The+Giver+Ch+1-4


 * __ Chapter 1 __**


 * 1) What do you think of Jonas’s community? What words might you use to describe it? Give reasons for your answers.
 * 2) What rules and punishments are used in Jonas’s society? How does Jonas feel about the rules?
 * 3) Why is Jonas so “careful about language”? How important is it to choose “just the right words” in our society? Explain your answer.
 * 4) How would you feel if your family had “telling of feelings” after dinner every night?
 * 5) What do you think happens when someone is released?


 * __ Chapter 2 __**


 * 1) There are two instances of rule-breaking in this chapter. Consider each one. Do you feel the punishment was justified? Explain your reasoning.
 * 2) Why were the rules “very hard to change”?
 * 3) What is so important about the “ceremony of twelve”?
 * 4) What kind of job do you think Jonas will get? Explain your reasoning.
 * 5) If some older people in your community were to observe you, what job do you think they would give you and why?


 * __ Chapter 3 __**


 * 1) To what extent are people all the same in this society? How are differences treated?
 * 2) Why do you think mirrors were “rare”?
 * 3) Why do you think the author uses four paragraphs in the beginning of this chapter to discuss the subject of pale eyes and ends the chapter with the same subject?
 * 4) What is a “birthmother”? How is this different from the concept of mothering in our world?
 * 5) What does the colorless shade of the tunics and the apple tell you about the people in this book? What do you think happened with the apple?

Chapter 4

 * 1) In what areas of life do the members of the community have free choice? What areas of their lives are tightly controlled?
 * 2) Do you think the rule against bragging is a good one? Why or why not?
 * 3) What advantages and disadvantages does Jonas see in the way he decides to spend his volunteer hours?
 * 4) What similarities are there between the newchildren and the Old?
 * 5) What do you think about release now?