Characters
He is chosen to become the new Receiver of Memory
Who is Jonas?
Citizens in the Community must take these daily to stop emotions.
What are injections?
The first coloful memory Jonas clearly sees is this color.
What is red?
Jonas is selected for this special role during the Ceremony of Twelfe.
What is Receiver of Memory?
This color symbolizes emotion, life, and change in the movie.
What is red?
She secretly gives Jonas memories and later helps him escape
Who is Fiona?
Children receive this important item when they become adults in training.
What is a job assignment?
Jonas experiences this winter activity in one of his first happy memories.
What is sledding?
Jonas discovers that „release“ actually means this.
What is Death?
The film suggests that pain is necessary in order to appreciate this.
What is Love?
This wise old man trains Jonas by giving him memories from the past.
Who is the Giver?
This rule prevents people from leaving the Community.
What is the rule against release?
This memory shows Jonas the joy of family love and celebration.
What is Christmas?
Jonas escapes the Community with this baby.
Who is Gabriel?
The Community values this idea above individuality and freedom.
What is sameness?
She is Jonas‘s strict but caring mother who works in the justice system.
Who is Jonas‘s mother?
People are matched by the Elders instead of choosing this for themselv.
What is a spouse or family partner?
Jonas learns pain from this violent historical event.
What is war?
Jonas leaves the Community mainly because he wants people to regain this.
What are memories and emotions?
Jonas learns that without memories, people can not truly make these.
What are meaningful choices?
This leader of the community believes that sameness keeps people safe from pain.
Who is Chief Elder?
The Community removed this ability from citizens to eliminate conflict and difference.
What is the ability to feel emotions and remember the past?
This type of memories are hidden from the Community to protect people from suffering.
What are memories of human history and emotion?
At the end of the film, Jonas reaches this place beyond the community boundaries.
What is Elsewhere?
This major theme is shown trough Jona‘s struggle against the Community control.
What is freedom vs. control?