the giver Flashcards
jonas dialogue
asks questions, trouble with lies
the giver dialogue
explanatory (how the world works)
fiona dialogue
someone for Jonas to relate to, gentle
asher dialogue
someone for jonas to relate to, but speaks how boys do to each other
father dialogue
baby talk, talks about Gabe’s release
mother dialogue
very stern and cares about precision of language
chief elder dialogue
thanks twelves for their childhoods
rosemary
relates to Jonas but more ecstatic
comfort object:
stuffed animal children have until they are nines that comfort them
release:
a way of letting go of the community that they think it is going elsewhere but it is really just death
elsewhere:
beyond the community
similarities of the book and movies:
same characters and rules
differences of the book and movies:
they sled on trays, and jonas and fiona are love interests, in the movie
apple symbol:
break of reality; change
sled symbol:
escape and freedom
river symbol:
escape from one’s knowledge
at ceremony, ones:
given to their family units
at ceremony, nines:
get bicycles and lose comfort object
at ceremony, twelves:
get their jobs
GK: what led the community to being the way it is:
the ruin
GK: 5 utopia:
peace, sameness, beauty, perfection, serenity
GK: 5 dystopia:
sadness, downfall to society, controlling, suffering, war
GK: some main jobs (6):
receiver of memory, nurturer, caretaker of old, drone pilot, recreation director: birthmother
GK: importance of ceremonies and when are they
everybody ages up regardless of age; December
GK: most important memories:
the elephant, the sled, the war, the family in the cabin
GK:rules in community (5):
no lying, 2 children per unit, no rudeness, no bikes before nine, no hoarding
GK: purpose of medication:
to not feel any pain/emotions/stirrings
why are feelings and memories removed from the community
it takes away the desired for wanting things
rules and laws in present-day society
it is valuable to have a good habit of not breaking rules anywhere
how are the ppl in jonas’ community interdependent:
everybody has the same knowledge and they all work together
