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This chapter follows the last portion of Jonas’ adventure outside the community. It begins with Jonas feeling illogically sure that his exhausting journey would soon be over, and that Elsewhere was not too far. During this chapter, we learn how unideal Jonas and Gabriel states really are. They are hungry, cold, weak, and exhausted. Yet somehow, Jonas makes it to Elsewhere, for the first time ever, hearing people sing. In class, people had different opinions about whether that actually happened, or if it was simply a hallucination following Jonas’ death. Personally, I think it was nothing but what Jonas wishes was reality. To have him remember all the people he loves, recalling his entire life, only to somehow find a sled that was set up exactly where he needed it, seems too good to be true. In my opinion, as cruel as it is, Jonas did not survive the trip to elsewhere.

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This book was such a wonderful reminder of why we live life the way we do. In the beginning of the story, even knowing the people of the community were emotionless puppets and that there were many things wrong with this society, I still looked past that and thought the community was not so bad. Of course, the people in it have to take numbing pills every morning, but that is a fair price to pay for a painless life right? Knowing what life is like with the ability to feel every emotion to its fullest, a community that took away that part of life along with its troubles did not seem as terrible as it seems to me now. The main reason being that the people in the community have no idea life could be any other way, this is their reality. How can they be saddened by what was taken away from them if they do not know anything was taken in the first place? Keeping all this in mind, the way of the community actually seemed reasonable to me. But what happens when one of them does know? Seeing the contrast between the life Jonas lived and the life the rest of the community followed, I was reminded why pain is a necessary part of life. I am very aware of the fact that everyone says this and that it sounds like a quote of the day, but that is part of what makes this book so much more special. Because although I am used to hearing this, “The Giver” is the only thing that has made it sink in. It is easy to see a poster somewhere and let its message go ignored, as a matter of fact, in my opinion, it requires much effort to do otherwise, but “The Giver” is the exact opposite. Its message is meaningful, impactful, and approached very carefully. All in such a way where it actually makes me take a quote that is usually printed out and coated in glitter seriously.

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Matted- Tangled into a  mess, similar to knotted

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Loomed- Appeared as a vague shadowy from

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Lethargy- A lack of energy and enthusiasm

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Trudged- Walked slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions

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Due to unattended roads, Jonas twists his ankle, which means that now biking is more painful and requires more effort. He has also come to the realization that starvation might not be such a distant threat. He is struggling to find food, contributing to the misery of his current situation.

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Jonas is starting to see nature and animals more often in his journey to Elsewhere. Trees and streams are showing up in the landscape more regularly and he has even begun to see hills and weather. This is much different from what he has come to expect of daily life, so, it brings him great happiness. However, it does also bring him new obstacles in his journey.

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Although this chapter did not end on a very positive note, I did enjoy seeing Jonas travel further away from the community. I find it a wildly interesting series of events that explore the beauty of nature, unpredictability, and simplicity. I also share some of Jonas’ feelings of new discoveries and curiosity because although I did not grow up in the community, seeing wildlife in the book for the first time is fascinating to me. And if for me, someone who has been able to feel the wind blow ever since I was born, it is already something so magical, I cannot begin to imagine what is going on in Jonas’ head.

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Q: I can understand that maybe in the past, they had people, even the land and that they have managed to keep animals away because they would not thrive in the community's ecosystem, but how did the community manage to get rid of the weather? Could they have some kind of advanced technology to keep those things away?

A: This is never answered.

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Lush- growing luxuriantly, similar to rich

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Methodically- In an orderly or systematic manner

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Gabriel was scheduled for release, causing Jonas to finally leave the community earlier than planned and with less preparation.

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Jonas has been out of the community for a long time now, losing track of how many days.

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Plane jets have started searching for Jonas and he is beginning to struggle to recall memories.

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Jonas is more exhausted by the day and is slowly running out of food, struggling more and more to sustain himself and Gabriel.

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During this chapter, I was very worried and fearful for Jonas. At first I was excited to see how his journey into elsewhere would go but now I am highly concerned about his well being. He is no longer in the comfort of the community, being able to get through this is entirely up to him. Of course I believe in Jonas, and believe he is capable of enduring great things. However, it is important to keep in mind that Jonas is a thirteen year old boy raised in a place with paved roads and no weather or mountains, and on top of that he also needs to care for a one-year-old. This Journey will be immensely difficult and that makes me worried Jonmas will not survive at all.

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Q: How much longer will Jonas be able to keep this up? With limited food and memories, and Elsewhere not seeming close, I cannot help but think Jonas will soon run out of supplies and have great issues regarding his and Gabriel’s survival.

A: While the exact time is not specified, not very long. Jonas soon begins to run out of food, becoming more exhausted by the day, until his body gives out.

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Languid- Slow and relaxed

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Augmented- Having been made greater in size or value

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Taut- Stretched or pulled tight

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After finding out the truth about release, altering everything he had ever been told about the community, Jonas stays with The Giver through the night. Sobbing, and cruelly mocking the obedience of other members of the community, he loses all trust the community could ever come close to being a good thing. So, he and The Giver come to the conclusion that emotions should be felt by all, not just a select few who have to bear them all at once. They plot an escape that will allow the memories to return by all in the community.

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We find out the failed receiver was also The Giver’s daughter, Rosemary.

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I am very glad that they have music, hearing beyond. When the memories come back, I am thrilled to imagine what the discovery of different kinds of art and self expression will trigger inside the people of the community. Although the unpleasant memories will undoubtedly be painful, memories of true happiness and freedom will bring forth such beautiful parts of life members of the community have never before experienced.

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Q: Will Jonas confront his father for killing the smaller twin with no remorse?

A: No, Jonas knows his father would not be able to understand where he is coming from and an argument over that would only cause concern in his family unit.

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Q: The escape plan is so carefully thought of I cannot help but wonder how it will change if even one small detail is altered. Will there be any close calls? But most importantly, since I cannot see this going exactly as planned, what will go wrong?

A: Jonas has the leave the community earlier than planned in order to save Gabriel form being released.

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Solemnly- In a formal and dignified manner

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Undertaking- A formal pledge or promise to do something

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Stride- Walk with long, decisive steps in a specified direction, similar to march

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Jonas is starting to find a new depth in his emotions, partially because he stopped taking the pills and partially because the memories are giving him a newfound understanding of life and his surroundings. He has come to realize that people of the community live in an emotionless world and that his friends and family could never return his love for them. He has started to understand that the lives of those who unlike him and The Giver are lives of shallow emotions. For example, Jonas thought of the day Lily was angry at a boy for not following the rules. Jonas realized she had not felt the anger he knew from the memories, only shallow frustration. The ability to have powerful feelings makes Jonas wiser, Jonas can better understand the memories and the past now that he has a better understanding of emotions.

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Jonas and Asher had a disagreement during a game. To Asher, it might have seemed harmless, but to Jonas it was unquestionably a game of war. They are beginning to drift apart as a result of their training and different views of the world. While Jonas is feeling profound feelings, Asher remains unaware feelings could even be profound. Jonas was sure at the beginning of the story that he and Asher would always be friends but now he has to try to carefully explain himself as Asher shoots back an empty apology.

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Q: Jonas is still a kid living with these ideas of war and pain and yet no one can understand him, he can't even speak of it. Could he feel guilty for having ruined the game? Or for not being able to share the memories with those around him?

A: I do not think Jonas feels guilty for having put an end to the game they were playing, after all it is a game of war. However I do think he might feel slightly to blame for his friends not having the memories. Deep down he knows the committee is to blame but he cannot help but think that if he tried hard enough, he would be able to give them some memories.

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Q: Why does Jonas’ Father’s tone change as he talks about release? As he is about to explain what truly happens when someone is released, he starts walking in his baby voice and calling Jonas “Jonas-bonus”. Why the sudden shift right as he’s talking about release?

A: A shift in tone is something that often happens when someone is hiding something. In this case, Jonas' father is hiding what truly happens during release, because he knows but it not allowed to talk about it.

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Permeated- Spread through something, similar to fill or run through

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Gurgled- Make a hollow bubbling sound

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Staggered- Walked of moved unsteadily, as if one was about to fall, similar to sway or stumble

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Trudged- Walked slowly with heavy steps

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This chapter, Jonas receives The Giver’s favorite memory, one of family and love. In the warm memory, a family celebrated Christmas together. All members of the family were in the room, sons, daughter, parents, and grandparents, something new to Jonas. With this memory, a newfound Jonas feels the need to ask his own family if they loved him like the family in the memory loves one another. Jonas’ family, numbed by their society and the pills only reminded him of precision of language and gave him hollow reassurances they cared for him and his accomplishments.

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After receiving the memory of warfare, Jonas  wants his childhood back, he is starting to realize that the pain is too much to bear alone. He is starting to see the unfairness of being the receiver more than ever before.

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Through the memory Jonas is introduced to love, the most meaningful thing he’s ever felt.

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When Jonas asks his parents if they love him, we discover that love is considered an inappropriate word. It is so generalized that it does not fit in the community’s neatly organized vocabulary and therefore has become meaningless and obsolete. The community was definitely designed to be this way because without love people will always act on logic, not taking their feelings in consideration. Without love, there is no possibility for pain when losing someone close, like what happened to the first Caleb.

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Q: Will the pills only affect Jonas' feelings toward Fiona or will they also change the way he feels certain emotions and perceives certain situations?

A: The pills both caused the dreams to return and Jonas' general feelings to be more meaningful.

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This chapter, although unusually short, is very significant. In it, Jonas receives his first memory of warfare from The Giver. During it, Jonas witnesses dehydration, pain, death and the traumatic horrors of war.

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Q: How will this memory affect the way Jonas receives other memories? Will his perception of the community and other memories change now that he knows how truly agonizing the pain of the past can be?

A: I think it would be difficult for Jonas' perception of the world not to change after finding out about something as devastating as war.

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Sprawled- To sit, lie, or fall with one's arms and legs spread out in an awkward way

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Grotesquely- In a repulsively ugly or distorted manner

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Crimson- A deep purplish red

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Jonas receives a memory of fire and a broken leg in an attempt to take away some of The Giver's pain and learn more about the true pain he would receive during his training. He had been wondering what burdened The Giver and caused him so much pain. The only pain he had ever received was the sunburn, which he now realized was not so bad . This was the first time the pain of a memory remained, even as he was returning home. With that, he began to receive a memory of pain at every training session.

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Jonas feels lonely at the thought that his family, or anyone other than The Giver, does not know pain. He does not enjoy having to bear it by himself and believes everyone should share the memories. He begins to want change and realizes how unfair the community’s rules are, feeling a type of anger only he and The Giver know.

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Jonas gave a calming memory to Gabriel, who was able to receive it and later sleep soundly. This marks a new bond between Jonas and his house guest. One where Jonas might find comfort in the fact that no one else knows about the memories and one where Gabriel will become more dependent on the memories for sleep. Perhaps so much so that he will cry all night long if he does not receive a relaxing moment of the past before drifting off. This could result in many things, a fight with The Giver if Jonas decides to tell him, Gabriel’s release, a new chapter for the community where children grow up knowing the stories of the past, or a secret friendship where Jonas becomes like a brother to Gabriel as he grows up and tells him about how the world used to be.

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Elsewhere is outside of the community but everyone speaks of it like an afterlife. Maybe because what they have been through is the purpose of life would be lost Elsewhere and if anyone were to live there, in their eyes, that would not really be living a life, or at least not a fulfilling one.

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Q: How will the relationship between Jonas and Gabriel continue? Will Jonas seek help from The Giver? What will happen to the memories if Gabriel is released”

A: To answer the first question, Jonas and Gabriel only grow closer over time.

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Q: If Fiona is training to be a Caretaker of The Old, and Larissa was recently released, could Fiona have taken part in the ceremony and been the one to release her? Does Fiona know what happens when someone is released?

A: Fiona is trained to release the old but most likely feels no negative feelings towards release because she is trained not to see anything wrong with it. She most likely feels indifferent about it or maybe even happy to release the old as it is viewed as a celebration of their life.

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Invigorating- Making one feel strong, healthy, and full of energy similar to energize or refresh

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Skittered- Moved lightly, quickly or hurriedly

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This chapter begins as Jonas experiences for the first time, going downhill on a sled. As Jonas receives his first memory from The Giver, he discovers aspects of the world he could have never imagined. He finds out that the sameness he has known his entire life is not the way the world has always been.  The memories of snow, and later sunshine,  introduce him to weather and irregular terrain. Those are two things the community does not have because they are “impractical” and “unpredictable” and have therefore become obsolete.

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Although Jonas receives thrilling and carefree memories, he also receives his first memory of pain. This memory is one of physical pain, a sunburn. It helps him understand what the Chief Elder meant when she said there would be pain.

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At the end of this chapter as Jonas asks what he should call the man training him, since he is now The Receiver, we finally discover who The Giver is. The Giver, the character that gave the book its name, is the  elderly Receiver training Jonas, his successor. This is a wonderfully thought of detail that both takes away confusion and adds depth into The Giver and Jonas’ relationship.

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In this chapter, we are introduced to an aspect of the community called sameness. As the name suggests, it is what makes everything the same, no weather, colors, or hills. This makes different opinions less likely and therefore less controversy arises. This is yet another of the community’s many ways of keeping the world organized and consequently making it less diverse.

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Q: Although we find out we should call The Receiver The Giver, what is his real name?

A: This is never answered.

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Pinpricks- A small puncture made by a pin

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Poised- Having a graceful and elegant bearing

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Judging by how safe the community is described to be, to Jonas, a sunburn must have seemed indescribable. However to me, this memory does not seem like what The Giver would call indescribable. Perhaps this is just a small part of the pain that will come to Jonas as he receives more memories. Not to mention, finding out how wonderfully unpredictable and complex life can truly be will most likely bring him great emotional pain as the world is no longer like that. At some point in the story Jonas will have the harsh realization that a sunburn is nothing compared to the pain of the entire world and that will bring him great misery and possibly even anger that he will have to bear it all alone once his training is over.

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Unlatched- Unfastened the latch of door of gate

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Astonishing- Surprisingly impressive or notable, similar to amazing

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Upholstered- Furniture with a soft padded covering