https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk Made with whimsy en-us 2018-01-08 17:50:22 UTC 2018-02-07 17:35:03 UTC hello@padlet.com patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/219474852
The setting sounds to be in a very strict world in the future.
Aswell everybody is so formal and it made me very confused.

Characters: Jonas, Lily, Mother, Father and Asher.


Q1: Why is it that everybody in this community so strict?
A: It was the way they were raised.

Q2: Why is there a rule that every family must have two children a mother and a father?
A: For population control and so no one would starve]]> 2018-01-08 18:06:09 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/219474852 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/220287116 2018-01-10 17:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/220287116 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/220299430 Utopia: "Perfect Society" ex: Heaven, Nirvana and Garden of Eden

Dystopia: "Imperfect Society" ex: Hell]]> 2018-01-10 17:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/220299430 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/220419655 Jonas seems to be very curious about the ceremony of twelve asking his parents about it. This shows me that these people have some traits like me.

Q1: Why do they their future jobs or "assignments" chosen for them?
A: To limit their choices.

Q2: Why do they not know what animals such as elephants or bears are?
A: To keep them safe.]]> 2018-01-10 23:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/220419655 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/221311543 It appears that from the text that the time leading up to the ceremony is coming.

Q1: Why did Jonas' mom say to Lily "There's very little honor in that Assignment" referring to a birth mother?
A: because their job is three births then they're labourers. 

Q2: Why is it so rare to have light coloured  eyes? 
A: No answer.]]> 2018-01-14 23:09:20 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/221311543 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/221493189 In this chapter Jonas spends his volunteer hours at "The House Of The Old" which is where all the elderly people go to live.

Him Asher and this girl named Fiona also went for their volunteer hours.

Q1: Why do people need to release the elderly?
So they limit the population

Q2: If releasing is what I think it is why would the elderly be so happy about it?
A: because they think they're going somewhere else.]]> 2018-01-15 17:07:40 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/221493189 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/221496121 In chapter five Jonas deals with these feelings called stirrings which are feelings of pleasure it would seem

Jonas finds out that once your stirrings start you need to take pills everyday until you reach the house of the old.

Q1: Why are stirrings such a big deal that you need pills for them?
A: So they don't have feelings for others because they get their spouses chosen.

Q2: What are the committee trying to do by eliminating stirrings?
A: Same answer as question one.]]> 2018-01-15 17:21:45 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/221496121 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/221501629 At the beginning of chapter six Jonas' family unit is getting prepared and eventually went to the ceremony.

This was only the first day of the ceremony the one for Jonas was tomorrow.

Q1: Why is it that when a family loses a child the apply for a replacement which is a newchild with the same sex and name?
A: To make it seem like they're the same child.

Q2:Why doesn't anybody know what elsewhere is?
A: Because elsewhere is where they go when they die but the committee makes it seem lt seem like a place away from the community.]]> 2018-01-15 17:48:53 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/221501629 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/221502263 How the author reveals information
-First person     adv: Inner thoughts
-Third person-limited    adv: Can create suspense
-Third person-Omniscient adv:Creates full picture]]> 2018-01-15 17:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/221502263 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/221919087 Chapter seven is the chapter where the ceremony of twelve cominces and everyone in Jonas' group receives they're assignment such as Asher received director of recreation.

Q1: How in such a perfect society they still hit the children?
A: To stress precision of speech. 

Q2: Why would the elder skip over Jonas? 
A: Because he was selected for a very important role as the receiver of memory.]]> 2018-01-17 00:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/221919087 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/221921184 This is the big chapter where Jonas receives his assignment as the next Receiver of memory which is a huge role!!!!

Jonas is nervous and excited at the same time for his role.

Q1: What happened to the last selection of Receiver of memory?
A: She applied as a release,

Q2: What exactly does the Receiver of memory do?
A: It holds all the memories of the community.

]]> 2018-01-17 00:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/221921184 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/222164382 2018-01-17 17:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/222164382 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/222625683 In this chapter the ceremony concludes and Jonas is having mixed emotions about his role as the receiver of memory.

Q1: What could the previous receiver of memory done so bad that they can't even say her name?
A: She applied for a release and let all the memories go back into the community.

Q2: Why in his list of duties it says you may lie?    
A: Because he can't tell anyone about his training.]]> 2018-01-18 21:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/222625683 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/222647806 2018-01-18 22:55:29 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/222647806 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/222648016 Chapter ten, Jonas starts his training for the important role of receiver of memory which I've learned is the most important role in the community.

Jonas comes to find that the rules in the annex room are very different in the way much less strict and a lot more laid back which Jonas finds odd.

Q1: Why does no other doors lock except the doors by the receiver's office?
A: Because The Receiver needs privacy.

Q2: The community doesn't know what snow or downhill means why is that? 
A: Because the community took them away because they were too hard to work through.  ]]> 2018-01-18 22:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/222648016 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/222651728 2018-01-18 23:29:07 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/222651728 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/223185904 Chapter eleven the previous receiver starts to give Jonas some memories such as a ride in a sled

Q1: How could the community just end snow and hills?
A: Because the community can control things like this.

Q2:Why don't they know what a sunburn is?
A: Same answer.
 ]]> 2018-01-22 03:02:56 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/223185904 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/223187100 2018-01-22 03:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/223187100 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/223187211 In the beginning of this chapter it's the day after everybodys first day of training and Jonas really wants to talk about the sled ride but he can't.

Q1:What was going on when Jonas said he saw Fiona's hair flicker?
A:Because Jonas can see colour unlike the rest of the community.
 

Q2:How does the community not know what colour is?
A: Because the community can not see colour.]]> 2018-01-22 03:16:04 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/223187211 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/223461740 What the author id trying to say about people,society etc. Not to be confused with a theme topic like love,war or family.

-Self discovery (people must be able to make choices to reach their own destiny.)
- Importance of memory (without memory, human beings cannot reach true happiness or learn from their mistakes.)
-Pleasure and pain (Without pain people cannot understand pleasure.)
-Blind Obedience (It is important for people to question their society instead of following blindly.)

 ]]> 2018-01-22 17:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/223461740 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/224321664 In this chapter from the memories that the giver gave  him Jonas is very confused and doesn't know what to think.
 
Also when Jonas was talking to the giver about choices it would appear that Jonas is afraid of choice.

Q1: Why was sameness started?
A: Sameness was made to try and keep people the same so less choices will be made.

Q2:What was the giver trying to show by giving him the memory of the elephant?
A: To show Jonas pain.]]> 2018-01-24 17:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/224321664 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/224350334 2018-01-24 17:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/224350334 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/224913479 To begin this chapter the giver starts to give Jonas the memory of breaking his leg on the sled ride.

Jonas was in a lot of pain but he is not allowed to get any medication for the pain in his leg.

Q1:Even though the memory of breaking a leg finished how is it that Jonas still feels the pain?
A: It's the way the memories work.

Q2:Why do they need these painful memories
A:So for when the committee of elders calls upon him for advice he'll ]]> 2018-01-26 01:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/224913479 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/224914528 2018-01-26 01:32:20 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/224914528 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/224915348 To begin this chapter Jonas gets the memory of what sounds like a warzone.

Q1: Why would Jonas need the memory of a war?
A: For a reference if the committee needed to know about anything surrounding a war

Q2: When did this war take place 
A: A very long time ago.]]> 2018-01-26 01:39:56 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/224915348 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/224917245 2018-01-26 01:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/224917245 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/224917325 Chapter sixteen the new memory Jonas receives sounds like a calm night nearing christmas day.

Jonas felt very happy in this memory and was very curious as to what was going on.

Q1: Do the people in the community know what christmas is?
A: Because they don't have holidays

Q2: How do these people not have grand-parents?
A: It's they way the people were raised so their parents aren't important to them once they have family units.

]]> 2018-01-26 01:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/224917325 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/225452999 Chapter seventeen takes place on what the community calls an "Unscheduled Holiday" which is a big deal for the community due to how rare they occur. 

After Jonas found Asher, Fiona and some children playing war Jonas felt that he lost his childhood after the memory of the war.

Q1: Where would the children get the idea of war and guns if they don't know what either is?
A: No answer.

Q2: Why must they release one of the twins?
A: So they don't have two identical looking people in the community.]]> 2018-01-28 23:54:01 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/225452999 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/225454470 In this chapter Jonas is back in the Annex room with The Giver and the two begin to talk about how they can't apply for release. But later in the conversation we finally find out the name of the receiver which is Rosemary.

It turns out that eventually Rosemary got a release.  

Q1: Why would Jonas want a release?
A: Because he didn't want the painful memories.

Q2: If Rosemary was released how could the memories get back to the community? 
A: That's the way the community works somehow

]]> 2018-01-29 00:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/225454470 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/225455313 2018-01-29 00:21:45 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/225455313 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/225756914 In chapter nineteen Jonas is in the Annex room again with the Giver and Jonas was asking about release  and said that his father performed a release earlier that morning.

The Giver asked Jonas if he would like to see one and Jonas thought that it wasn't right to see a release because of how private it is.

Q1: Why would releasing be giving people lethal injections?
A: To control the population and to punish the citizens.

Q2: Now that I know what a release is why would they need to kill people so often and why can't they know what one is?
A: So for when the people apply for one they won't be affraid or won't want one. ]]> 2018-01-29 17:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/225756914 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/225757695 2018-01-29 17:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/225757695 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/227295135 2018-02-01 21:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/227295135 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/227295415 To begin the chapter Jonas is so horrified of the thought of release that he doesn't even want to go home and decides to stay with the giver overnight 

Poor Jonas is saying that if he goes back his life wouldn't be worth living knowing what his father does.

It turns out that Rosemary was The Giver's daughter!

Q1: The Giver was talking about some sort of plan what was he talking about?
A: They're plan is for Jonas to escape from the community.

Q2: How could the community go this far without music?
A: They were born into a world without it.]]> 2018-02-01 21:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/227295415 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/227549087 2018-02-02 16:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/227549087 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/227921875 This is the chapter where Jonas executes the plan of leaving the community for a better life.

It turns out Jonas had taken Gabriel with him!

Q1: Why would there be roads outside of the community?
A: No answer.

Q2: Were the fields that Jonas is riding through ever used in any way? 
A: In the text it never speaks of using any fields outside of the community.]]> 2018-02-04 22:46:20 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/227921875 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/227923932 In this chapter Jonas and Gabe continue their journey away from the community but to begin Jonas falls and twists his ankle and scrapes his knee.

From the description it sounds like the road Jonas was on is coming to an end.

Jonas had seen a bird for the first time.

Q1: How has he never seen a bird before?
A: Animals were kept out of the community during sameness.

Q2: How has Jonas never seen rain before?
A: Rain was eliminated during sameness.]]> 2018-02-04 23:04:27 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/227923932 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/227924060 2018-02-04 23:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/227924060 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/227925801 2018-02-04 23:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/227925801 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/227925855 This is the final chapter where Jonas and baby Gabriel finally find their better life which is what I'm predicting.

Jonas and little Gabe are still weakened from the harsh weather.

Jonas tries to keep the two warm by using the memory of sunshine which only kept them warm for a brief period of time.

Jonas finally reached the top of the hill and even though it was still cold and miserable he felt happy that he made it to the top of the and that he was going on a sled for the first time.

Jonas found what he thought was a family.

Q1: Why would there be a sled on the top of the hill?
A: No answer.

Q2: Did he really only hear an echo?
A: There is no way to know because that's where the book ends.



]]> 2018-02-04 23:20:33 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/227925855 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/228261169 2018-02-05 18:02:19 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/228261169 patrick_mercer https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/228261656 2018-02-05 18:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/patrick_mercer/4dye9ibxbjyk/wish/228261656