The Giver is a fiction novel about a boy named Jonas and his life

in a perfect world of "Sameness". In this world there were no colors,

feelings, or choices. In this world everything was decided by the

Commitee of Elders and took place in a ceremonious way. There was

the Matching of Spouses and the Naming and Placement of new

children. There was also a ceremony of Nines where all the Nines

received their bikes and the Ceremony of Twelve's where they

received their life long occupations.

In the beginning of the story, Jonas was a normal boy who was

nervous about the upcoming Ceremony of Twelve's. He was anxious

to find out what job he would be performing for the rest of his life ( or

at least until he was "released" when he turned 70 years old). Even

though he felt apprehensive about the ceremony, it helped for him to

talk about it at the nightly talks about feelings. Everyone had to tell

how the felt during the day after supper was eaten.

They spoke of feelings as if they were real even though they

have never actually had a feeling. Nobody in the community was

small bottle. He began to fill the syringe with the clear liquid. His

from his friends and family. The Chief Elder promised that his

Jonas finally made it to Elsewhere, but faced problems on the

heard stories about previous ceremonies that didn't help the nervous

he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo," and

Jonas no longer had to take his medicine to control his

It was finally the big day of the Ceremony of Twelve's. Jonas

family tell of their feelings because he knew they didn't have any.

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Approximate Word count = 938
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)