The Giver Reading Questions Chapters 3&4 PDF

The Giver Reading Questions Chapters 3&4 1.Describe the significance of the Ceremony of Twelve in the community. The Ceremony of Twelve is significant in the community because it reveals each Twelve’s future, announcing their Assignment. It is supposed to be a relief for...

The Giver Reading Questions Chapters 3&4 1.Describe the significance of the Ceremony of Twelve in the community. The Ceremony of Twelve is significant in the community because it reveals each Twelve’s future, announcing their Assignment. It is supposed to be a relief for all of the Twelves when they discover what their Assignment is. Some Assignments are associated with more honor than others. Therefore, some are relieved to have an honorable Assignment. On the other hand, some Assignments have little honor and people are not necessarily fond of them. Also, to have your Assignment celebrated at the Ceremony is a great pleasure itself. The community loves this tradition and believes it would be disheartening for anyone who is deprived of it. In chapter 3, the text states, “‘I think newchildren are so cute,’ Lily sighed. ‘I hope I get assigned to be a Birthmother.’ ‘Lily!’ Mother spoke very sharply. ‘Don’t say that. There’s very little honor in that Assignment.’” (Lowry 21). For example, the Assignment of Birthmother is not an honorable one. They only work for three years, then they become Laborers until they become old. If someone were to be assigned Birthmother at the Ceremony of Twelve, there would not be any honor given to that person. Therefore, the Ceremony of Twelve is an important one to the community. It sort of determines a person’s status. In addition, chapter 4 states, “All of his volunteer hours would be carefully tabulated at the Hall of Open Records. Once, long ago, it was whispered among the children, an Eleven had arrived at the Ceremony of Twelve only to hear a public announcement that he had not completed the required number of volunteer hours and would not, there-fore, be given his Assignment. He had been permitted an additional month in which to complete the hours, and then given his Assignment privately, with no applause, no celebration: a disgrace that had clouded his entire future.” (Lowry 28). Not receiving an Assignment at the Ceremony of Twelves is something humiliating among the people in the community. To them, it is an honor to have your Assignment publicly announced at the Ceremony of Twelve. The Ceremony is significant to them, in this case, because it is the only opportunity to “celebrate” your given Assignment with others. 2. Who is Gabriel, and why is he important to Jonas's family? Gabriel is the newchild that Jonas’s father nurtures and is concerned about. He is important to Jonas’s family because they all want to provide him the extra nurturing that he needs to develop so that he does not get released. He also makes Lily consider becoming a Birthmother before her mother scolds her. 3.How are Jonas and Gabriel similar (but different than everyone else)? Jonas and Gabriel are similar, but different than everyone else because they both have lighter, paler, and deeper eyes than the rest of the community. The text explains, “It was the first thing Jonas noticed as he looked at the newchild peering up curiously from the basket. The pale eyes. Almost every citizen in the community had dark eyes…But there were a few exceptions: Jonas himself, and a female Five who he had noticed had the different, lighter eyes.” (Lowry 20). Jonas and Gabriel are similar because they both have the same deep, pale eyes. At the same time, they are both different from everyone else in the community because everyone else has dark eyes instead. 4.Explain the role of the Birthmothers in the society depicted in "The Giver." The role of the Birthmothers in the society depicted in “The Giver” is to give birth three times over the course of three years. After that, they simply work as Laborers until they are old enough to get put in the House of the Old. The text says, “‘Three years,’ Mother told her firmly. ‘Three births, and that’s all. After that they are Laborers for the rest of their adult lives, until the day that they enter the House of the Old.’” (Lowry 22). Due to the fact that Birthmothers simply give birth three times before becoming Laborers for the remainder of their lives, they are not honored very much in the society depicted in “The Giver,” despite the fact that they give birth to all of the adored newchildren. This Assignment seems to be given to “worthless” people, who they do not really see as having any other contributions to society. 5. Describe Fiona and her importance to Jonas. Fiona is a female Eleven. The novel describes her as a good student, quiet, respectful, and humorous. She is important to Jonas because he likes her and seems to admire her characteristics. It did not surprise him that she was working with Asher at the House of the Old. It slightly appears that Jonas might have deeper feelings for Fiona. 6.Analyze how the concept of "Release" is portrayed in these chapters. What does Larissa teach Jonas about Release in chapter 4? The concept of “Release” is portrayed in these chapters mainly as something good. For the most part, this is because they are discussing the release of the elderly. In Chapter 4, Larissa teaches Jonas that some releases are more boring than others. She makes it clear that those who lived interesting lives have more interesting releases by comparing the release of Roberto, who had done many significant things for the community, and Edna, who was simply a Birthmother. Larissa teaches Jonas that the telling of the old person’s life always happens first, followed by cheering and chanting. She says that the person makes a goodbye speech and others make speeches wishing them well. Finally, she reveals that Roberto was extremely thrilled before he bowed to all of them and walked through a special door in the Releasing Room. In the end, Jonas and Larissa discuss the fact that the committee does not allow children in the Releasing Room.