Character
He is the main character who is selected as the Receiver of Memory.
Who is Jonas?
The community in The Giver is built around this idea to avoid pain and conflict.
What is sameness?
The story shows that this is necessary, even though it can be painful.
What is emotion?
The film starts in this colour, showing the emotionless world.
What is black and white?
This object symbolises emotion, memory, and the past.
What is the apple?
He is the baby that Jonas becomes attached to and tries to save.
Who is Gabriel?
At what age do children receive their career assignment?
What is twelve?
The novel and film question whether safety is worth losing this.
What is freedom or choice?
This technique is used when Jonas receives memories.
What is montage or flashback?
This natural feature represents the unknown and freedom.
What is the sled or the hill?
He is the current Receiver who becomes Jonas’s mentor.
Who is The Giver?
This object is used to suppress emotions and memories in the film.
What is an injection or daily drug?
Jonas learns that love is not possible without this.
What is pain or emotion?
This camera angle is often used to show Jonas’s isolation.
What is high-angle shot?
Colour in the film represents this.
What is emotion, choice, or difference?
Jonas’s friend who loves to joke and becomes a drone pilot in the film.
Who is Asher?
What happens to people when they are “released”?
What is they are killed?
The Giver’s job is to carry this for the whole community.
What is memory?
Music and colour are added in scenes to show this change.
What is awakening or emotion?
The Ceremony of Twelve symbolises this stage of life.
What is growing up or coming of age?
This character chooses to be "released" after a painful memory.
Who is Rosemary?
The boundary Jonas crosses at the end to free the memories.
What is the boundary of memory?
A theme shown through the strict rules, no colour, and assigned jobs.
What is control or lack of individuality?
A wide shot of the community emphasises this theme.
What is control or uniformity?
The rules Jonas must follow show this bigger idea.
What is control vs free will?