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love

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Jonas is chosen by the Elders as the Receiver of Memory, where he receives special training from the Giver.

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The Stirrings are when boys and girls becomes "sexually interested" in each other.

They have to take the Pills to keep the community's Sameness. Jonas stops taking them after become the Receiver.

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When Jonas becomes the receiver of memories.

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He asked them if they loved him. but they don't know what love is, so it is meaningless. they said that they enjoy him and take pride in his accomplishments.

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John

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Lily is the younger sister of the main character Jonas. She is four years younger than him.

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It is never said what the population of the Community in The Giver was, but it is known that there are 50 children born each year.

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Jonas was allowed to stay out until 12 am. and also to have a girlfriend

He was able to lie.

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chastisement with the discipline wand and release or in other words death

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We never find that out in the story

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Jonas leaves the community.

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The worst thing about holding memories is living them and going through the pain that was once felt and feeling different emotions that the present world that Jonas lives in doesn't have

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Born-- Life

Age 1-- Assigned to Family unit and given name because the baby can't stay in the Nurturing Center forever.

Age 3-- Only females get hair ribbons because they start growing hair in different ways and they all need to look the same. Start dream sharing because at age three most babies can talk.

Age 4-- Backward buttoned jacket is given out to teach the kid interdependence.

Age 7-- Front buttoned jacket is given out to learn independence and it was the first visible symbol of maturity.

Age 8-- Comfort object taken away because the kids need to learn to not be so childish. They start volunteer hours because the kids are mature enough to help out other people. They also receive the jacket with pockets and smaller buttons because the kids need to carry around more things.

Age 9-- Get a bike because kids can't always count on their parents to take them places and it would be "The powerful emblem of moving gradually out into the community, away from the protective family unit," Females get hair ribbons taken out as a sign of maturity.

Age 10-- Boys get hair cut. Girls get pigtails taken out and they get a haircut this also is another sign of maturity.

Age 11-- Girls get new undergarments because their bodies will start maturing faster. Boys get longer pants because they also will start maturing quickly. Volunteer hours are now over because they should finish volunteer hours a year before the Ceremony of Twelve.

Age 12-- Receive life assignment and start training for job.

Full adulthood-- Apply for spouse (marriage). Apply for children (13) (Optional).

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Everyone who is "released" is dead. We do know that Rosemary died, and also one of the twins.

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Community members were released when they had broken the law three times, when the requested a release, when they had become very old, if they didn't reach the proper birth weight, or if they were the smaller of a set of twins.

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"Elsewhere," essentially means the afterlife of sorts, or at least it means the person is no longer living. When a person is sent "Elsewhere," the person is dead.

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"You can lie." Jonas had learned his whole life not to and now was allowed to.

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Yes, in the Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas shows love for her by dreaming about her, which is known as "Stirrings" in the book.

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Benjamin is a non important character. He volunteers in the community hospital a lot, and has created a new machine that helps the citizens recover faster.

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Color, the Giver transfers a memory of a rainbow to him.

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I would say 13-16

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Gabe was unhealthy and couldn't sleep well without Jonas.