Character
Elected at the December Ceremony to be the new Receiver of Memory for the community.
Jonas
Jonas is uncomfortable when Lily mentions that Gabriel has the same unusual eyes as Jonas. In their society, differences are unusual and undesirable, and it is rude to point them out.
Jonas hears a story about someone who requested release after an unwanted job assignment, and he decides the story must be false because decisions made by the Elders are always right.
Jonas receives the memory of a birthday party, and for the first time he realizes what it means to be special. This experience is unknown in a society where conformity is the norm and differences are frowned upon.
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The present Receiver of Memory, who stores all past memories for the community.
The Giver
Jonas is surprised to hear The Giver refer to other time periods and other generations. In the society Jonas knows, memories of the past don't exist.
The Giver warns Jonas not to confuse the honor of being The Receiver with any sort of power. They are at the mercy of the Elders and the Book of Rules of the community.
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A Nurturer in the community, responsible for the care of the newchildren.
Father
The Giver explains to Jonas than in the quest for Sameness—control over the environment and over the unpredictable nature of their own lives—the community gave up many of the differences that made life wonderful.
This is The Giver's response to Jonas's comment that when everything is the same, there is no such thing as choice. The Giver is actually referring to the loss of the freedom to choose.
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He brings the newchild Gabriel to the dwelling for extra nurturing so the child will not be slated for release.
Father
Jonas briefly comes to terms with Sameness, thinking that to require people to make choices opens them up to making and regretting the wrong decisions. Even as he says this, though, he still wishes he had more choice.
The Giver explains why the Elders don't want his advice more and are not interested in change. They prefer the safe, comfortable life they know to a more challenging, but risky, way of living.
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Selected as the new Receiver 10 years before Jonas; she could not bear the suffering caused by the memories she received.
Rosemary
The Giver explains that memories need to be shared to be useful, and that being the only person who remembers something creates an almost unbearable feeling of loneliness and isolation.
The Giver explains that scientists and the Elders have an unlimited number of facts at their disposal, but without the understanding and memories needed to show them how to best use that knowledge, the facts are useless.
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