Characters
Receiver of memory and the main character
Jonas
Where is the Giver set?
A futuristic society.
What was Jonas's first memory?
Sledding in the snow
"seeing red."
Symbolism
"i hope i get assigned as birthmother."
Lily
The leader of the community
Chief Elder
When do they have the ceremony?
December
What did Jonas once take home from the recreation ground?
A apple
"And he has funny eyes like yours, Jonas!"
simile
"The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. its the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared."
The giver
Jonas's best friend and Assistant director of recreation
Asher
Where is elsewhere?
Why did the Chief elder skip Jonas at the ceremony of 12?
He was getting selected to be receiver of memory.
“He saw nothing ahead except the endless ribbon of road”.
Metaphor
"I had learned that knowing what something is is not the same as knowing how something feels."
Jonas
The givers daughter and was asked to leave the community
Rosemary
Where did the Giver have his meltdown at?
His Dwelling
When did Jonas's stirring first happen?
After he spent time with Fiona bathing the old.
"For me it was hearing beyond."
hyperbole
"When people have the freedom to choose, they choose wrong every single time".
Chief elder
Caretaker of the old, one of Jonas's good friends
Fiona
Where does Jonas go at the end of the book?
He runs away from the community and takes Gabriel where he sleds downhill towards the sound of music with an unclear ending.
What happened in the memory of war?
He saw a solider dying and tried to help him.
"He was in a confused, noisy foul-smelling place."
imagery
“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?”
Jonas