The Giver
* Jonas feels frightened after seeing an aircraft fly over the community.
* The community has very strict rules.
* Families share feelings every day.
* Jonas lives with Mother, Father, and Lily.
* We learn about the “Ceremony of Twelve.”
Chapter 2
* Parents explain the Ceremony of Twelve to Jonas.
* At age 12, children receive their life assignments.
* Jonas worries about what assignment he will get.
* Father works with newborn babies.
* The community values sameness and order.
Chapter 3
* Jonas notices something strange about Gabriel’s eyes — they are pale like his own.
* Jonas briefly sees an apple change color.
* Father secretly brings Gabriel home for extra care.
* Jonas begins noticing differences others do not.
Chapter 4
* Jonas volunteers at the House of the Old.
* He helps bathe an elderly woman named Larissa.
* Larissa talks happily about “release.”
* Jonas thinks release is a positive ceremony.
Chapter 5
* Families discuss dreams in the morning.
* Jonas has a dream about Fiona and realizes he is having “Stirrings.”
* His mother gives him pills to stop these feelings.
* The community controls emotions and attraction.
Chapter 6
* The Ceremony begins.
* Different age groups receive new responsibilities.
* Children move to new stages of life.
* Jonas becomes nervous waiting for his assignment.
Chapter 7
* The Chief Elder skips Jonas during the Ceremony of Twelve.
* Jonas feels embarrassed and afraid.
* The community reacts silently.
* The Chief Elder says Jonas was not forgotten.
Chapter 8
* Jonas is selected as the new Receiver of Memory.
* The Receiver is the most honored role in the community.
* Jonas is told he has intelligence, integrity, courage, and wisdom.
* Previous Receiver-in-training failed 10 years earlier.
Chapter 9
* Jonas receives special rules:
* He may lie.
* He is exempt from rudeness rules.
* He cannot discuss training.
* He may ask any question.
* Jonas becomes frightened by the power of his role.
Chapter 10
* Jonas goes to the Annex behind the House of the Old.
* He meets the Receiver, who asks Jonas to call him “The Giver.”
* The room contains books, unlike the rest of the community.
* Jonas begins his training.
Chapter 11
* The Giver gives Jonas his first memory: snow and sledding.
* Jonas experiences real pain and pleasure for the first time.
* He learns his community removed memories to avoid suffering.
* Jonas now understands snow, hills, and sunshine are real things from the past
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