The Giver: Chapters 1-7

Chapter 1

• Vocabulary includes: utopia, distraught, apprehensive.

Chapter 2

• Vocabulary includes: ceremony, ritual.
• To acquire a child, families must apply and be deemed suitable.
• Only when children turn nine years old are they allowed to ride their bikes

Chapter 3

• Vocabulary includes: chastise, petulant, bewilder.
• Jonas and Gabriel both have pale eyes in common.

Chapter 4

• Vocabulary includes: dwelling.
• Fiona is a girl in Jonas's community, and is a friend of his..

Chapter 5

• Vocabulary includes: confide, damp.

Chapter 6

• Vocabulary includes: fidget, dangle, interdependence, emblem
• Newborns are named and given to a family unit during the Naming Ceremony.
• Those who are released from the community are sent "Elsewhere".
• The Childcare Center is responsible for children.
• During the Ceremony of the Nines, children receive their bicycles, symbolizing their independence and readiness to move on to new responsibilities.

Chapter 7

• Vocabulary includes: recollection.
• Elevens are seated in the order of their birth numbers.
• Children are generally punished through physical means.
• Asher was punished for misusing language, reflecting the community's emphasis on precision and conformity in communication.
• He experienced shock and confusion when he was not called to receive his assignment.

Chapter 8

• Vocabulary includes: kinship, benign, astonishment.
• Jonas was selected to be the next Receiver of Memories.
• Requirements for the assignment of Receiver of Memories include intelligence, integrity, courage, wisdom, and the Capacity to See Beyond.

Chapter 9

• Vocabulary includes: exempt, accustom, restriction.
• Loss of privileges indicates the highest degree of disgrace.
• Five instructions Jonas was given are:
  • Go to the Annex after school hours
  • Go home after training hours
  • Exempted from rudeness rules
  • Cannot apply for release
  • Cannot discuss training

Chapter 10

• Vocabulary includes: conspicuous, exhilarating.
• The doors were locked at the Receiver of Memory to ensure privacy and prevent interruption during training.
• The Receiver obtains wisdom through the accumulation of memories and experiences transmitted over time.
• The old receiver describes his job as "going downhill through deep snow," meaning both difficult and exhausting, also a metaphor for passing on burden of memories to Jonas
• The Receiver transmits memories to Jonas through physical touch.
• Jonas has no concept of pain because it has been eliminated from the community.

Chapter 11

• Vocabulary includes: startling, frigid, eager, obsolete.
• Jonas experiences snow for the first time through a transferred memory.
• Climate control is the community's system to regulate weather conditions, ensuring a stable environment for agriculture and daily life.
• The sameness is the community's effort to eliminate differences to create stability and control.

Chapter 12

• Vocabulary includes: fretful, fleeting, relinquish.
• Jonas is beginning to recognize colors.

Chapter 13

• Vocabulary includes: peering, grimly.

Chapter 14

• Vocabulary includes: jarred, haste, wry, ominous.
• The Giver ends each training session with physical exhaustion.
• The Giver has all of the memories to protect the community from the pain and chaos they can cause.
• Households are only allowed to have two children to maintain population control and resource management.

Chapter 15 & 16

• Vocabulary includes: grotesque, implore.
• Jonas learns the meaning of warfare through a memory of a battlefield.
• Memories of love and family help Jonas understand individuality.

Chapter 17

• Vocabulary includes: rage, dart, ambush.
• Jonas was sensitive because he began experiencing deep emotions, making him more attuned to the feelings of others.
• Jonas disliked games because he now understands the true nature of violence, and understands the emotions connected to them.
• Lily's mother wants her to pursue a career at the Nurturing Center.
• Twins are released based on their weight the smaller twin is released

Chapter 18

• Vocabulary includes: overwhelmed, deject, luminous, ruefully.
• The Giver is prohibited from being released because he must continue to hold and transmit memories to the community.
• Rosemary received memories of loss and loneliness.
• Rosemary's release was a disaster as the memories were released into the community to everyone.
• The Receiver's job is crucial because they hold on to the entire history. If he dies memories are released to everyone

Chapter 19

• Vocabulary includes: limped, numbly.
• In community release involves lethal injection.

Chapter 20

• Vocabulary includes: sarcastic, anguish.
• The giver stays behind to help community deal with memories

Chapter 21

• Vocabulary includes: meticulously, frazzled, haphazard.
• Jonas changes his escape plan because Gabriel was going to be released.

Chapter 22 & 23

• Jonas and Gabriel feel exhilaration and love for each other as they journey towards Elsewhere.
• As Jonas approaches the summit of the hill, his memories are recalled with music and joy