The Giver (Report)

      Jonas:

                     The story starts as Jonas, a twelve- year-old boy, who is waiting for his life

assignment.  When he is given his assignment, he is chosen to be the Receiver of Memory.

As the Receiver he has to get every memory from all over the world from the old Receiver

he calls The Giver. 

      The Giver:

                  The Giver is the man who is the old Receiver.  He is also the one

who gives Jonas the memories.  In the community were Jonas lives is everything is

controlled, even people's memory.  The Giver is the only one who is not controlled.  It is

the Receiver's job to store the memories of the community and pass them on to the next

Receiver.

      Gabe:

                  Gabe is an infant who was part of Jonas's father's work that Jonas's father

brought home so he won't be released from the community(killed).

      Jonas's Family:

                        Jonas's family is not like our idea of a family.  They don't

love each of there family members like we love ours.  There is no privacy between

anybody.  They shared there dreams at breakfast and there day at dinner. 

      Introduction of Characters:

                                          Lowry introduces Jonas and his

family, with Gabe, plus The Giver.

      Rising Action:

                        Jonas receives the assignment of Receiver of Memory.

      Complication:

                        Jonas finds out that not all memories are nice.

      Conflict:

                The conflict is man vs. man.  Jonas can't turn down his assignment

without being released. 

      Climax:

               Jonas runs away from the perfect community so that Gabe won't be

released.

      Falling Action:

                        People search for Jonas and Gabe.

      Resolution:

                  Finally Jonas and Gabe make it elsewhere, and they were safe.

The Giver                                                                Setting

#1: "Now the landscape was changing.  It was a subtle change, hard to identify at first.

The road was narrower, and bumpy, apparently no longer tended to by road crews.  It was

harder suddenly, to balance on a bike, as the front wheel wobbled over stones and ruts."

#2: "Standing in the freezing mound that was thickening around his numb feet, Jonas

opened his own tunic, held Gabe to his bare chest, and tied the torn and dirty blanket

around them both.  Gabe moved feebly against and whimpered briefly into the silence that

surrounded them.

      Dimly, from a nearly forgotten perception as the blurred as the substance itself.

Jonas recalled what the witness was,

      "It's called snow, Gabe, Jonas whispered."

The Giver                 Theme/Readers Response

      Theme:

            1. A perfect thing to one is not perfect to another.

            2. Sometimes freedom is better than over protectivness.

      Readers Response:

                              A part of the book I didn't like was that people

didn't have to make any choices.  I also didn't like how people didn't have any emotions.

I don't think they should have a perfect community.

      The part of the book I did like was that the community had no violence and

pollution and no murder.  Overall I really enjoyed the book!

The Giver

(Report)  

      Jonas:

                     The story starts as Jonas, a twelve- year-old boy, who is waiting for his life

assignment.  When he is given his assignment, he is chosen to be the Receiver of Memory.

As the Receiver he has to get every memory from all over the world from the old Receiver

he calls The Giver. 

      The Giver:

                  The Giver is the man who is the old Receiver.  He is also the one

who gives Jonas the memories.  In the community were Jonas lives is everything is

controlled, even people's memory.  The Giver is the only one who is not controlled.  It is

the Receiver's job to store the memories of the community and pass them on to the next

Receiver.

      Gabe:

                  Gabe is an infant who was part of Jonas's father's work that Jonas's father

brought home so he won't be released from the community(killed).

      Jonas's Family:

                        Jonas's family is not like our idea of a family.  They don't

love each of there family members like we love ours.  There is no privacy between

anybody.  They shared there dreams at breakfast and there day at dinner. 

      Introduction of Characters:

                                          Lowry introduces Jonas and his

family, with Gabe, plus The Giver.

      Rising Action:

                        Jonas receives the assignment of Receiver of Memory.

      Complication:

                        Jonas finds out that not all memories are nice.

      Conflict:

                The conflict is man vs. man.  Jonas can't turn down his assignment

without being released. 

      Climax:

               Jonas runs away from the perfect community so that Gabe won't be

released.

      Falling Action:

                        People search for Jonas and Gabe.

      Resolution:

                  Finally Jonas and Gabe make it elsewhere, and they were safe.

The Giver                                                                Setting

#1: "Now the landscape was changing.  It was a subtle change, hard to identify at first.

The road was narrower, and bumpy, apparently no longer tended to by road crews.  It was

harder suddenly, to balance on a bike, as the front wheel wobbled over stones and ruts."

#2: "Standing in the freezing mound that was thickening around his numb feet, Jonas

opened his own tunic, held Gabe to his bare chest, and tied the torn and dirty blanket

around them both.  Gabe moved feebly against and whimpered briefly into the silence that

surrounded them.

      Dimly, from a nearly forgotten perception as the blurred as the substance itself.

Jonas recalled what the witness was,

      "It's called snow, Gabe, Jonas whispered."

The Giver                 Theme/Readers Response

      Theme:

            1. A perfect thing to one is not perfect to another.

            2. Sometimes freedom is better than over protectivness.

      Readers Response:

                              A part of the book I didn't like was that people

didn't have to make any choices.  I also didn't like how people didn't have any emotions.

I don't think they should have a perfect community.

      The part of the book I did like was that the community had no violence and

pollution and no murder.  Overall I really enjoyed the book!

The Giver

(Report)  

      Jonas:

                     The story starts as Jonas, a twelve- year-old boy, who is waiting for his life

assignment.  When he is given his assignment, he is chosen to be the Receiver of Memory.

As the Receiver he has to get every memory from all over the world from the old Receiver

he calls The Giver. 

      The Giver:

                  The Giver is the man who is the old Receiver.  He is also the one

who gives Jonas the memories.  In the community were Jonas lives is everything is

controlled, even people's memory.  The Giver is the only one who is not controlled.  It is

the Receiver's job to store the memories of the community and pass them on to the next

Receiver.

      Gabe:

                  Gabe is an infant who was part of Jonas's father's work that Jonas's father

brought home so he won't be released from the community(killed).

      Jonas's Family:

                        Jonas's family is not like our idea of a family.  They don't

love each of there family members like we love ours.  There is no privacy between

anybody.  They shared there dreams at breakfast and there day at dinner. 

      Introduction of Characters:

                                          Lowry introduces Jonas and his

family, with Gabe, plus The Giver.

      Rising Action:

                        Jonas receives the assignment of Receiver of Memory.

      Complication:

                        Jonas finds out that not all memories are nice.

      Conflict:

                The conflict is man vs. man.  Jonas can't turn down his assignment

without being released. 

      Climax:

               Jonas runs away from the perfect community so that Gabe won't be

released.

      Falling Action:

                        People search for Jonas and Gabe.

      Resolution:

                  Finally Jonas and Gabe make it elsewhere, and they were safe.

The Giver                                                                Setting

#1: "Now the landscape was changing.  It was a subtle change, hard to identify at first.

The road was narrower, and bumpy, apparently no longer tended to by road crews.  It was

harder suddenly, to balance on a bike, as the front wheel wobbled over stones and ruts."

#2: "Standing in the freezing mound that was thickening around his numb feet, Jonas

opened his own tunic, held Gabe to his bare chest, and tied the torn and dirty blanket

around them both.  Gabe moved feebly against and whimpered briefly into the silence that

surrounded them.

      Dimly, from a nearly forgotten perception as the blurred as the substance itself.

Jonas recalled what the witness was,

      "It's called snow, Gabe, Jonas whispered."

The Giver                 Theme/Readers Response

      Theme:

            1. A perfect thing to one is not perfect to another.

            2. Sometimes freedom is better than over protectivness.

      Readers Response:

                              A part of the book I didn't like was that people

didn't have to make any choices.  I also didn't like how people didn't have any emotions.

I don't think they should have a perfect community.

      The part of the book I did like was that the community had no violence and

pollution and no murder.  Overall I really enjoyed the book!

The Giver

(Report)  

      Jonas:

                     The story starts as Jonas, a twelve- year-old boy, who is waiting for his life

assignment.  When he is given his assignment, he is chosen to be the Receiver of Memory.

As the Receiver he has to get every memory from all over the world from the old Receiver

he calls The Giver. 

      The Giver:

                  The Giver is the man who is the old Receiver.  He is also the one

who gives Jonas the memories.  In the community were Jonas lives is everything is

controlled, even people's memory.  The Giver is the only one who is not controlled.  It is

the Receiver's job to store the memories of the community and pass them on to the next

Receiver.

      Gabe:

                  Gabe is an infant who was part of Jonas's father's work that Jonas's father

brought home so he won't be released from the community(killed).

      Jonas's Family:

                        Jonas's family is not like our idea of a family.  They don't

love each of there family members like we love ours.  There is no privacy between

anybody.  They shared there dreams at breakfast and there day at dinner. 

      Introduction of Characters:

                                          Lowry introduces Jonas and his

family, with Gabe, plus The Giver.

      Rising Action:

                        Jonas receives the assignment of Receiver of Memory.

      Complication:

                        Jonas finds out that not all memories are nice.

      Conflict:

                The conflict is man vs. man.  Jonas can't turn down his assignment

without being released. 

      Climax:

               Jonas runs away from the perfect community so that Gabe won't be

released.

      Falling Action: