1. The Giver
Lois Lowry

2. Needless to say, he will be RELEASED

3. An Evening Sharing of “Feelings”
Are they really sharing feelings?

4. “And he has funny eyes like yours Jonas”

5. “ATTENTION. THIS IS A REMINDER TO MALE ELEVENS THAT OBJECTS ARE NOT TO BE REMOVED FROM THE RECREATION AREA AND THAT SNACKS ARE TO BE EATEN, NOT HOARDED.”

6. ~ the apple had……
changed

7. Telling of Dreams

8. “Twenty ,” he heard her voice say clearly. “Pierre.”
She skipped me, Jonas thought, stunned. 17 18 20

9. Jonas has not been assigned; he has been selected
The Chosen One

11. …which began spontaneously the collective murmur of his name
“Jonas.”
It was a whisper at first: hushed barely audible:
“Jonas. Jonas.”
Then loader, faster:
“JONAS. JONAS. JONAS.”

12. The Previous Selection
EPIC
Not-to-Be-Spoken

13. JONAS RECEIVER OF MEMORY You are exempt from rules governing rudeness.
From this moment you are prohibited from dream-telling.
You are not permitted to apply for release.
You may lie.

14. What if every adult was permitted to lie?
He would never know if the answer he received was true.

15. The First Day of Training

16. “But what happened to those things? Snow, and the rest of it?”
Equals

17. No Sun
No Hills

18. Sunshine

19. But I was told there would be pain

20. Then he noticed Fiona change
Bring back the memory of the sled…..
Look at the books on the top shelf

21. You are beginning to see the color red
We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with differences.
“I want to help you with the concept of color.”

22. No Choice!
WHY?
Fear of making the wrong choice

23. What is pain?
Jonas realizes the community does not feel real pain.

24. Another Potential Receiver?

25. War

26. I don’t want the memories!

27. LOVE
Do you love me?
Jonas! You of all people, precision of language!

28. There is no LOVE

29. Release

30. Jonas and the Giver Plan for Jonas’s Escape

31. Everything Changes
Jonas escapes with Gabe!
Gabe will be released!

32. The Community Searches for the Villains!

33. Behind him, across vast distance of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo…
You decide…..

34. Or