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Who Are These People?

Write a short description of the following characters.

Jonas
Father
Mother
Lily
Asher
Gabriel
The Giver
The Elders
Fiona
Larissa
Chief Elder
The Committee
The Speaker
Annex Attendant
Caretaker
Rosemary
Caleb

1.
(Analyze relationships between and among characters.)

Jonas remarks that loving another person must have been a dangerous way to live. Describe the relationship between Jonas and his family, his friends Asher and Fiona, and the Giver. Are any of these relationships dangerous? Perhaps the most dangerous is that between Jonas and the Giver--the one relationship built on love. Why is that relationship dangerous and what does the danger suggest about the nature of love? Your answer should be supported by the text.

2.
( Reflect on and explain personal connections to the text.)

Underneath the placid calm of Jonas' society lies a very orderly and inexorable system of euthanasia, practiced on the very young who do not conform, the elderly and those whose errors threaten the stability of the community. What are the disadvantages and benefits to a community that accepts such a vision of euthanasia?

3.
(Analyze the relationship between a literary text and its historical,
social and/or political context.)

Discuss the similarities between our society and the society in The Giver.

4.
(Analyze the author's/text's purpose and intended audience.)

What point was the author making about utopian societies?
How successful was she in getting this point across?

5.
(Analyze character traits and motivations.)

Analyze one of the important characters from the novel. Include the following:
Appearance--Actions--Ideas
(What the character thinks and how the character acts.)
Include reactions of others to the character and how the character feels over the course of the novel.
Do his/her feeling change during the novel?
Would you like this character as a friend?
Would you like to BE this character? Explain.

Resources

Interactive quizzes on each chapter of the novel. Includes printable versions.
Test your knowledge! 
www.mce.k12tn.net/reading17/giver.htm

Play an interactive trivia game in the style of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"
www.quia.com/rr/38952.html

Attribute Web

Click to create an
Attribute Web
for one of the characters in the novel.  Be able to support your responses with references from the text.