Characters
The elderly man who holds the community's memories.
Who is The Giver?
The age at which children receive their assigned jobs in the community.
What is twelve?
The name that citizens use for their own "city."
What is The Community?
This theme of the novel questions the cost of eliminating pain.
What is the cost of sameness?
The event where Jonas receives the memory of sledding.
What is the first memory transmitted by The Giver?
The protagonist of the story.
Who is Jonas?
The rule that prohibits the citizens from expressing true feelings.
The emotion that the community primarily tries to eliminate.
What is pain?
This theme in the novel explores the importance of memories and emotions.
What is the significance of memories?
This significant event gave Jonas a great amount of anxiety during the Ceremony of Twelve.
What is the moment that the Chief Elder skipped Jonas's number?
The newchild that was going to be "released."
Who is Gabriel?
The event that all citizens attend to celebrate lifetime achievements and to release an elder.
What is the Ceremony of Release?
The mode of transportation used in the community, from the age of nine up.
What is the bike?
This theme is related to the consequences of keeping people from becoming who they want to be.
What is the loss of individuality?
The decision Jonas makes that sets him on a different path.
What is Jonas's decision to leave the community?
The parent who discussed the stirrings with Jonas.
Who is Mother?
The punishment for breaking the rules, if you are a child.
What is the discipline wand?
The name given to families in the community.
What are family units?
This theme revolves around the idea of choice.
What is the pursuit of freedom?
The revelation Jonas received that changed his opinion (for the negative) of the Community, as well as his father.
What is the moment The Giver showed Jonas the recording of his father killing the newchild?
The Receiver of Memory before Jonas.
Who is Rosemary?
What is the sharing of feelings and experiences?
Jonas was reprimanded by Father for asking about this feeling.
What is love?
This theme explores the impact of forcing everyone to be like everyone else.
What is the danger of conformity?
This is what Jonas and Gabriel see as the novel ends.