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  1. At the start of the story Jonas is given the highly honored Assignment of Receiver of Memory at

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  3. The giver storyboard- Jonas' first memory receiving

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  4. The Giver

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  5. Themes and Characters

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  6. Cameron Monaghan as Asher. #TheGiver

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  1. Jonas's unusual assignment in The Giver

    Summary: In The Giver, Jonas's unusual assignment is that of the Receiver of Memory. This prestigious role involves receiving all past memories of the community from the current Receiver, known as ...

  2. Jonas Character Analysis in The Giver

    Jonas. On the surface, Jonas is like any other eleven-year-old boy living in his community. He seems more intelligent and perceptive than many of his peers, and he thinks more seriously than they do about life, worrying about his own future as well as his friend Asher's. He enjoys learning and experiencing new things: he chooses to volunteer ...

  3. Is Jonas's assignment in "The Giver" an honor or a punishment?

    Expert Answers. Jonas 's appointment as a Receiver of Memory is supposed to be an honor. When assignments are given out during the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas is singled out by being "saved" for the ...

  4. The Giver Chapters 7-9 Summary & Analysis

    His eyes have already marked him as unusual, and they have already linked him to Jonas, but the fact that he shares qualities with the Receiver suggests that he is even more special—that he, too, might be gifted with mysterious powers. A summary of Chapters 7-9 in Lois Lowry's The Giver. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene ...

  5. Jonas's character development and changes throughout "The Giver"

    8) Jonas has several traits that make him unique in his community. The Chief Elder lists them as intelligence, integrity, courage, and wisdom. The last trait is the Capacity to See Beyond. Jonas ...

  6. Jonas's character, relationships, and experiences in The Giver

    What is Jonas's assignment in The Giver? The first answer is clearly correct. The job that Jonas is assigned to is the job of Receiver of Memory.

  7. The Giver Chapter 7 Summary & Analysis

    But the Chief Elder skips Jonas and calls number 20. Jonas is terrified and wonders what he has done wrong. The crowd also is uneasy because the Chief Elder has made Jonas the object of attention. By skipping Jonas, the Chief Elder singles him out. Jonas and the crowd are shocked because it's considered rude to call attention to an individual.

  8. Chapters 9-10

    Summary and Analysis Chapters 9-10. In Chapter 9, Jonas realizes that his life will never be the same as a result of having been selected as the new Receiver of Memory. At the conclusion of the December Ceremony, Jonas immediately feels "separate, different." People move aside for him to pass, and his peers are unsure of how to act toward him.

  9. The Giver Chapter 9 Summary & Analysis

    Jonas feels left out and strange. Even Asher acts differently and respectfully toward him. Jonas realizes that he won't share this job with anyone the way the other Twelves will. He feels uncomfortably different. With Jonas's privileges and individualism comes loneliness, which does not exist in the rest of the community.

  10. The Giver: Jonas Quotes

    When Jonas receives the instructions for his assignment as the Receiver, he learns that part of his new job is being allowed to lie. Jonas's reaction shows how tenuous the balance of his society really is, and how powerful information can be. ... As Jonas and the Giver plot Jonas's escape, Jonas's growing bitterness towards his society ...

  11. The Giver Chapter 6 Summary & Analysis

    Analysis. On the first day of the two-day December ceremony, Assignments for Ones through Eights are given out. Jonas learns that because his father pleaded Gabriel's case to the Committee, Gabriel is allowed one extra year of nurturing to gain weight.

  12. the Giver Q`s Ch.8-10 Flashcards

    Jonas was selected to become the new Receiver of Memory for the Community. It was unusual because the Community only had one Receiver, and he chose his successor. Receiver was the most important job in the Community. What were the four qualities the chief elder said the receiver of memory must have? Intelligence, integrity, courage, and wisdom.

  13. The Giver: Sparklet Chapter Summaries

    Chapters 14-16. Over the next days, the Giver transmits more and more painful memories to Jonas, always ending the day with a memory of pleasure, and after experiencing starvation, the Giver explains that horrible memories need to be preserved in order for them to provide wisdom to the community. Meanwhile, the baby Gabriel is developing but ...

  14. Jonas

    Jonas is the main protagonist in The Giver and a secondary character in Messenger and Son; he was only mentioned in Gathering Blue. At the start of the series, he was selected as the Receiver of Memory. After a year of training, Jonas began to question the way the community was run and made a plan with The Giver to restore everyone's memories. The day he left the community, he took Gabriel ...

  15. Jonas Character Analysis in The Giver

    The Giver. The protagonist of the novel, Jonas is thoughtful, intelligent, sensitive, and compassionate. He feels confused by some of the rules of the community, although he obeys them, and longs for human touch even before he understands it. Set apart from his friends by his pale eyes and his ability to see color, he is selected to be the next ...

  16. Jonas in The Giver by Lois Lowry

    Jonas is the protagonist of The Giver. He is a boy preparing to be assigned his life-long role in the Community, where he lives with his sister Lily and their parents. Jonas worries about what ...

  17. The challenges and reasons behind selecting Jonas as the next Receiver

    In The Giver, why was Jonas chosen as the next Receiver of Memory? ... As the community's selected Receiver of Memory, it is Jonas's Assignment to carry the burden of the world's past memories ...

  18. What were Jonas's training rules in The Giver?

    There are actually a list of eight rules that Jonas must follow as the new Receiver of Memory in The Giver. (These can be found in Chapter 9 on page 68.) However, only three of them directly apply ...

  19. The Giver Chapter 19 Summary & Analysis

    The Giver turns on the video screen, and he and Jonas watch as Jonas's father weighs the two babies and then places the smaller one on a table. Jonas's father takes out a syringe and injects a needle into a vein on the newchild's forehead. The newchild jerks its muscles and then stops moving. Then Jonas's father says, "Bye bye," waves, puts the ...

  20. The Giver Chapter 2 Summary & Analysis

    After sharing, Jonas 's parents ask to speak with Jonas alone. Jonas's father tries to calm his fears by telling him that people are rarely disappointed in their Assignments, because the Committee of Elders monitors Elevens' interest so as to place them where they would best be able to do good work for the community. Jonas remembers the Committee monitoring his group of Elevens, but he is ...

  21. How does the Chief Elder describe Jonas's assignment in The Giver

    The Chief Elder describes Jonas's assignment as a selection, unique from all the other assignments given that day. He has been selected to be the next Receiver of Memory. This is a very rare ...

  22. Jonas's Father Character Analysis in The Giver

    Jonas's father is one of the only characters in the novel, besides the Giver and Jonas, who seems to grapple with difficult decisions and complex emotions. Although Jonas's father does not have access to the memories that give Jonas and the Giver insight into human relationships and feelings, he displays many of the characteristics that ...

  23. The Giver Character Analysis

    Jonas's greatest concern for Asher is that he speaks without thinking and often confuses words, which is a great shortcoming in the community. ... The group of elders that makes decisions for the community, like Matching Spouses, Assignments, and rules. The Giver advises the Committee. Caleb. A four-year-old boy who drowned in the river. His ...