he awokewith a feelingof
fragmentsafloat in hissleep,but
he couldn'tseemto graspthem
and put them togetherinto
somethingworthy of tellingat
the ritual."
"Thisnew Calebwas a
replacement
child.Thecouple
lost their first Caleb,a cheerful
little Four.Lossof a child was
very,very rare."
"Jonaswas nineteen.He had
beenthe nineteenthnew-child
born hisvear."
"ChiefEldereyeswere now on
who sat in the midstbut seemed
oddly separatedfrom them. lt
was a manJonashad never
noticedbefore,a beardedman
with paleeyes.He was
watchingJonasintently."
thatmuchandyouhaveto tellyourdreamat a ritual.In
our societyyoudon'tdo that but youcanif youwantto,
butyouwouldrarelyseethat here.Theironicpartisthat
Jonas
doesn'tdreama lot,andyourdreamis prettymuch
an imagination.
9
"Whatis his
Jonasinterrupted.
"her
name?"Hismotherreplied,
namenothis.lt wasa female,
but we areneverto speakthe
name,or to useit againfor a
newchild."
It seemsthisquoteisverysecretbecause
if youcan'tsay
name,butonlyonce.Thanit mustbevery
someone
important
to onlysayit once.Maybebecause
sheisthe
top of everything.
10
It was not unlikehisfamilyunits
dwelling.Furniturewas
standardthroughoutthe
community:practical,sturdy,
and the functionof eachpiece
clearlydefined."A bed for
A tablefor eating.A
sleeping.
deskfor studying."
I Thinkthis quote is very surprising
becauseI thought
Jonashad thingslikethat already.lf his parentshadthe
top jobs,shouldn'tthey get thingslikethat? Because
the
jobs
paying
high
hasa lot of moneyand maybeit don't.
tL
"l havea wholeworldof themin
my memory.
lcouldgivethem
to youonebyone,a thousand
times,andtherestillbemore."
page83
thisquoteis uncanny
Strange,
because
Jonas
onlygets
memoryfromthe giver.I thoughtyouwouldget memory
fromwhatyoudo but not fromsomeone
else.We keep
our memories
in our brain.
L2
"He ran throughit in hismind.lt
to happen
was clearlybeginning
more often. First,the applea
few weeksbefore.The next time
had beenthe facesin the
just
audienceat the auditorium,
two davsago. Now todav
I find this quote very d6ji vu becauseJonasis gettingone
of thosekindsof memories.lt's likesomethingthat
happenedand happeningin the sameway.Sothat'swhy
it seemslikehow it is.
6
7
8
Wow this quoteis odd becausein our world if a childgo
missingwe get a replacement
child.Hejust goesmissing
and that'sthat. But therestillprobablygoingto lookfor
him becausea perfectdon't losechildren.
Thisquote is strangebecausewhen a childwas born we
don't givethem numbers.We just considerthem as
babies.Sothat'sanotherreasonwhy it is weirdto do.
I findthisquoteis bizarre
I wouldn'twantto be
because
stalkedby a strangemanthat I nevermet before.We
havethatin ourworldtoo.Butthat isa littleunusual
for
himto bedoingthat.
The Giver
By LoisLowry
Chapter
Quote Significance
quote
I find that this
wasvery peculiarbecausein our
society,we are able to choosewho we marry. Another
disturbingfact wasthat it had beendeterminedthat
someone"lacked,somehow,the essential
capacityto
connectto others." I thinkthat is it ironicthat someone
is decidingthat someoneelsehasthe basicabilityto
connectto other. Everyonerelatesto eachother in their
own way. Thereis not just one acceptable
mannerin
whichpeopleconnectto one another.
"Needless
I find this quotevery unfairbecausethe peoplehow told
to say,he will be
him the way to go madethe mistake.The pilotshouldbe
released,
the voicehad said,
givenanotherchance.In our societyThe peoplewho tell
followed by silence.Therewas
an ironictone to that final
the pilotwhereto go get punished.
The ironicpartwas
message,
as if the speakerfound that the peoplewere controlling
the pilot so reallythe
pilot shouldn'tlosehisjob.
it amusing;andJonashad
smileda little,thoughhe knew
what a grim statementit had
been.Fora contributingcitizen
to be releasedfrom the
communitywas a finaldecision,
an
a terriblepunishment,
overwhelming
statementof
failure."Page2
"Thechildren
their Thisquote unfairtoo becausethe childrencan'tridetheir
allreceived
bikesat a certainage.But in our world we can ride bikes
bicycles
at Nine;theywerenot
at whateverage.I find this ironicbecausethe children
allowedto ridebikebefore
brother and sistercan go to be releasedjust for teaching
the
then.Butalmostalways,
how to ridea bikeat an earlyage.
and
sisters
had
them
olderbrothers
Quote
Example "Most of the peopleon the
night crew had not even been
givenspousesbecausethey
lacked,somehow,the essential
capacityto connectto others,
which was requiredfor the
creationof the familyunit."
page8
T
2
secretly
taughtthe younger
ones."Page13
3
4
5
"The birthmothersneverget to
seenew children.lf you enjoy
the littleonesso much,you
shouldhopefor an assignment
as nurturer."Pape22
"He was thrilled.Youshould
haveseenthe lookon hisface
when they let him go."page32
I think this quotea littlelronicbecausethe realmother
don't get to seeher babyWhichsheshouldbecause
that'slikeadoptingbut the birth motherdon't keepthe
baby.
I thought this quote weird becausewhen you get released
I thoughtit wasa badthingto do. Maybenot because
you get sent to anothercommunitywhere everythinghas
more choices.
"He rarelvdreamed.Sometimes It seemsthis quote is weird becauseJonasdoesn'tdream