Newbery Award
Exposition: Jonas is the main character in The Giver and lives in the community.
Conflict: In the community everything is controlled and no one is allowed to make decisions for themselves or to have feelings.
Rising Action: Jonas becomes The Receiver and receives all the memories from the past including good and bad memories. Jonas realizes what an empty life it is that the people live in the community since they are not able to feel anything. Jonas and The Giver, the person who is giving the memories to Jonas, decide that the best way that Jonas can help the community is to leave and let all the people have the memories.
Climax: Jonas finds out that Gabriel is going to be released, or killed, the following morning so he has to leave the community immediately and takes Gabriel with him.
Falling Actions: It was a very difficult journey for Jonas and Gabriel but they eventually make it Elsewhere, what the real world is known as in the community.
Resolution: The book leads you to believe that Jonas and Gabriel enjoy life as it was meant to be and so did the people in the community.
Literary Qualities: Two strong literary elements in this book are setting and point of view. The setting in this book is extremely important since it sets the mood for the entire book. This book would not have as strong of a story line if the point of view were not from Jonas’s perspective since he holds the memories.
Conflict: In the community everything is controlled and no one is allowed to make decisions for themselves or to have feelings.
Rising Action: Jonas becomes The Receiver and receives all the memories from the past including good and bad memories. Jonas realizes what an empty life it is that the people live in the community since they are not able to feel anything. Jonas and The Giver, the person who is giving the memories to Jonas, decide that the best way that Jonas can help the community is to leave and let all the people have the memories.
Climax: Jonas finds out that Gabriel is going to be released, or killed, the following morning so he has to leave the community immediately and takes Gabriel with him.
Falling Actions: It was a very difficult journey for Jonas and Gabriel but they eventually make it Elsewhere, what the real world is known as in the community.
Resolution: The book leads you to believe that Jonas and Gabriel enjoy life as it was meant to be and so did the people in the community.
Literary Qualities: Two strong literary elements in this book are setting and point of view. The setting in this book is extremely important since it sets the mood for the entire book. This book would not have as strong of a story line if the point of view were not from Jonas’s perspective since he holds the memories.
Lowry, L. (1993). The giver. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
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