Chapters 13-15

In Chapter 13, Jonas learns about the other colors. He talks to the giver about sameness and how it keeps people from doing wrong. They can't choose the wrong color toy if there is no color. After his lesson, Jonas sees Asher and asks him about the flowers and if he can see any thing different about them. When Asher thinks Jonas is sick, Jonas says that he just thought the flowers were wilting.

In Chapter 14, Jonas is back on the hill with a sled but the hill is a lot steeper. As the sled moved foreword he grinned as it picked up speed. But something was wrong. The runners couldn't slice through the snow because it was too icy. Jonas picked a lot of speed. He went sideways and hit a bump and went flying through the air. He landed and was hit by his first wave of pain. It felt like a hatchet was stuck in his leg. When he came back he asked the giver for relief of pain but the giver said no because it was related to his training.

In Chapter 15, He went for his training and saw the giver was in much pain. The giver asked Jonas to take some of the pain. When Jonas put hiss hands on him he was in a field full of groaning men. A little boy next to him asked him for water as blood dripped from his mouth. After Jonas gave him water the boys head fell back and went motionless. Jonas looked around to find many men in the same state that the boy had had. He could hear the thud of cannons in the distance. When he came back, the giver told him,"I'm sorry."

Chapter 12

In Chapter 12 Jonas waked up and tells his parents that he did not have any dreams during the night. At school during recreation period all the twelves were a "buzz" telling about their first day. After school Fiona and Jonas were riding to the house of the old. When he got there he he saw what the giver called "seeing beyond." He looked at Fiona and her hair was changing. Not shape of size but something else. He walked inside and asked the giver about it. The giver told him to recall the memory of the sled ride. He looked at the sled and saw that it had changed too. He came back to the real world and told the giver about it. The giver told Jonas that it was color. The color that he had seen was the color red.

Chapter 8-11

In Chapter 8, The next number the speaker called was 20. She skipped his number. She finished up and finally want back. Jonas had received a special job. The receiver. The receive was the most respected job in the community. He was to start training the next day.

In Chapter 9, Jonas recalled his instructions for the next day

1. Go immediately at the end of school hours each day to the Annex entrance behind the house of the old and present yourself to the attendant.
2. Go immediately to your dwelling at the conclusion of Training Hours each day.
3. From this moment you are exempt from rules governing rudeness. You may ask any question to any citizen and you will receive answers.
4. Do not discuss your training with any members of the community, including parents and Elders.
5. From this moment you are prohibited from dream telling.
6. Except for illness or inquiry unrelated to your training, do no apply for any medication.
7. You are not permitted to apply for release.
8. You may lie.

In Chapter 10, Jonas goes to is first lesson with the receiver. He was surprised to see that the door was locked considering that all doors in the community were suppose to be unlocked. When he walked in he was also surprised that the walls were covered in books. Most family dwellings only had three books. The dictionary, a thick volume of the community, and the book of rules. Jonas receives his first memory of snow.

In Chapter 11, he first started feeling snow. He thought they were pinpricks but when they touched his skin they did not hurt. He looks around and finds that he is on a hill with a sled. He gets on the sled and rides down the mountain. Jonas also learns about the pain they were talking about. Sunburn. He is also told to call the man The Giver.

Chapter 4-7

In Chapter 4, Jonas is looking for Asher's bike. He finally finds it in front of the house of the old next to Fiona's bike. Jonas has a crush on Fiona but he didn't understand the feeling of love. In the house he bathes the elderly. He talks to the woman he is bathing and she tells him about the release of Roberto and how they told of his life.

In Chapter 5, Jonas had a dream about Fiona. They were back at the house of the old and Jonas wanted Fiona to take her cloths off but she kept laughing and said no. He kept asking her but she never did. In the morning the family had to tell about their dreams. Jonas told about it and his mother decided it was time to take the pill. The pill is used to eliminate dreams like those which are called Stirrings.

In Chapter 6,The family unit was getting ready for the ceremonies. Jonas was with a group of elevens on the balcony. That day they got from the 1's to the 10's. The 11's would be tomorrow.

In Chapter 7, Jonas's group gets new seats directly in front of the stage. Each child was assigned a number when they were born. Jonas's number was 19. Asher assignment was Assigned director of Recreation. When it got to 18 Jonas was getting nervous.

Chapter 1-3

In chapter 1, Jonas wonders how he is feeling that day. When he goes home, he eats dinner and his family preforms a feeling ritual. He decides that he is feeling apprehensive because the ceremony of the twelves is coming soon. This ceremony is important because it decides the child's job. When he is at school, his best friend Asher is late and he has to apologize for disrupting the class.

In chapter 2, father tells about a boy that he is taking care of at the nurture center. The boy is not doing very well at sleeping and doing other things and father is worried that they might release the boy. Father admitted that he looked at the naming charts so he could see the boys name and he thought that would help him. the boys name is Gabriel, or as father called him, Gabe.

In Chapter 3, Gabe comes home with father. Father brought him home so he could work with him more so Gabe wouldn't have to be released.

Welcome to My Blog!

Hi! I'm Steve and this website is my review/study guide for Lois Lowry's The Giver. This is a project for Mrs. Lesher's enriched reading class at Wissahickon Middle School. We had to read The Giver as a class project but a few of us were given the chance to compare The Giver and the Messenger or Gathering Blue. I read the Messenger. I hope you will find help on my website. Good Reading!