![]() to sacrifice himself in order to save someone he loved (Gabriel).to think for himself and question what was happening around him.What were some of the things Jonas learned? Give examples. In order to change plans suddenly and sneak away from the community with Gabriel, Jonas must have learned many new values during his time with the Giver.Loving Jonas, and knowing Jonas had the ability to love, made the Giver determined to help him escape to the larger world.Telling the truth about Rosemary seems to have made the Giver less willing to risk any more tragedies like hers.Sharing memories with Jonas made the Giver feel less alone and less hopeless.Why do you think the Giver finally decided that “things must change”?.Many new terms are mechanical (“comfort object”) or euphemistic (“release” for kill), which reinforces the lack of emotion and the sense of control in the community.The people of the community have also been robbed of freedom and playfulness, and are restricted to literal actions and interactions with one another. Almost all words are restricted to literal meanings, taking away the freedom and playfulness that figurative language allows.The lack of figurative language and showy adjectives robs the language of “color,” just as the community has been robbed of color.What did you notice about the language used by the author in this book? How does it reflect the community itself?.There were no natural connections among family members there was no such thing as love there were no grandparents or sense of continuity.Children were assigned to each set of parents when the children were old enough, the parents were removed to a home for Childless Parents.Its role was to raise children by the rules. The family unit was an artificial family selected by the Elders.What was the role of the “family unit” in Jonas’s community, and how is it different from the concept of family in our culture?.Here are some thoughtful questions with thoughts on each one to talk about and share. From basic comprehension questions, to discussion questions/topics, as well as the colorless project that I chose to do with our book club. Since I have spent time organizing my own thoughts about this book, I decided to gather a bunch of it here. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. It had been awhile since I had read it, and I found myself a little surprised (and maybe a little overwhelmed) about how many topics could be discussed after reading it. The Giver Book Discussion and Color Less Activityįor our Mother/Daughter Book Club this month, we chose to read The Giver by Lois Lowry. A thing that I enjoyed about the book is that it shows how Jonas started to change and act different, for the better, when the Giver gave him more memories.The Giver is a wonderful middle and high school level novel that invokes tons of in-depth discussion and raises thought provoking questions about a life without memories, feelings or pain, a life of sameness and predictability and how that might be better or worse than the life we live. I really enjoyed this book, and it was not predictable. The Giver shows him some very important memories, and Jonas sets out on a quest to show everyone these memories that he has. Everything in his community is the same- that means no colors, animals, and everyone is treated the same. The person training him, or as Jonas calls him, the Giver, gives him memories of a long long time ago when things were way more strange. When the day finally comes, he gets told that he has the rarest and highest of honor job there is- he gets to see memories from a long time ago in history. When the Ceremony of Twelve arrives, Jonas has no idea what job he is going to get, but lots of kids his age do. Because everything is the same, everyone gets bicycles at the same age, gets their job at the Ceremony of Twelve, and is only allowed to have one boy and one girl child in their "family unit". Jonas lives in a community where everything is the same and fair, because with any differences it can cause arguments. The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, was about a boy named Jonas who is about to turn twelve.
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