1. Jonas’s community focuses on sameness; yet they don’t believe that there should be two identical people, twins, in the community. What might be the community’s reasons for thinking this way? Do you agree with this rule? Why or why not? How would you go about trying to change it? What would be your plan of action?

The community thinks this because they will not be able to tell which one is which. No because I would like a twin because you can tell seacrets and best of all they won't tell anyone. I would tell them that some people whould probily like a twin.

2.What are your thoughts on Jonas’s escape plan? Chapter 20

I think that is great because you don't have to do anything someone tells you to do. I would not do what a person tells me to do.



3.What do you think will happen in the community now that Jonas has left? What do you think The Giver will do to help?

I think the community will have to find a new person to replace the giver's job. Also I think his family will go crazey if they find out. I think he will tell Jonas where to go.



4. Jonas begins to experience some of the things that the community did not have to worry about, such as hunger, pain, and poor weather. Do you see any advantages to a community like Jonas’s? Are the advantages worth dealing with the disadvantages? Is it worth it? Explain why or why not. What are some things in your life that you wish you or your community did not have to worry about? Ask your blogging buddy the same question.

No I do not see any advanteges to Jonas's Community. No the disadvanteges are not worth dealing with the advanteges. No it is not worth having to deal with hert or being in pain. Being in pain is not worth it. I wish my community did not have to deal with pain even though I am not in a community. What are some things in your life that you wish you or your community did not have to worry about?



5.If there were one thing you could change about the ending of this book, what would it be?

I would change Jonas finds his Grandma and lived happliy in peace.

1. The Giver tells Jonas that he has great honor, but it is not the same as power. Which do you think is more important: honor or power? Explain. Chapter 11

I think honor is more important because you don't need power . Honor is more important because honoring someone that in return you will get honor back. I honor someone by respecting them in return I get honor back.


2. Jonas says that he and The Giver have to protect people from making the wrong choices. What do you gain or lose by making a wrong choice? What have been some consequences or rewards you have received due to making good and bad choices? Ask your blogging buddy what she has learned about making wrong choices. Has she had any experiences that she could share with you about the consequences of making the wrong choice?

You don't gain anything by making the wrong choices you lose things by making the wrong choices. I made a wrong choice by lieing to my mom and she made me wright 100 times I will not lie. I also had to wright a two page esay. Do you have any experiences in making wrong choices you made and what consequences did you get andwhat did you learn from them.


3. Why do you think Jonas loses memories when he shared them with Gabriel?

I think he lost them when he told them to Gaberel because he would not remember
them when he tryed to remember them that's what I think.



4.If given the choice, would you choose a pain-free life without memories, or a life filled with memories and pain? Explain. Chapter 15

I think I would choose memories and pain. Because I would like to have my memories and get to have pain with me so I can remember my family to.

Chapters 8-10

1. How would you describe release in Jonas’s community?How would you feel if release occurred in your community? What would be the pros and cons of having release?

It's happy for release because you get to get out of there. I would feel sad because you wont be able to come back again. The good part is you will do things you never been able to do in the community. The bad part is you will never be able to come back ever again and you can never see you're family agian.


2. Jonas says that it is better to talk about ways people are the same instead of different. Why do you think he feels this way? If you and all of your classmates felt this way, how would your class/classroom be different than it is now? Would people be different? How?

He think's this way because is it not right to mack fun of other people tthat is different then you. It would be different because no one will be saying bad things about other people. Yes, people would be different. A person could be small a person could be big no matter how big,small,fat or skinny we are all alike in some way. You proberly don't know it but you are all the same in a way.



3.Would you like to be considered an adult and begin training for your lifetime job at the age of 12? Explain.

No because You have to pay bills and you don't get to play after you get you're homework done.
Being an adult is not fun as being a kid you getting to go to the park, go to you're grandparents house, go to the swiming pool with you grandparents life will not be fun as an a adult than it is when you are a kid.

4. Jonas is said to have intelligence. He’s also told that he will soon gain the wisdom he needs for his job. What do you think are the differences between intelligence and wisdom? Chapter 8

I think people that are wise probably have more wisdom than a person that is intelligent. I also think a person that is intelligent has more intelligent in school than in the world. Intelligence and Wisdom are different than they are alike.



5. Do you think lying is necessary to keep a “perfect” society going? How do you feel about lying? Ask your blogging buddy about any experiences she has had with lying and the consequences that followed.

I think lying is bad to keep a society going. I think lying is bad because you get into trouble if you lie.Once I lied to my mom and I got in trouble. That's why I don't think it is good to lie to keep a commuity going. Do you have any experiences with lying and what consequences did follow.

Chapter 8-10

Chapters 1-3 ( Paige )

After reading chapters 1-3, answer the following questions.
1. At the end of the evening meal, each person in the community must share his feelings with the members of his family unit. What is significant about this ritual? Does your family have any rituals? If so, explain.
My family does now have any rituals, exspecially not like that. I think that it is significant because people say not to bottle up emotions inside of you or you'll go crazy so it's really significant to shra ebad feelings and good feelings too.

2.What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of being given a lifetime job? Your blogging buddy may have some knowledge about this topic because she probably has a job or has in the past. Ask her what she thinks are advantages and disadvantages to this type of system.
Well, a advantage is that you will never have to go looking for a job or get rejected from a job if you're are doing poorly because they pick out a special job that is just right for you. A disadvantage I think is that if you're not really satisfied or having a hard time or don't like your job you can't switch...

3. Do you think public humiliation is a good method of punishment? Why or why not? Ask your blogging buddy what her opinion is.
I do not like public humiliation because not everyone needs to know that you did something bad or wrong. But if the thing that they did was really bad and they need to be really punished it would be a good method of punishment.

The Giver 1-3

1. At the end of the evening meal, each person in the community must share his feelings with the members of his family unit. What is significant about this ritual? Does your family have any rituals? If so, explain.

My Family dose not have any family rituals. I would like to have a ritual for Thanksgiving that we get to have pumkin pie every thanks giving. And we do get pumkin pie for Thanksgining every Thanksgiving but it is not a ritual.Do you have any rituals?


2.What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of being given a lifetime job? Your blogging buddy may have some knowledge about this topic because she probably has a job or has in the past. Ask her what she thinks are advantages and disadvantages to this type of system.

I think the advantages is that you can have a job for the rest of you life and you can retire when ever you want and the disadvantages are that you wont be able to have fun with your children if you have children.What do you think about the advantages and disadvantages of a lifetime job?


3. Do you think public humiliation is a good method of punishment? Why or why not? Ask your blogging buddy what her opinion is.

No because it is not fun to be laughted at in public. Would you like it if you got laughted at in public? I wouldn't because you get humliated in public. I hope you don't like being humiliated in public because it is not fun trust me I have been humiliated in public. Have you been humiliated in public?

Chapters 12-18--Answer what you CAN!
Answer 1-4 based on chapters 12-18.

1. How have Winnie’s feelings changed? Ask your Blogger Buddy what they think about Winnie’s feelings and if they agree with you about how they have changed.




2. Describe Angus Tuck. Tell why you think Angus Tuck said they were “like rocks beside the road”. Ask your Blogger Buddy if they agree with Angus’ description of their family.

3. What did Jesse ask Winnie to do? What would you do if you were Winnie?


4. What would happen if nothing ever died? Ask your Blogger Buddy to share their opinion too.

Chapters 12-18--Answer what you CAN!

Answer 1-4 based on chapters 12-18.

1. How have Winnie’s feelings changed? Ask your Blogger Buddy what they think about Winnie’s feelings and if they agree with you about how they have changed.

2. Describe Angus Tuck. Tell why you think Angus Tuck said they were “like rocks beside the road”. Ask your Blogger Buddy if they agree with Angus’ description of their family.

3. What did Jesse ask Winnie to do? What would you do if you were Winnie?

4. What would happen if nothing ever died? Ask your Blogger Buddy to share their opinion too.