The Giver Events

Feeling apprehensive

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Noticing changes

Getting gabe

Helping the elders

The stirrings

Attending the ceremonies

The ceremony of twelve

Receiving memories

Watching the release

The great escape

A long journey

A new community

By Sophie Demare

Feeling apprehensiveAt the beginning of the giver, jonas is always

thinking about the ceremony of twelve, which is coming up. He is nervous about what assignment he will be given, and

explains this when his family is sharing their feelings and dreams.

WELCOME TO THE CEREMONY OF

TWELVE

Noticing changesNow in the book, it explains how jonas has started

to see changes in things in life, which he later in the book figures out is colors. For example, it explains

that earlier in his life when he and asher were throwing an apple back and forth, he noticed a

change in the apple.

Getting GabeNow in the book, jonas’ family temporarily gets a new baby boy whom jonas’ father

nurtures. The boy, Gabriel has trouble sleeping and therefore needs extra special

care until he is released.

helping the eldersIn this part of the story, jonas goes to

the house of the old to volunteer. There, he bathes Larissa, an elder, and

they speak to each other about the release of another elder, Roberto.

The stirringsNow, Jonas has experienced a dream, but not one that he has ever dreamt before. It was a dream

about Fiona, with only him and her in a room. In our world, jonas would be experiencing love, but Once

jonas tells his family about his dreams, they are identified as stirrings, and jonas is given medicine

to stop it from happening.

Attending the ceremoniesBefore jonas attends his own ceremony, the ceremony of twelve, he has to attend other

ceremonies, one of them being Lilly's ceremony, the ceremony of eight, where she is dreaming about getting her own bicycle.

The ceremony of twelveThis is one of the biggest events in the whole novel. The

ceremony of twelve is Asher's and jonas’ ceremony, where they both get their assignments. However, when it is jonas’

turn to come on stage to receive his assignment, he is skipped by the announcer. After worrying throughout the whole

ceremony, jonas is called out and told that he hasn’t been assigned, but selected to be, what he later found out was the

receiver.

Receiving the memoriesAs jonas begins his assignment, as well as meeting his mentor, the giver, and being told that he is not to follow many of the community rules, he begins to receive

memories from the giver. His first memory is about sledding and snow, in full color. He

later receives memories of good things, like love and Christmas, as well as bad things,

like war and starvation.

Watching the releaseIn this part of the book, Jonas and the giver watch

Jonas’ father (a nurturer) release a baby twin. Jonas thinks of release as a good thing, until he sees his

father inject the baby and kill it, afterward throwing him down the garbage chute. Jonas is horrified,

betrayed, and furious with his father. He is afraid to let Gabriel go , because he would be released the

same way.

The great escapeAfter experiencing so much fear, betrayal and

memories, jonas and the giver decide it is time to let the whole community know all the memories,

because it is best for them. The only way that they can do this is if jonas flees. Once he is gone, all the

memories will flow back into the community. So, jonas takes his father’s bicycle and bikes away,

taking Gabriel with him to save him.

The long journeyJonas and Gabriel set off on an

adventure, for days and days jonas bikes, struggling to keep them alive

with food and water, as well as keeping them hidden from all the search planes.

A new communityFinally, after days and days of biking, jonas and Gabriel reach a town where they hear music, see colors, and feel

safe.