Monday, January 24, 2011

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.

Now I need the events from the story in chronological order.

  • Jonas tries to describe the emotions he has about the Ceremony of Twelve
  • After dinner, Jonas has a conversation about the ceremony with his parents.
  • Jonas's father  brings home a baby, Gabriel.
  • Jonas remembers the time he saw the apple change (he was beginning to see color).
  • At the Ceremony of Twelve, they skip Jonas, and at the end, the selected him to be the receiver.
  • Jonas reads the rules as receiver and is shocked to know he can lie, something that was forbidden.
  • Jonas's first day with the Giver, he receives the memory of a sled and snow and the pain of sunburn.
  • Jonas sees Fiona's hair change and the Giver tells him he's seeing color. He learns how they sacrificed freedom for the security of "sameness".
  • Jonas starts bonding with Gabriel secretly giving him calming memories to get him to sleep.
  • The Giver tells Jonas his favorite memory, a Christmas morning with real family.
  • Jonas gets the Giver to tell him about Rosemary, the previous failed receiver, his daughter.
  • Jonas watches his dad "release" a newborn twin, only releasing is killing with a lethal injection.
  • Jonas steals Gabriel, who is about to be released, and they flee from the community together.
  • Jonas and Gabriel are about to die from the cold and starvation. They get to the top of a hill and find a sled, therefore, riding down.
  • Jonas sees bright lights and hears music in front of him. Behind him he hears some too, only that be blames on an echo.

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