Hamish's+Giver+Response+Activites

 **//.//** 1. An old guy who I think might be the giver and a boy named Jonas and some friends called Fiona and Asher. //That was a correct guess but many, many more people leak into the story as it goes including his parents, his sister, his new baby brother and the governing council.//

2. Around December where Jonas becomes 12. //That was definitely the time of the start of the book but in the overall time I think it might be a little bit into the future because of the fancy jet it describes and they have perfected genetic engineering in humans.//

3. In a Place which some people call the “community” //A strange community far away from here and anywhere else other than other strange communities. In these communities everyone is genetically engineered to not be able to see colour and not have memories or history dating back past there own lifetimes.//

4. The boy named Jonas will be given a really, really important job or Task to do.//He was. He was given the task of the receiver who gets memories for safekeeping and guidance for the community from the giver.//

5. I think it might be about a Robin Hood type person hence the name “the giver” the old man has. //The overall theme to me was that perfect communities are far from perfect. Although everyone was genetically engineered to fit into the community and taught to be exactly the same, no one was really equal. Those that didn’t fit in were euthanased or “released”.// 6. “Dark secrets and fragile perfection” suggests to me that something scary and sinister may happen. //Jonas with the knowledge and memories he got from the giver realises that a life with out feelings and colour is not right so he escapes the community with his baby brother to a normal civilization// **//2.//** The problem I have chosen is when Jonas escapes with Gabrielle and the original idea had nothing to do with Gabrielle but Jonas risked his life to save him. I think all of these would have been better ideas: 1. Hide Gabriele and until the planned date of escape and bring Gab with him. 2. If the giver allowed it Jonas may have been able to leave Gab with him or at least until The giver had pulled some strings in the council so Gab wouldn’t be euthanized and then give Gab back to his own family. 3. If the giver allowed it Jonas may have been able to leave Gab with him or at least until The giver had pulled some strings in the council so Gab wouldn’t be euthanized and then begin giving Gab memories at an early age with the council permission of course and in secret. //4. He could, if he was really desperate, perhaps tell the community about everything, color, pain, love and happiness with the Giver’s help, of course because everyone must believe the giver and then the community cant euthanize them because otherwise all of the memories will be realized.// **//3.//** **//4.//**  **//5.//**  **//6.//** See Giver surveys.