THE GIVER

CHAPTER 1-2

• Making your own decisions is harmful
• (It was a secret selection, made by the Committee of Elders who took the responsibility so seriously that there were never any jokes made about assignments.) Lois Lowery 15

CHAPTERS 3-5

• Getting singled out in a group is looked down apon but is never talked about.
• (No one had mentioned it, not even his parents, because the public announcement had been sufficient to produce the appropriate remorse.) Lois Lowry 23

CHAPTER 6-8

• Your differences can shape your future.
• (You Elevens have spent all your years till now learning to fit in... But today we honor your differences, they have determined your futures.) Lois Lowery 51-52

CHAPTER 9-12

• Sometimes being different is nerve racking.
• ("Congratulations, Asher!" someone called. Then that hesitation again. "You too, Jonas!") Lois Lowry 67

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Lowry, Lois. The Giver. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1993.