semester exam: the giver

Question 1

characterization

Answer 1

Jonas is precise, careful, rule-following, normal
Asher is clumsy, careless, funny, quirky

Question 2

fate/control vs free will

Answer 2

theme: choices, freedom that the community is deprived of

Question 3

control vs chaos

Answer 3

theme: control of society vs chaos that would ensue without it

Question 4

individual vs society

Answer 4

theme: individual’s opinion and choice vs society’s conformity and urging

Question 5

coming of age

Answer 5

theme: as they grow up, they get more mature, and more things change

Question 6

euthanasia

Answer 6

theme: killing without pain, presumably, what happens when people are ‘released’

Question 7

theme

Answer 7

ideas in the novel

Question 8

motif

Answer 8

a recurring pattern, element, or action in the book representing a bigger idea

Question 9

apology

Answer 9

motif: in their community, there is a standard apology “I apologize for/to…” they have to say this after doing something wrong/breaking a rule

Question 10

safety

Answer 10

motif: idk but maybe because the community is controlling to keep them safe but took it too far

Question 11

release

Answer 11

motif: euthanasia; killing without pain

Question 12

nomenclature

Answer 12

motif: the naming system for newborns/babies/people

Question 13

symbol

Answer 13

a tangible thing that is significant because it communicates a bigger idea/theme

Question 14

sled

Answer 14

symbol: symbolizes freedom, possibilities of the world, and the discoveries Jonas makes during his training

Question 15

light eyes

Answer 15

symbol: symbolizes depth, uniqueness, differences

Question 16

bicycle

Answer 16

symbol: symbolizes coming of age (receiving bicycles @9), and differences in personalities even though the community wants everyone to be the same (asher is clumsy/funny so his bike is never parked properly, Jonas is precise so his bike is always parked neatly)

Question 17

front-buttoned jacket

Answer 17

symbol: symbolizes independence (before they had back-buttoned jackets to promote interdependence) and coming of age (receiving the jackets @7)

Question 18

books

Answer 18

symbol: symbolizes control, loss of info (people are allowed to have books that the elders approve and supply, specifically the book of rules, but the giver has a lot of books that people didn’t even know existed.)

Question 19

Gabriel

Answer 19

symbol: 🤷‍♀️ but maybe cuz of his light eyes

Question 20

internal conflict

Answer 20

Jonas struggles when he reads that he will be allowed to lie in his training folder because he is always told that lying is one of the worst transgressions while growing up. Therefore this change made him feel disturbed especially because the community’s emphasis on the precision of language is so that no one accidentally tells a lie. If he is permitted to lie, who else is? Anyone could be lying to him so anything he believes could be untrue!

Question 21

external conflict

Answer 21

fritz (mentioned in Chapter 6) made small transgressions but each error reflected badly on his parents and infringed on the community’s sense of control, neatness, and perfection.