The subject of the "failure" from ten years ago comes up, and Jonas asks what happened. The Giver explains that, when she (the last Receiver of Memory) failed, the memories didn't come back to him.
The crowd gasps, and Jonas notices an elder who stands out from the crowd because of his pale eyes. He knows this man is the Receiver. The Chief Elder recalls how ten years ago the wrong selection was made for this position, and the Committee has been waiting for the right person ever since.
At Jonas' request, The Giver finally explains what happened to the earlier Receiver, who was named Rosemary. Rosemary was selected to be the new Receiver exactly as Jonas was. The Giver began training her, giving her happy, joyful memories until she demanded that he also give her painful and anguished memories.
Why was it important that the Receiver keep all the memories? It was important that the Receiver keeps all the memories so the people do not receive them and receive pain. Jonas told the Receiver to start giving him some painful memories?
At some point in the past the community in The Giver decided to eliminate all pain from their lives. To do so, they had to give up the memories of their society's collective experiences.
What happened to the memories when the last Receiver failed 10 years ago? They were released to the community. Why did Jonas ask the Giver to give him painful memories? Jonas wanted to take away some of the Giver's pain.
The main reasons why The Giver was banned or challenged include the violent content related to euthanasia, suicide, and infanticide, and the sexually suggestive content in the novel.
Jonas stops taking the pills just so he can experience the sensation of wanting something, not because he has hopes to start a sexual relationship with another person. He wants to feel capable of making choices, and he wants to want things—nothing will change if he does not want it to very badly.
The Giver now includes pain in Jonas' everyday training, and, finally, Jonas receives the worst memory of all: the memory of warfare and death.
What is Jonas' first disturbing memory? How does he react? His first disturbing memory was crashing when riding a sled causing him to break his leg (Lowry 103). He screamed and cried.
The first notable case of banning The Giver was in California in 1994. At the time, parents complained of violent and sexual passages. Today, the book sits on the banned list due to potentially difficult topics of violence and infanticide and unsuited for the age group.
When Rosemary was released, all of the memories that she had been given were sent to the community. The community receives many emotions they have a difficult time processing. The community was left without a Receiver for a long time until Jonas was selected. This meant that no one was able to hold the new memories.
When elders of Jonas' community decided to create their utopian world, they decided to remove love, feelings, and emotions, because they caused pain and suffering. The book's lesson shares that love is a vital part of life; a person's feelings are an essential part of what makes them who they are.
What is the Ceremony of 10 in The Giver? The Ceremony of 10 is when children receive their distinctive haircuts. Females lose their braids. Males get their childish longer hair cut short and above their ears in a masculine cut.
Jonas is shocked at the end of Chapter 10 because the Receiver turns off the speaker.
Rosemary was supposed to be the last Receiver. She was the Giver's daughter. His affection for her led him to shelter her from physically painful memories, and instead he exposed her to emotional pain. She decided to commit suicide by asking for release.
In this chapter, Jonas begins receiving painful memories, along with pleasant memories. By doing so, he will gain wisdom and be able to advise the Committee of Elders. Although he has experienced minor pain before, he cannot ask for relief-of-pain (pain medication) for these memories.
Jonas has lost most of the memories he received from the Giver, but he tries to remember sunshine and the feeling of warmth that it gives. When it comes, he transmits the feeling to Gabriel, and it helps them make it up the hill on foot, despite the intense cold and hunger they feel.
In his community, all hills have been leveled to make transportation easier, and snow disappeared with the onset of climate control that made agriculture more efficient.
Two major themes — freedom versus security and individuality versus conformity — are emphasized in these three chapters. Because Jonas' father is concerned about one of the newborns, he requests and receives permission to take the infant, named Gabriel (Gabe), home with him each night for extra nurturing.
Lily, also known as Lily-billy (a pet-name given to her by her parents), is Jonas's younger sister. It is unknown what her assignment will be, but is speculated to be Nurturer. At the beginning of "The Giver", Lily is a Seven, but in Chapter 6 she becomes an Eight when Jonas becomes a Twelve.
Jonas confronts the children who are playing a game of good guy, bad guy because he recognized it as a game of war.
The Giver is available to stream in Australia now on Google Play.
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Due to themes of death and the fact that the main characters are talking animals, a parent group in Kansas sought to ban the book from their students' school libraries.
This is the list of the most banned books in the first part of the 2022-2023 school year, according to the PEN America Index of School Book Bans. Gender Queer: A Memoir remained at the top of the list, as it was in the 2021-2022 school year, joined this time by Flamer.