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COMMUNISM
MOVIE VS. BOOK PART 1
MOVIE VS. BOOK PART 2
JONAS AND OTHERS
EUPHEMISMS
100
Though they may start with good intentions, Communist countries often create the worst possible future, also know in fiction as a __________. 

What is a DYSTOPIA?

100
Even though he is Jonas's best friend, he plays a much smaller role in the book than he does in the movie. 

Who is ASHER? 

100
In the movie, he is tasked with hunting down Jonas and Gabriel and destroying them. But he decides to save them!
Who is ASHER? 
100

Jonas comes to realize this word doesn't mean "living somewhere else." It means DEATH.

What is "elsewhere"?

100
It is a word you use in place of another word or phrase, usually to hide your real meaning. 
What is a EUPHEMISM?
200

The fact that you are constantly being monitored in the Giver makes it most like THIS real-life Communist country. 

What is CHINA?

200
In a surprising cameo (small role), this worldwide rock superstar played The Giver's daughter in the movie version. 

Who is TAYLOR SWIFT?

200
Though they are just friends in the book, in the movie these two have a teen romance. 

Who are JONAS and FIONA?

200

Jonas tries to save him from being "released" which is being done because he is underweight and not developing according to schedule. 

Who is GABRIEL?

200
It is the word used in place of "death" and "execution" (often by lethal injection) in The Giver. 

What is "released"?

300
Just like in a Communist country, the government of The Giver tries to separate the ties children have to their ______. 

What are PARENTS?

300
Only in the movie does THIS character make an appearance (as a hologram) inside the house where Jonas's family lives. 

Who is THE CHIEF ELDER? 

300
In the book Jonas takes control of his emotions when he stops taking his pills, but in the movie, he puts THIS on the device that supposed to give him a needle injection. 

What is AN APPLE? 

300

This is done for Jonas, and for others in the "community" over and over to honor someone, especially if they have been lost forever. 

What is repeating someone's name? 

300

It is the word that the elders use for "mother" in The Giver.

What is "birthgiver"?

400
The original idea behind Communism was symbolized by a fiery bird called the _____, because a "new world was supposed to rise from the ashes of the old." 

What is THE PHOENIX?

400
In both the book and the movie, Jonas has a vision in which he sees a large African animal killed for trophies and then discarded, also known as ________. 

What is POACHING? 

400

In the movie only, Jonas and Fiona walk through this (symbolically) to have privacy in a world constantly monitored by cameras. 

What is a WATERFALL?

400

In a reversal of traditional roles, in the Community, it's THIS character in Jonas's family who takes care of the newborn babies as a profession. 

Who is JONAS'S FATHER?

400

If anybody would be in charge of masking words with euphemisms in this world, it would be them. 

Who are The Elders?

500
In THIS Communist country, if you have a fire in your house, you are expected to save the portrait of the leader before the lives of your family members. 

What is NORTH KOREA? 

500

In both the movie and the book, both baby Gabriel and Jonas can be seen as a _____ Allegory because they are both sacrificial figures. 

Who is CHRIST?

500

Intentionally symbolic, THIS Christmas song is playing inside the cabin at the end of the movie, as Jonas approaches with baby Gabriel. 

What is SILENT NIGHT? 

500

She was The Giver's pupil, or student before Jonas, and she was very close to the Giver. He loved her very much. 

Who is Rosemary? 

500

It is what the euphemism "PTSD" actually stands for.

What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?