Literature circle group: The Giver

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Literature circle group The Giver

• BY Chester Rogers, Austin Clifton, and Mark Harden

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Setting

• The story The Giver by Lois Lowry, the setting
  takes place in a utopia that is cut off from most
  of the outside world. This utopia has many rules
  and customs. There are jobs that get assigned
  from what you are good at. Some jobs are
  Nurturer, Speaker, and Birthmother. A birthmother
  is someone who relaxes for only 3 years and then
  has to do hard labor for the rest of their life.

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Characters

• Father Father of Lily and Jonas, who is a
  Nurturer.
• Mother Nurturer as well, helps the father.
• Gabriel A little girl with the same eye color
  as Jonas, which is rare.

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Jonas

• An Eleven-year-old who is about to turn a twelve.
  He is selected to become the next Receiver of
  Memory in the Community. Jonas, who has pale
  eyes, which is rare in the Community, has a gift
  to see beyond.

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Lily

• Jonas's sister, though they do not have the same
  birth parents. Children are taken away from their
  birthmothers and given to the Nurturing Center
  for the first year of their lives before they are
  given to an adult couple. An adult couple may
  apply for up to two children and it can take
  years for the Committee of Elders to determine a
  suitable match by the Committee of Elders. Lily
  is a Seven who will become an Eight when Jonas
  becomes a Twelve.

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