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The Giver - Conflict Presentation

By: Daisy Cole

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The Giver was written By: Lois Lowrey

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Conclusion to Conflicts

There were many conflicts of each type in this book, but the the main idea wasn't about the conflicts or the solutions to the conflicts, but the road along the way.

Character vs Nature

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Definition:

In chapter 22, Jonas is riding through Elsewhere out of the community with Gabriel. The road starts to get narrower and bumpy and when he goes over a bump, he falls off his bike. The is a Character vs Nature conflict because the terrain is part of Nature and the bumpy terrain caused Jonas to fall off his bike.

"One night Jonas fell, when his bike jolted to a sudden stop against a rock. He grabbed instinctively for Gabriel; and the newchild, strapped tightly in his seat, was uninjured, only frightened when the bike fell to its side. But Jonas' ankle was twisted, and his knees were scraped and raw, blood seeping through his torn trousers. Painfully he righted hinslef and the bike, and reassured Gabe." -Pg. 171, Chapter 22

As Jonas and Gabe ride through Elsewhere in chapter 22, they each start to circum to the elements as they run out of food, water, and energy to keep moving. It gets harder to find food and water and it gets harder to sleep as Jonas thinks about the luxuries that they had back at the community. This is a Character vs Nature conflict because Jonas is struggling to survive while being out on his own in the middle of nature.

" At night, while Gabriel slept beside him, Jonas lay awake, tortured by hunger, and remembered his life in the community where meals were delivered to each dwelling everyday." -Pg. 173, Chapter 22

A Character vs Nature conflict is a problem or disagreement between a person a force of nature such as an animal,plants, or climate.

In chapter 23, it starts to snow and Jonas is forced to abandon his bike because of the hilly ladscape and the ever piling snow. Walking makes his journey longer and harder and he starts to circum to hypothermia, frostbite, and lack of food and water. This is a Character vs Nature conflixt because the snow is making it harder for Jonas to travel.

" Standing in the freezing mound that was thinckening around his numb feet, Jonas opened his own tunic, held Gabriel tp his bare chest, and tied teh torn and dirty blanket around them both.Gabriel moved feebly against him and whimpered briefly into the silence that surrounded them. -Pg. 175, Chapter 23

Character vs Society

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In chapter 16, Jonas is given a memory that shows him the feeling of love. The memory consists of a happy family that are all related through marriage and blood and that have grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Jonas enjoys the feelings from the memory and later asks his parents if they love him. Instead of getting a heartwarming response like he had hoped for, he gets scolded and laughed at for his "lack of precision of words" and is told to the alternative words that he could of used and how someone can enjoy your skills but not your personality, ( because in this community people barely have different personalities.) Jonas lies to his parents by saying that he understands and feels generally discouraged at his community and their misunderstand of emotions and feelings. This is a Charater vs Society conflict because Jonas can't understand why the community would erase such an exhilarating feeling as love and even scold peope for the use of the word.

" "Do you love me?" There was an awkward silence for a moment. Then Father gave a little chuckle, " Jonas. You, of all people. Precision of language, please!" "What do you mean?" Jonas asked. Amusement was not at all what he had anticipated. "Your father means that you used a very generalized word, so meaningless that it's become almost obselite," his mother explained carefully. Jonas stared at them. Meaningless? He had never before felt anything as meaningful as the memory. "And of courseour community can't function smoothly if people don't use precise language. You could ask, 'Do you enjoy me?' The answer is 'Yes,' " his mother said. "Or," his father suggested, " 'Do you take pride in my accomplishments?' And the answer is wholeheartedly 'Yes.' " "Do you understand why it's innapropriate to use a word like 'love'?" Mother asked. Jonas nodded. " Yes, thank you, I do," he replied slowly. It was his first lie to his parents." -Pg. 127, Chapter 16

Character vs Character

A Character vs Society conflict is a problem or disagreement between a person and either a large amount of people or a common belief.

In chapter 19, Jonas asks the Giver about release. The Giver then proceeds to turn on a video and lets Jonas watch the release of the twin baby from earlier that morning. Jonas watches as his father appears on the screen with two infants as he weighs them. After seeing which one weighs less, his father injects the lighter one with a syringe. The baby then begins to fuss and twitch until it becomes completely still and dies. Jonas quickly relizes what just happened and becomes mortified. The Giver then tells him that Rosemary applied for release and that the real meaning of release is death. This is a Character vs Society conflict because Jonas realizes what his community has done in order to function properly and how inhumane and unfair it really is.

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" The Giver turned to him, " Well, there you are, Jonas. You wondering about release," he said in a bitter voice. Jonas felt a ripping sensation inside himself, the feeling of a terrible pain clawing it's way forward to emerge in a cry." -Pg. 151, Chapter 19

After having made a plan to leave the community, in chapter 21, Jonas' plans on leaving in 2 weeks backfire when he is given the news that baby Gabriel will be released the following day. Jonas now knows what releasal is and will not tolerate such a thing. He is forced to leave 2 weeks early in order to protect baby Gabriel from being released. This is a Character vs Society conflict because the community has no knowledge of what happens when people are realeased, so they have no empathy when it comes to the old or the newborns being released. Since the community has no empathy, but Jonas does, he absolutely has to take Gabriel with him since he cares so much about him.

In chapter 7, Jonas has finally made it to the Ceremony of 12. The 11's are up by a number that they were given at birth. 19, Jonas' number is just about to be called when the Chief Elder skips to 20 instead. Jonas, number 20, and the rest of the crowd grow silent in momentary shock at the Chief Elder's mistake. Everyone expects her to compose a public apology for her mistake and go back to Jonas, but she simply continues with the ceremony. This is a Character vs Character conflict because the Chief Elder's actions result in Jonas feeling inferior and embarassed as everyone stares at him because of her "mistake" that we later find out is no mistake at all. Jonas starts to feel very small and confused as he thinks that he has dones something wrong, when he has really done nothing wrong at all.

" Jonas worked at keeping his voice absolutely calm, " When?" he asked, " When will he be released?" "First thing tomorrow morning. We have to start our preparations for the Naming Ceremony, so we thought we'd get this taken care of right away. It's bye-bye to you, Gabe, in the morning." Father had said in his sweet sing-song voice.

-Pg.165, Chapter 21

"But she had skipped him. He saw the others in his group glance at him, embarassed, and then avert their eyes quickly. He sawed a worried look on the face of their group leader." -Pg. 57, Chapter 7

A Character vs

Character conflict is a problem or disagreement between to different people in a book.

In Chapter 17, Jonas has just recently been showed a memory of war and death by the Giver. Today, there is a scheduled holiday in which everyone has off from work and school. Jonas decides to go to the playground and gain some normalcy by playing with Asher, Fiona, and the other kids. When he gets there, all of the kids are playing a war game in which they pretend to shoot eachother, attack eachother, and lay dead, (just like an actual war). Jonas, having seen an actual war take place, asks them to stop. The kids don't understand and become frustrated with his wierd behavior. Their frustration with Jonas, causes him to get frustrated also, at their ignorance and cluelessness as to why he cannot watch or play the game. This is definitely a Character vs Character conflict because Jonas and the other kids totally misunderstand each other with their different views on life and end their conversation on an unhappy note with Jonas frustrated at his job his friends' ignorance, and the whole community in general, meanwhile his friends are angry that he just disrupted their game.

" "Asher," Jonas said. He was trying to speak carefully, and with kindness, to say exactly what he wanted to say. " You had no way of knowing this. I didn't know it myself until recently.But it's a cruel game. In the past their have-" " I said I apologize, Jonas." Jonas sighed. It was no use.Of course Asher couldn't understand. "I accept you apology, Asher." he said wearily.

In chapter 19, Jonas beheld his father releasing a new born baby. In chapter 20, after having seen this, he refuses to go home and face his father after what he had just seen him do. This is a Character vs Character conflict because Jonas is outraged that his father could do such a thing as kill babies and then lie to him about it and act like everything is normal. What Jonas doesn't understand on his father's side of the spectrum is that his father almost has no mind of his own and does what the government tells him to, not what he wants to do. So, although his father just killed the new born baby, he may not realize what he is doing or that he is even lying about it in the first place.

" "Listen to me, Jonas. They can't help it. They know nothing." "You said that to me once before." " I said it because it's true. It's the way they live. It's the life that was created for them. It's the same life that you would have, if you had not been chosen as my successor." " But he lied to me!" Jonas wept. -Pg. 153, Chapter 20

Character vs Self

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A Character vs

Self conflict is when

1. In the 2nd chapter of The Giver, Jonas and his family talk about his emotions on the ceremony of 12. Jonas admits to his parents that he is feeling apprehensive and a little nervous for the ceremony. At the end of chapter 2, Jonas isn't sure whether the conversation with his parents made him completely feel better or how he will feel when the ceremony happens. This is a Character vs Self conflict because Jonas' only issues is with his own emotions. This moved the plot forward by creating angst for the ceremony.

" Though he had been reassured by the talk with his parents, he hadn't the slightest idea what Assignment the Elders would be selecting for his future, or how he might feel about it when the day came." - Pg. 19, Chapter2

Introduction to Conflicts

2. In chapter 8, Jonas finally goes to the Ceremony of 12. At the Ceremony of 12, Jonas is skipped and everyone panics. Finally the Chief Elder explains that Jonas was skipped because he has a special job and he is called to the stage. Jonas is told that he is the new Receiver. Although, this is a special job, it also explained that Jonas will endure great pain and sorrow. After the description of the job, the crowd starts to chant Jonas' name. As he listens to the crowd chant and shout his name with celebration, he starts to think about how the Chief Elder described his job. He is excited and happy that he got a special job, but is also fearful of the "pain" and sorrow to come with is new job. Jonas is very unsure about his unusual job and doesn't know what to think of it.

" With the chant, Jonas knew, the community was accepting him and his knew role, giving him life, the way they had given it to the new child Caleb. His heart swelled with gratitude and pride.

But at the same time, he was filled with fear. He did not know what his selection meant. He did not know what he was to become. Or what would become of him." - Pg. 64, Chapter 8

a person is not able to function or create a solid opinion because they are having trouble evaluating their emotions and/or weighing out the good and bad of their situation.

3. Jonas finds out the specifics of his job as the reciever in chapter 9. He is Given a folder that has all of the rules and requirements for his job and he is also given excuses to break rules. Jonas finds out that he is not allowed to tell people anything about his job, rules, or benefits, and he is not allowed to apply for release. Jonas is also excused for rudeness and lying. Later, Jonas starts to contemplate whether he will really need to do things such as lie, ask questions, or be rude. He then starts to wonder if any body else is allowed to lie. Jonas gets confused about the situation and can no longer decide whether he would like to break te rules or not because all though he knows that it would be nice to be able to break the rules without being called out once in while, he also knows that he would feel guilty because he was raised not to break rules. Jonas also feels like he has been decieved by those around him because he doesn't know if they are allowed to lie or not also, and he doesn't know whether to mention to anyone else.

" His mind reeled. Now, empowered to ask questions of utmost rudeness - and promised answers - he could, conceivably, (though it was almost unimaginable), ask someone, some adult, his father perhaps; "Do you lie?" But he would have no way of knowing if the answer he recieved were true

- Pg. 71, Chapter 9

There are 4 types of conflicts in The Giver. These conflicts are Character vs Character, Character vs Self, Character vs Society, and Character vs Nature. These express problems or misunderstandings between a character and another character, them self, their society, or nature.

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