Men and women apply for a spouse, if they are deemed acceptible they will be given their own dwelling and officially 'married". Then when they're ready they can apply to be get their children, which can be accepted or denied. Then the process repeats when they want another child. Once they have two children, a male and a female they are cut off and not allowed to apply to receive more children. They only get one male and one female. That is how a family unit is created. People do not have their own children, there are Birthmothers who have children.
In the book "The Giver," family units are created by assigning children to parents through a matching process. The children are not biologically related to their parents, and family units are designed to maintain order and balance in the community. Children are matched based on various factors to ensure compatibility and successful upbringing.
1) A man or woman apply for a spouse.
2) Once given their spouse, they apply for a child
3) You must have one boy and one girl per unit (two children per unit)
4) A Birthmother gives birth to a child
5) Once cared for at the Nurturing Center, the baby is given a name and a unit.
6) For the second child, the process is repeated
Jonas lives with his parents and his younger sister, Lily, in the community in "The Giver."
In the community in The Giver, decisions are made by the Committee of Elders, who are the governing body responsible for setting rules and guidelines for the community. They control all aspects of life, including assignments, family units, and even the release of individuals.
Dwellings in The Giver are houses. Those houses are where the family units live. There is also a "House of the Old", which is like a retirement home.
In Chapter 2 of "The Giver," when children reach the age of Ones, they are given their family units in a ceremony where they are officially assigned to their families by the Committee of Elders. This marks the beginning of their journey towards maturity and responsibility in the community.
Newchildren in "The Giver" live in the Nurturing Center until they are one year old. At this time, they are given names and assigned to family units.
In "The Giver," children are not born naturally but are instead assigned to families by the community. Infants are cared for by a designated caregiver until they are placed with their assigned family units. This system of controlled birth and caregiving is part of the community's attempt to eliminate personal attachments and emotions.
In "The Giver," various aspects of the society's lives are tightly controlled, including their emotions, memories, career assignments, family units, and even the rules and regulations they must follow. This control is meant to maintain order and stability within the community, but it also restricts personal freedom and individuality.
In "The Giver" by Lois Lowry, family units are not formed through traditional marriage. While spouses are not explicitly mentioned, each adult is specifically matched with a partner by the Elders to fulfill the requirement of having children. Marriage as we know it doesn't exist in the community depicted in the book.
In the book, "The Giver", by Lois Lowry, the ones receive their names and their family units at the Age ceremony because they are old enough to leave the nurturing center.
The Ones receive their names and family at the Ceremony of the Ones.
In the ceremony of one in "The Giver," newborn babies are given their names and assigned to families. This ceremony marks the beginning of the children's journey within the community, where their futures are determined by the Elders.
Grandparents are a new idea for Jonas in "The Giver" because he lives in a community where family units consist of only two parents and two children. The concept of extended family, including grandparents, is not present in their controlled society where children are assigned to families and raised by designated parents who are not related by blood. Therefore, the idea of grandparents as ancestors is foreign to Jonas.