Characters
Who is the main character of "The Giver"?
Jonas
What is Jonas selected to become at the Ceremony of Twelve?
Answer: What is the Receiver of Memory?
What type of conflict is Jonas facing throughout the novel?
Answer: What is man vs. society?
In what type of community does "The Giver" take place?
Answer: What is a utopian/dystopian community?
What is one way the community controls the population?
Answer: What is through "release" of the non-conforming individuals?
What is the relationship between Jonas and The Giver?
a mentor-student relationship?
What memory does Jonas first receive?
Answer: What is the memory of snow?
Who does Jonas have a personal conflict with regarding the rules of the community?
Answer: Who is his Father?
What are the characteristics of the community's climate?
Answer: What is controlled and climate-regulated?
How does the community suppress emotions?
Answer: What is through the use of medication?
Name one of Jonas's friends.
Answer: Who is Asher or Fiona?
Why does Jonas decide to leave the community?
Answer: What is to save Gabriel and seek freedom?
What inner conflict does Jonas experience?
Answer: What is the struggle between conformity and individuality?
Describe the significance of the Community's rules.
Answer: What is they maintain order and suppress emotions?
Identify one technological control present in the community.
Answer: What is the use of surveillance and monitoring?
Who is the antagonist in the story?
Answer: Who is the Community or the Elders?
What happens to the memories after Jonas leaves?
Answer: What is they return to the community?
How does Jonas's perception of the community change over time?
Answer: What is he begins to see the flaws and limitations?
How does the setting contribute to the themes of the novel?
Answer: What is it highlights the loss of individuality and emotional depth?
What role does sameness play in the community?
Answer: What is it eliminates differences to ensure conformity?
What quality makes Jonas different from others in the community?
Answer: What is his ability to see beyond (or his capacity to see colors), his blue eyes?
Describe the climax of the story.
Answer: What is when Jonas escapes and takes Gabriel with him?
What is the ultimate conflict that Jonas must resolve?
Answer: What is the choice between safety and freedom?
What is the importance of the Elsewhere concept in the setting?
Answer: What is it represents the unknown and freedom outside the community?
Explain the concept of "release" in the context of dystopian elements.
Answer: What is a euphemism for euthanasia to control the population?