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The Giver Map
This is a mind map that contains information about the giver.
Edited at 2020-10-08 12:00:46
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The Giver Map
Themes, Motives & Symbols
Symbols
newchild Gabriel
symbol of hope and of starting over
sled
symbolizes his entry into a world wherecolour, sensation, and emotion exist inreality, not just in memory
river
symbolizes escape from the confines of thecommunity
Motifs
vision
nakedness
moments involving physical nakedness areclosely related to the idea of emotionalnakedness
release
actually refers to death—or murder—inJonas’s society
Themes
importance of memory
without memory, there is no pain
relationship between pain and pleasure
members of Jonas’s community cannotappreciate the joys in their lives becausethey have never felt pain
importance of the individual
Jonas’s development into an individual,maturing from a child dependent upon hiscommunity into a young man with uniqueabilities, dreams, and desires
Plot
Conflict:
Jonas’s new emotional and sensoryawareness cause him to rebel against therestrictions his society places on freedom ofchoice, individuality, emotion, and humanexperience
Rising Action:
When Jonas becomes the new Receiver, hereceives memories that change the way hethinks about himself
Climax:
When Jonas realizes that when his father“releases” newchildren he actually killsthem, Jonas reaches a point of no return.
Finally Jonas cannot accept the society’sinsensitivity to the value of human life. Hedetermines to change thing
Falling Action:
In order to put his plan into action, Jonasflees the community on bicycle with thenewchild Gabe, evading search planes.
Vocabulary
Chapters 1- 4
palpable
chastisement
remorse
Chapters 5-8
reprieve
transgression
meticulous
Chapters 9-13
prohibited
conspicuous
Subtopic
Chapters 14-18
forsake
assuage
ominous
Chapters 19-23
augmented
rueful
languid
Characters
Jonas
sensitive, intelligent
strange powers of perception
can see colour
The Giver
Receiver of Memory
uses his wisdom to help the Committee ofElders make important decisions
Jonas's Father
mild mannered, tenderhearted
Nurturer: works with infants
must "release" children if instructed to doso