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The Giver: Chapter 17
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LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS
Point of view
Third person (limited omniscient)
VALUES
Compassion
Example from chapter:
“But now Jonas had experienced real sadness. He had felt grief.”
"In his mind, Jonas saw again the face of the boy who had lain dying on a field and had begged him for water. He had a sudden choking feeling, as if it were difficult to breathe."
ATTITUDES
Jonas being sorrowful
pg. 134
Theme:
memories
Value: compassion
Chapter
17
Issue:
Jonas unable to share his feelings
ISSUES
Jonas being unable to express his feelings and emotions
"But he knew they could not understand why, without the memories."
pg. 135
"Jonas sighed. It was no use. Of course Asher couldn't understand."
pg. 135
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
THEMES
JACQUELINE LE & CHRISTIAN SPATARA
Key themes in chapter 17:
jonas
isolation
memories
“But he knew that such times had been taken from him now.”
pg. 135
SUMMARY
Jonas's acceptance that his childhood is slipping away and that he could change nothing
pg. 130
"Today is declared an unscheduled holiday."
“His childhood, his friendships, his carefree sense of security — all of these things seemed to be slipping away.
pg. 135
CHARACTERISATION
“He had never recognised it before as a game of war.”
pg. 133
When Jonas sees that his friends are playing a war game and tells them to stop
“‘Asher’, Jonas said. He was trying to speak carefully, and with kindness, to say exactly what he wanted to say.”
pg. 134
CHARACTERISATION
“Jonas knew with certainty that he could change nothing.”
pg. 135
asher
Onomatopoeia
Example from chapter:
"'Psssheeewwww!' A child's voice, coming from behind a nearby bush, made the sound. 'Pow! Pow! Pow!'"
"...and the only sound was the sound of Jonas's shuddering breaths. He was struggling not to cry."
pg. 134
"He was struggling not to cry.”
pg. 134
fiona
"But he knew he couldn't go back to the world of no feelings that he had lived in so long."
pg. 131
"But he knew they could not understand why, without the memories."
pg. 135