The Giver

Title: The Giver

Author: Lois Lowry

Genre: Fantasy

Plot:

Through chapters nine to eleven we discover that Jonas is extremely afraid of his assignment, all his friends suddenly try an keep away from him. The Chief Elder mentioned that Jonas can no longer have friends because a Receiver of Memory is different, he is alone, painful, and has different rules. His rules are:

• go immediately at the end of school hours each day to the Annex entrance behind the House of the Old and present yourself to the attendant.
• Go immediately to your dwelling at the conclusion of Training Hours each day.
• From this moment you are exempted from rules governing rudeness. You may ask any question about any citizen and you will get answers.
• Do not discuss your training with any other member of the community, including parents and Elders.
• From this moment you are prohibited from dream-telling.
• Except for injury and illness unrelated to your training, do not apply for any medication.
• You are not permitted to apply for release.
• You may lie.

This last task, YOU MAY LIE, shocked Jonas, never ever has he lied and everyone always told him never to lie! It was horrible!

Jonas was very afraid of his job. Many thoughts were going through his head, loneliness, his friends looking like they would just run away from him, his horrible rules, and many more! How could this be happening to him? But, what happens next, find out in my next post!