The Giver
ch. 1-5
ch. 1-5
Jonas saw this item change appearance in mid-air.
What is an apple?
This object represents the boundary between the known world of the community and the unknown.
What is The River?
Pale eyes, brother of Lily, becomes The Receiver of Memory
Who is Jonas?
What are stirrings?
Jonas's frustration with the rules of secrecy reveal this main conflict.
What is wanting to share his experience with others?
This type of figurative language is used to describe Jonas's feelings: "It was like climbing a mountain, this journey he was making."
What is a simile?
Married to a Nurturer, works at Department of Justice
Who is Mother?
This is the 8th and final rule for the Receiver of Memory.
What is You May Lie?
This person's name is to never to be spoken again?
Who is the failed Receiver?
This symbol of comfort and safety quickly begins to represent the weight of pain and trauma as Jonas receives more memories.
What is the sled?
Jonas bathes this woman who lives in the House of the Old.
Who is Larissa?
Gabriel and Jonas have this in common.
What are pale eyes?
Jonas experiences this for the first time during his training, which was both exhilarating and terrifying.
What is snow?
This color represents the beginning of Jonas's ability to see beyond. It can also represent danger or warning.
What is red?
The elected leader of Jonas's community.
Who is the Chief Elder?
What is snow?
Birthmothers serve in their positions for this long.
What is three years?
The Giver tells Jonas that this is how the community got rid of starvation.
What is Climate Control?
This is used to represent the controlled and emotionless state of the community members, as it suppresses their deepest feelings.
What are the daily pills (or the Stirrings pills)?
An old man with great honor, but no power.
Who is the Giver?
Jonas thinks that seeing these are his "capacity to see beyond".
What are colors?