The Giver - Character Analysis Quiz

Study Notes

Jonas is one of the main characters of “The Giver.”
He is intelligent, determined and passionate.
Despite these traits being rare in the community in which he lives, they make him perfect for the role of Receiver.
Jonas’s pale-colored eyes and his ability to see color for short flashes of time set him apart from his peers, and he is mildly concerned with these differences at the beginning of the book.
In time, he becomes passionate about the memories and the emotions that they evoke, and he feels increasingly frustrated towards his society.
In the end, he combines his traits of determination, intelligence and passion to escape with Gabriel to Elsewhere.
The Giver is the ultimate teacher. He is patient, calm and wise, and he is able to deal with the strong feelings of others.
Gabriel is a “newchild” or newborn baby, and Jonas quickly becomes attached to him.
Jonas’s father has been brought up to maturity in a society that does not value love or compassion.
Despite this, he does seem to love the newchildren under his care (he is a Nurturer of newchildren), but he is unable to feel true compassion for them or to understand the pain of releasing them.
He is extremely loving and caring to his two children and to the newchildren, but he does not verbally recognize the value of love or caring, viewing them as abstract concepts.