Essay Answer Key 1. What do families in the community share in the new morning? Each morning the families in the community share the dream ritual. They share dreams and discuss the feelings that produced the images. 2. Describe the characteristics of Fiona has a gentle and quiet nature, which is particularly soothing to the elderly citizens. 3. What ritual is Jonas's family participating in as the novel opens? family is participating in the ritual telling of feelings at the evening meal. Each member of the family is describing where and when they felt anger, frustration, or worry. 4. Describe the first memory that The Giver gives to Jonas. In his first memory transfer to Jonas, The Giver makes the air around Jonas change and become harder to breathe. Jonas feels pinpricks and sticks out his tongue. He then gets a cold surprise. He tastes snow and sees himself sitting on a sled at the top of the hill. The Giver gives Jonas the memory of snow. 5. What is Jonas anticipating as the novel opens and why? As the novel opens, Jonas is anticipating the Ceremony of Twelve. It is an event that is rite of passage for the community. 6. What happened to the old Receiver? The old Receiver failed. Her name will never be used again for a newchild nor would it be spoken out loud.
Essay Answer Key 1. What do families in the community share in the new morning? Each morning the families in the community share the dream ritual. They share dreams and discuss the feelings that produced the images. 2. Describe the characteristics of Fiona has a gentle and quiet nature, which is particularly soothing to the elderly citizens. 3. What ritual is Jonas's family participating in as the novel opens? family is participating in the ritual telling of feelings at the evening meal. Each member of the family is describing where and when they felt anger, frustration, or worry. 4. Describe the first memory that The Giver gives to Jonas. In his first memory transfer to Jonas, The Giver makes the air around Jonas change and become harder to breathe. Jonas feels pinpricks and sticks out his tongue. He then gets a cold surprise. He tastes snow and sees himself sitting on a sled at the top of the hill. The Giver gives Jonas the memory of snow. 5. What is Jonas anticipating as the novel opens and why? As the novel opens, Jonas is anticipating the Ceremony of Twelve. It is an event that is rite of passage for the community. 6. What happened to the old Receiver? The old Receiver failed. Her name will never be used again for a newchild nor would it be spoken out loud.
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