The Giver

The Giver

Book by: Lois Lowry

Setting

Summary

Genre

Characters:

Jonas

Character:

Asher

The story is in the future in a isolated community. The houses are organized and tidy. The citizens of the community have a lot of rules that they must follow. Color is irrelevant since no one can see color.

A child named Jonas lives in a virtually perfect community in the future. Howeverm when he turns 12 his life changes for ever. Due to his new job, he realizes the flaws in the community. Jonas will change many lives in this awe inspiring book.

Jonas is a young boy at the age of 11, turning 12 and has blue eyes.

Big idea: Jonas is very questioning about things that every one else passes by. Jonas is also curios about the way things work in his community. Jonas begins to see colors and at the age of 12 is given the title as the Receiver of memory. His mentor is the Giver who gives him real memories and feelings.

Asher is a boy of 11 tuning 12. He has plain dark eyes unlike Jonas or the Giver.

Big Idea: Asher is very plain and dose not question his surroundings. He beleves that his community is perfect. Asher dose not feel true emotions like Jonas.

Dystopian:

The story takes place in the future in a community that claims to be perfect by controlling everyone in it. The community is flawed and no one sees it.

Characters

Characters:

The Giver

-Jonas

-The Giver

-Asher

The Giver holds all the communities memories and feelings. He is very old and has blue eyes like Jonas.

Big Idea: The Giver gives Jonas his memories, feelings, and colors.(pgs, 97-100) This helps Jonas realize that the community is flawed. The Giver helps Jonas escape and give feelings to the hole community making the community better. (pgs,155-166)

Mood and Tone

Theme:

Mini Theme 2

Archetype:

The Giver

Mini Theme 1

Characters affected by setting

Love may come with hate but cherish love to the best of your ability because love is the most important thing you have.

Evidence-

-Jonas realizes that love is more power full than fear and it is necessary to truly live and feel.

scene: The Giver is describing his love for a receiver years ago. He told Jonas that when he had to show the receiver, harsh sad things. The receiver could not stand it and was released of her own accord (pgs 140-143)

Theme- Sadness and fear are important in small amounts because if you must experience much pain, grief, and sadness at once it can break you.

-Jonas flips out when he learns more about feelings and the community and wants things to change while Asher is happy with the way things are.

Scene-Jonas is talking whith the Giver about choices and Jonas realizes that with out color there are no choices

Theme-Choices are very important and you should be thankful you have them in life so use them wisely.

Beginning

-The Giver

Achetype- Mentor

Evidence-

-The Giver gives Jonas memories and color which helps Jonasrelize the flaws in the community

-The Giver teaches Jonas aboutlife out side the community and makees him relize there are no choices in the community.

-The Giver helps Jonas relize that death is a veary dad thing if you are killed unnatraly.

Middle

End

mood- confused

Mood-fearful.

Asher

Jonas:

mood- Gatefullness

Asher is plain and feels content in his community. He dose not care for change and is happy with the way things are.

Jonas realizes that every one else has no feelings and can see no colors. This makes Jonas realizes all the flaws in his community and makes him want to change the way things are.

-Jonas is scared when he will experience pain."He went on when Jonas was on the bed, waiting a little fear full"(pg 107)

-Jonas is thinking of the plain that flew over his community and what hapend to the pilot.

Jonas is glad that he is giving the community happy nees and other fellings.