Question

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In the Giver Chapter 1,

1. What are some characteristics you notice about this dystopian society that are already strange?

2. What did the word "frightened" mean, according to Jonas? 

3. What (hint: word) were Jonas and the other children taught to be careful about?

4. How did Jonas decide he felt? What was causing this feeling? 

5. What evening ritual did the family perform after dinner?

Answer 1

1. In the Giver Chapter 1, some characteristics of the dystopian society that are already strange are that they use precise language, they have to apologize for using imprecise language, the children are assigned to families instead of being born into them, and there are rules for everything.

2. According to Jonas, the word "frightened" meant a feeling of anxiety or fear.

3. Jonas and the other children were taught to be careful about using imprecise language.

4. Jonas decided that he felt apprehensive. The Ceremony of Twelve was causing this feeling.

5. The evening ritual that the family performed after dinner was sharing their feelings with each other.

Answer 2

1. In Jonas's society, Sameness makes colors, music, and individualism completely obsolete. Sameness also impacts the natural landscape and climate. In Jonas's society, there are no hills, bad weather, or sunshine. Citizens also lack the spontaneity of life and live in a completely safe, uniform community.

2. Something bad will happen.

3. They were taught to be careful about language.

4. He feels an emotion he cannot identify, but that he likes very much, He asks the Giver what this feeling is and the Giver tells him it is love.

5. The telling of feelings. Each person describes an emotion that he or she experienced during the day and discusses it with the others.