Vocab
This word means extremely careful and detail-focused.
What is meticulous?
This part of the story introduces the world, characters, and rules of the community.
What is the exposition?
This rule helps prevent people from expressing strong emotions or forming deep connections with each other.
What is taking the pill?
This character trains Jonas and carries the memories of the past.
Who is The Giver?
This theme is shown by Jonas living in a community where everyone is expected to be the same and follow strict rules. As he gains memories, he realizes that being different matters and chooses to go against his society.
What is Individual vs. Society?
This word means breaking a rule or law.
What is infraction?
This part of the plot diagram includes Jonas receiving memories and beginning to question his world.
What is the rising action?
What is Sameness?
This is one quality that made Jonas a good choice for the Receiver.
What is intelligence/ courage/ integrity/ ability to see beyond?
This theme explains that the community avoids strong feelings by removing love, pain, and deep emotions. Jonas learns that to truly feel happiness, people must also be able to feel pain.
What is Feeling and Emotion?
This word means to strongly scold or correct someone.
What is chastise?
This is the moment when Jonas learns what "release" really means. (indicate the part of the plot diagram)
What is the climax?
This practice controls how people speak so that no one uses emotional or confusing language.
What is Precision of Language?
This is the decision Jonas makes that shows he is beginning to think for himself (he does this during his training).
What is stopping the pill?
This theme shows why memories are important for understanding life and feelings. Without these, the community cannot truly grow.
What is Memory?
This word describes something large and difficult to manage.
What is unwieldy?
This part of the plot diagram shows Jonas leaving the community and facing new challenges.
What is the falling action?
This is one reason the community assigns jobs instead of letting people choose.
What is to save Gabriel/because he now knows the truth.
This theme is shown when Jonas Grows and begins to understand the truth about his world.
What is Coming of Age/Maturing/Growing up?
This word means to give something up.
What is relinquish?
This is why the pilot flying over the community is important to the beginning of the story.
What is it shows the strict rules and control of the community (and how people normalize those rules without question).
What is to avoid pain and conflict?
This is how Jonas changes from the beginning to the end of the novel.
What is he becomes more aware, emotional, and independent?
This explains why the community's "perfect" world is actually flawed. (What makes a utopia into a dystopia?)
What is the dangers of trying to create a perfect (utopian) society? It pushes the rules too far.