2. Jonas
Jonas is eleven he is chosen to become the next Receiver of Memories in his community.
His assignment is the most honored and respected one. Jonas has the
intelligence, integrity, and courage needed to become a Receiver.
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Jonas Adversity
When Jonas first started training with The Giver he gave Jonas happy memories. Jonas was
very happy and excited to be able to take on a new challenge. But when The Giver gave
memories of distress, anger, and sadness . Jonas realizes things he didn’t know about the
community. He realized that it was unfair to take away people’s true feelings and very
unjust for people to be unable to make choices for themselves about their own lives. He
learns the community has no true feelings and that feelings has never been apart of their
lives. Through the memories he sees people in the past living differently and feels the
community must change.
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3. Jonas Perseverance
Jonas came up with a plan to change the entire community. He decided to leave the
community to go to Elsewhere. Once Jonas flees the community he realizes the
further he goes away from the community he is shedding the memories and they are
transmitted back to the community. Chapter 21
4. The Giver
The Receiver has the access to all the memories of the past. He is an old, grave man who
has been wearied by the burden of carrying alone the sorrow and the pain that memories
bring. He is a Father figure to Jonas who provides guidance as well as wisdom. Chapter 10
The Giver’s Adversity
When The Giver admits to Jonas that transmitting the smallest memory relieves a slight
burden off of him.
5. The Giver’s Perseverance
The Giver has come to realize that he and Jonas should try to change the community.
The Giver understands that memories are best when shared among people.
The giver comes up with a plan with Jonas to change the entire community, he feels
that his work would be completed if he helps Jonas escapes and the community
would change and become whole.
The Giver feels without Jonas he would have never figured out a way to bring about
the change
6. Gabriel
Gabriel is a newborn who is one of several children being taken care of at the
Nurturing Center. Gabriel is placed in the 'extra care section for supplementary
nurturing' because he does not grow normally like other children and does not sleep
well.
7. Gabriel Perseverance
Since Gabriel is a troubled child Jonas seems to be the only one to calm him
down. One night Jonas is able to transmit peaceful memories to Gabriel to
calms him down.
To prevent Gabriel from being killed, Jonas takes Gabriel, whom he loves
dearly. Gabriel life is spared because they leave for the community for
Elsewhere.
8. Reflection
How all characters overcame their adversity
There are a few undeniable things about this book, but no one except the Giver and
the Receiver can comprehend. They have the advantage to see beyond, and receive
the memories which show emotions, colors, music, places and weather-changes that
don’t exist in their community. Jonas and the Giver are the only people in their
community who actually know, with the help of the memories, how awful their
community actually is . The most important, is that the Giver and the Receiver are the
only ones who can change their community, who can change sameness. Gabriel with
the help of Jonas was also able to persevere through this.
