What did Jonas realize?
What did Jonas realize about his family after his session with The Giver? He realized his family members had never known pain. Jonas asked why he and The Giver had to hold the memories. It was the pain of being injured in a battle during a war.
What memories did the receiver want Jonas to have?
Q. What memories did the Receiver want Jonas to have? Memories of the community.
How does Jonas get memories from the receiver?
The Giver tells Jonas to lie face down and remove his tunic. Then he puts his hands on his back and transmits the memory. The Giver tells Jonas that just transmitting one memory lightens his load. He continues to give Jonas a variety of memories, both positive and negative.
What was the first memory that the receiver said he would give to Jonas Why was this important?
What was the first memory the Receiver said he would give to Jonas? It was about snow. Describe Jonas’ consciousness while he received the memory. One part of his consciousness was aware that he was in the Annex room.
What did Jonas learn about what happens to the old?
Jonas learns that the Old are Released, or euthanized, when they get too old. Jonas describes Release as occurring in three situations: with the old, with infants, and people who break three rules. He considers the Release of the Old as “a time of celebration for a life well and fully lived” (chapter 1 p. 7).
What is the memory that Jonas has in Chapter 15 What is its result on Jonas?
He gives Jonas a memory of a war, a battlefield and men injured and dying. In the memory, Jonas is a young man who gives another badly injured solider water and then stays with the other soldier as he dies. Jonas is himself injured, and the pain he feels is horrifying.
What is the memory that tortures the Giver?
The torturing memory that the Giver gives Jonas in this chapter is the memory of war. When Jonas arrives that day, he finds the Giver sitting rigid, in extreme distress. The Giver, unable to bear what he is feeling alone, entreats Jonas to “take some of the pain”.
Why was the receiver eager to train Jonas?
AnSwEr. The Giver says he thinks of his own when he is in great pain, but that he cannot apply for release until Jonas is trained. At Jonas’s insistence, the Giver tells him what happened. The failed Receiver was intelligent and eager to learn, and her name was Rosemary.
When did Jonas become the receiver?
In Chapter 9, Jonas realizes that his life will never be the same as a result of having been selected as the new Receiver of Memory.
What was the first memory given to Jonas?
sledding down a hill in the snow
Jonas goes to The Giver and receives his first memory, that of sledding down a hill in the snow. He also receives the memory of sunburn, his first encounter with pain in a memory.
What was Jonas reaction to his first memory?
In Ch. 11 Jonas receives his first memory. It is a memory of sledding down a hillside full of snow. When the Giver asks him, “How do you feel?” Jonas replies with, “Surprised.” His feelings begin with surprise, and quickly turn into joy and eagerness to continue receiving memories.
What does Jonas learn about the previous receiver of Memory in the Giver?
Later on, after he has become the next Receiver, he learns that “release” means killing. So Jonas learns over the course of the book that old people get killed when they are no longer deemed useful to society.