peers.
-No one prepared Jonas for the other instructions, though. He is now exempted from rudeness and can ask questions that draw attention to his peers’ uniqueness. He may not tell others about his training, nor may he share information about his dreams. Unless he is injured, he may not apply for medication.
-Jonas feels particular shock at his final instruction: he is allowed to lie. This will enable Jonas to follow the rules exempting him from sharing his dreams and discussing his training, but suddenly, Jonas finds himself wondering if everyone else has been given permission to lie. He is permitted to ask rude questions like “do you lie?,” but now. He has no way to tell whether the response is true.

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Other Notes:
-They chant someone's name to congratulate them or to give them honour.
-No one knows anything about Jonas' job, but they know it is important.
-Jonas feels if the world has changed since now everyone looks at him differently, even his little sister does congratulate him for his selection.