The Giver

The Giver questions

1.Gabriel is placed with Jonas’s family unit, then returned to the Nurturing Center. How does this affect the household and the community? What do you feel should happen to him? What normally happens to children like Gabriel?

2. How do the main characters feel about their assignments? Why were they chosen for them? How would you feel if you were assigned a job that you did not like? Would you want to do the same job for the rest of your life?

3. Discuss the list of instructions Jonas is given. Which one caused him the most conflict and why?

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Giving back Gabriel is traumatic for Jonas's family. They are still so consumed by conformity in the community; they would never do anything about it.

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