The Giver Chapter 1 Summary
Kai Knitter 8/12/14 Period: 4
The first main event in the Giver comes early on in the book. Jonas’s father brings the struggling newchild Gabriel home to spend nights with Jonas’s family. Lily says that Gabriel has “funny eyes” like Jonas both boys have pale lightish eyes, while most people in the community have darker eyes. At this point lily is being quite rude and In their society it is unacceptable to call attention to all the ways people are different.
Another major event occurs in the same chapter and happens almost immediately after his family take in Gabriel. Jonas thought about the Announcement Makers or speakers who make announcements to the community over the loudspeakers, including “reminders” to …show more content…
Just like his family practices telling of feelings in the evening , they tell their dreams in the morning. Jonas usually doesn't have a dream to tell, but this morning he has a clear one. He dreamed that he was in the bathing room at the House of the Old, trying to get his friend Fiona to take off her clothes and let him to give her a bath. He remembers strong feelings of desire. After sending his sister off to school, Jonas’s mother tells him that the feelings he is having are his first Stirrings, which is something that happens to everyone when they get to be about Jonas’s age. She gives him a small pill as therapy or treatment for his stirrings and reminds him to take his pill every single morning. Jonas remembers that his parents take the same pill every morning, just like some of his friends do. He also recollects hearing announcements made over the speakers reminding children to report their Stirrings for treatment as soon as possible. Jonas is happy that he has grown up enough to have to take the pills, but he tries to remember the dream he liked all of the feelings it gave him. However, the pill worked very quickly, and the pleasures of the dream were gone. This chapter is shows that Jonas’s community does not want its people to have strong emotions. Examples of this can be found later in the book in which it mentions the community wanted “sameness” Things like sexuality, which were depicted as Stirrings in the book,
The first main event in the Giver comes early on in the book. Jonas’s father brings the struggling newchild Gabriel home to spend nights with Jonas’s family. Lily says that Gabriel has “funny eyes” like Jonas both boys have pale lightish eyes, while most people in the community have darker eyes. At this point lily is being quite rude and In their society it is unacceptable to call attention to all the ways people are different.
Another major event occurs in the same chapter and happens almost immediately after his family take in Gabriel. Jonas thought about the Announcement Makers or speakers who make announcements to the community over the loudspeakers, including “reminders” to …show more content…
Just like his family practices telling of feelings in the evening , they tell their dreams in the morning. Jonas usually doesn't have a dream to tell, but this morning he has a clear one. He dreamed that he was in the bathing room at the House of the Old, trying to get his friend Fiona to take off her clothes and let him to give her a bath. He remembers strong feelings of desire. After sending his sister off to school, Jonas’s mother tells him that the feelings he is having are his first Stirrings, which is something that happens to everyone when they get to be about Jonas’s age. She gives him a small pill as therapy or treatment for his stirrings and reminds him to take his pill every single morning. Jonas remembers that his parents take the same pill every morning, just like some of his friends do. He also recollects hearing announcements made over the speakers reminding children to report their Stirrings for treatment as soon as possible. Jonas is happy that he has grown up enough to have to take the pills, but he tries to remember the dream he liked all of the feelings it gave him. However, the pill worked very quickly, and the pleasures of the dream were gone. This chapter is shows that Jonas’s community does not want its people to have strong emotions. Examples of this can be found later in the book in which it mentions the community wanted “sameness” Things like sexuality, which were depicted as Stirrings in the book,