The Giver Events

1. The Giver Events By Sophie Demare Feeling apprehensive Getting gabe A long journey The stirrings Watching the release The ceremony of twelve The great escape A new community Receiving memories Helping the elders Noticing changes Attending the ceremonies CLICK ON WHICH EVENT YOU WANT TO LEARN ABOUT!

2. Feeling apprehensive At 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

3. Noticing changes Now 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.

4. Getting Gabe Now 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.

5. helping the elders In 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.

6. The stirrings Now, 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.

7. Attending the ceremonies Before 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.

8. The ceremony of twelve This 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.

9. Receiving the memories As 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.

10. Watching the release In 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.

11. The great escape After 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.

12. The long journey Jonas 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.

13. A new community Finally, after days and days of biking, jonas and Gabriel reach a town where they hear music, see colors, and feel safe.