"The Giver" Novel Study #1

Chapters #1-2.  #3 is the Group Question

1.  What changes will occur in Jonas's life after "The Ceremony"?
2. What word would you use to describe the ‘community’?  Give evidence from the novel to support your choice of the word.
3. Who is Asher?  How is he different than Jonas?
4. How would you describe the nature of the family's dinner conversation?

Vocabulary

Define the following words (as they are used in the novel), indicate the part of speech, and then use each in a full sentence that demonstrates that you understand its meaning.  Be careful of the different parts of speech in your sentences!

·         Pondered, disposition, nurturing, prominent, transgression.