Characters
The main character in The Giver.
Who is Jonas?
Grim is unpleasant, harsh
How is Jonas's world a utopia?
Various answers: there is no violence, poverty, prejudice, injustice. Everyone seems to get along.
It is the time when children are given Assignments, which is the jobs they will do as adults and begin training for at 12 years old.
Jonas's best friend
Who is Asher?
Tell us what the word aptitude means.
Aptitude is a special ability; something you are good at.
What does setting mean and how does the setting show us what the community is like?
Setting is the time and place a novel takes place. Examples in The Giver include the Nurturing Center, the House of Olds, the Auditorium for the Ceremonies, etc.
Why is the baby Gabriel brought home?
He is underweight and Jonas's father wants to take care of him.
He is a Nurturer.
Who is Jonas's father?
What is prominent?
What is foreshadowing?
Foreshadowing is giving clues or hints about what will later be discovered in the story.
What happens to old people and how does it take place?
The full title of Jonas's Assignment.
Who is the Receiver of Memories?
Essential, impossible to do without.
What is vital?
Give one example of foreshadowing in The Giver.
Various answers: the apple and the audience in the Auditorium showing Jonas's Capacity to See Beyond; the pilot being released at the beginning even though we are not sure what it means.
How many children can a family have and how do they get them?
Families can have two children and they apply for them.
The title given to the former Receiver of Memories, who now will pass on memories to Jonas.
What is the Giver?
A message in a story.
What is the theme?
Give one example of how the author uses language in such a way to show us it is a different world than ours.
Lowry uses words like newchild, comfort object, Nurturing Center, House of Olds for things and places we call babies, stuffed animals, nurseries, and nursing homes.
What is one memory Jonas has received?
He has received three so far: snow, sunshine, and a sunburn.