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Jonas event #2
Jonas is chosen Receiver of Memory at the ceremony. -
Jonas fist part
Jonas remembers the plane flying overhead when he thinks about the Ceremony of Twelve. This is important because it foreshadows trouble for Jonas. -
Jona's event #3
Jonas is given his instructions, which forbid him from telling dreams, taking pills for Stirrings, or talking about his work, but do allow him to lie. -
Jona's event#4
Jonas begins training with The Giver, which consists of receiving memories. -
Jonas event# 5
Jonas learns that there is something special about his having light eyes. The Giver has them too. So does Gabe. They are linked. -
Jona's event #6
Jonas learns about emotions from the memories, including love and war. -
Jona's event #7
Jonas begins to realize he is different. He tries to get his friend Asher to stop playing war games. Asher is annoyed. He asks his parents if they love him and is chided for using imprecise language. -
Jona's event #8
Jonas begins transmitting memories to Gabe to calm him. Gabe still cannot sleep through the night. -
Jona's event #9
Jonas asks to see a Release ceremony. He watches his father kill a newborn infant just because it was the smaller one of a pair of twins. -
Jona's event #10
Jonas refuses to go home. The Giver tells him things can be different, and the two hatch a plan for Jonas’s escape.
