If you are looking for the beginning of the study for The Giver then you can go HERE for a brief introduction. At the bottom of the introduction you will find the links to each section of the study guide as it becomes available. If you would like to see the growing list of available book studies available for free on this site you can go HERE. Enjoy!
Grammar Questions: (The Information of the Text)
What had “the Maintenance Crew” done overnight? (pg. 91)
What did the “female Attendant” do that surprised Jonas? (pg. 92)
What was different about the door in the annex which made Jonas uncomfortable? (pg. 92)
What was “a joke throughout the community”? (pg. 93)
What was different about the furniture in the Annex? (pg. 93-94)
What was the “most conspicuous difference” about what was in the Annex? (pg. 94)
What did the old Receiver of Memory not do when Jonas apologized? (pg. 95)
What did the old Receiver encourage Jonas to do? (pg. 97)
Which or whose memories was Jonas supposed to receive? (pg. 98)
What “meant nothing” to Jonas? (pg. 99)
What did the old Receiver do which almost made Jonas gasp with surprise? (pg. 100)
Logic Questions: (Interpreting, Comparing/Contrasting, Reasoning)
What might we infer from the fact that Jonas had never known of any door in the community to be locked? (pg. 92)
Why was Jonas so dumbfounded about how there could be so many books? (pg. 94)
Why would the role of being the Receiver of Memory be so tiring? (pg. 96)
What does Jonas mean when he says, “I thought there was only now.”? (pg. 98)
What would we infer from the fact that Jonas doesn’t know many of the words used by the old receiver? (pg. 99)
Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of Ideas in the Text)
Is it important to be able to ask questions about what you are learning? Why or why not?
Is it important to study history, that is to say, to receive the memories of the past? Explain and defend your answer.
Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)
Read Deuteronomy 5:12-15. Using this as an example, why is it important for us as a people to have memories of things which we, ourselves, may not have personally experienced?
Read Ecclesiastes 1:9-11. What does this passage teach us about sinful humanity’s tendency concerning remembering the past?
Read Luke 22:19. How does remembrance play a central role in the Christian faith?
Virtues/Vices/Great Ideas: (Find them in the Text)
Beauty, Education, Appearance vs. Reality, Compassion