1. Literary Concepts in The Giver
Deep Analysis of
The Giver

2. Foreshadowing = Hints & clues about the future
Jonas receives a memory of the sled as his first memory
Lily points out that both Jonas and Gabe have pale eyes (“knowing eyes”)
Rule #8: You may lie
“Changes” – the apple, the audience and Fiona’s hair
Jonas is chastised for claiming he’s “starving”
Jonas is on
the sled at the end
Both boys have the ability to “see beyond”
Jonas starts to lie frequently
Jonas can see pigmentation (permanently)
Jonas is starving to death at the end

3. Foreshadowing Continued…
The myth of the man using the river to escape

4. Foreshadowing in Mr. Ryan’s Life
Mr. Ryan’s old fiancée always wanted new things
Mr. Ryan was tall and quick
Mr. Ryan’s mother and uncle are teachers
She eventually wanted a new significant other
Mr. Ryan became good at basketball
Mr. Ryan became a teacher

5. Symbolism = Something is something else (figuratively)
Glee
Killing of memories
Dove (symbol of peace)
The journey
Bitterness
Hope, “Open Eyes” (figuratively), Strength of God?
Protection from community
Escape (Flee) or Path
Float on the surface (showy)
The Sled
The River
The Annex
Elephant/Poachers
Gabriel
Lily
Asher
Rosemary
Jonas

6. Symbolism in Mr. Ryan’s Life
Wedding Ring
Small Car
Beard
Love and devotion in marriage
Laid back/Doesn’t care about image
Free spirit

7. Mood = the feeling the author intends to give you as the reader
The plane flies over the community
Jonas sees the apple alter
Jonas becomes the Receiver of Memory in training
Jonas watches the release of the twin
Jonas and Gabriel on the sled
Uncertainty/Bewilderment
Inquisitive/Intriguing/Mystified
Apprehensive
Mortified/Rage
Gleeful???

8. Mood in Mr. Ryan’s Life

9. Themes/Main or Central Idea (inferred) = universal ideas throughout a text
You need both pleasure and anguish in life
The importance of the individual
Learning from mistakes
Protecting people from themselves
Good and bad memories
Everyone is the same except for “the pale eyes”
Only Jonas and the Giver can learn from previous generations mistakes; the community can only learn from themselves
Nobody gets to make their own choices

10. Themes or Main/Central Idea (stated/inferred) = universal ideas throughout a text
“Memories are forever”
“[Caring] is the meaning of everything”
“Memories need to be shared”
Ignorance is bliss
Love is…
Integrity is…
Intelligence is…
Courage or bravery is…

11. Themes in Mr. Ryan’s Life
Always try your best
You can always change but you can’t change the past
Mr. Ryan worst grades have been a C+, C+ and C
Mr. Ryan still lives with his mistakes from high school

12. Cause and Effect (when something makes something else happen)
He gets voted to be released
She asks for her release
He stops taking stirring pills
Gabriel does not sleep soundly at the nurturing center…
Rosemary can’t bear the anguish…
Jonas wants to start “feeling” more…
Rosemary is released
Jonas accidently transmits a memory to Gabe
Add two more

13. Cause & Effect

14. Internal Conflict = problems with yourself (decisions/choices) Person vs. Self
Jonas can lie but doesn’t want to
Jonas can’t decide what assignment to focus on
Jonas wants his stirrings but has to take the pills
(Students add two more)
Avoids questions, answers other questions, and lies
Does many different assignments during volunteer hours
Jonas stops taking the dosage

15. Internal Conflict in Mr. Ryan’s Life

16. External Conflict = problems with someone or something else (Person vs
External Conflict = problems with someone or something else (Person vs. Person, Nature, God or Society)
Jonas discovers his father kills babies
Jonas is literally starving with the snow and hill being obstacles
Jonas has to follow the rules of the community or risk “release”
Jonas going to heaven???
Add two more
Person vs. Person
Person vs. Nature
Person vs. Society
Person vs God

17. External Conflict in Mr. Ryan’s Life

18. Simile = comparison using like or as (compare uncommon things)
Jonas is like an elephant
The Giver is like a light switch to Jonas
Asher is as dumb as a doorknob
The community is as blind as a bat
(Students add three)
He never forgets
He turns the light on for Jonas (figuratively)
Doorknobs can’t think – Asher is easily controlled
Bats use sonar and the community is blind to what is happening

19. Similes in Mr. Ryan’s Life

20. Metaphors = comparisons using am, is, are, etc
Metaphors = comparisons using am, is, are, etc. (compare uncommon things)
The Giver is a switch
The community is a trap
The sled is a life jacket
The river is a treasure map
(Student adds two more)
He shows Jonas the “light” (the truth)
The community tricks the members into many things
Helps Jonas escape the community
The river leads to escape (Elsewhere is the “X”)

21. Metaphors in Mr. Ryan’s Life

22. Alliteration = using the same consonant at the beginning of a word (at least three times)
“He’d been sleeping so soundly”
The Giver gives good and gleeful memories
father said in his sweet, sing-song voice”
Gabriel gets a great gift from Jonas and gives his gratitude
(students add three more)

23. Alliteration in Mr. Ryan’s Life

24. Hyperbole = an exaggerated statement
The Giver’s beard is ten feet long
The Christmas tree is the greenest-green ever
The sled is lightning fast
Asher is always late
“Jonas had a thousand questions. A million.”
(students three more)
His beard may be long, but it’s not ten feet long
It may appear to be the greenest but Jonas hasn’t seen all the greens
The sled is fast but can’t be as fast as lightning
Asher is often late, not always

25. Hyperbole in Mr. Ryan’s life
Mr. Ryan is 20 feet tall
Mr. Ryan is 6’5

26. Oxymoron or Paradox (opposites that seem not to make sense but somehow do) www.oxymoronlist.com
A little big problem
(add four more)
Gabe is a little child (literally) and starving is a big problem

27. Idioms www.idiomsite.com
A slap on the wrist
(students add 4)
The children get chastised for every little infraction (literally & figuratively)
Explain how it fits the story

28. Personification (giving inanimate objects human traits or qualities)
The river swallowed Caleb
The annex confides in no one
Students add 3 more
(think of our senses)
The sled feels
The syringe
The books (pick an action)
The bikes (pick a thought or action)
He drowned
Secrets are kept in the annex by Jonas & The Giver

29. Onomatopoeia (words make the sound) www.examples-of-onomatopoeia.com/
The fish sizzled on the stove
The children giggled at Asher’s poor use of vocab
Students add three more
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Gggggggggggggggggg

30. Irony (Opposites) (Situational, Verbal or Dramatic)
Nobody knows what release is
There is homicide in the Utopian community
Rosemary made a great receiver
The Elders make fantastic decisions
People celebrate release
Jonas and the Giver planning the escape
This is irony because .

31. Compare and Contrast (Similarities & Differences)
Jonas/Fiona
Jonas/Asher
Jonas/The Giver
Father/The Giver
Jonas/Rosemary
The Giver/Rosemary
Rosemary/Fiona .
Jonas/Fiona
Jonas/Asher
Jonas/The Giver
Father/The Giver
Jonas/Rosemary
The Giver/Rosemary
Rosemary/Fiona

32. Round/Dynamic versus Flat/Static Characters (Jonas, The Giver, Rosemary, Asher, Gabe)
Jonas, The Giver and three other characters
I infer is a round/dynamic character because .
I infer is a flat or static character because .

33. Protagonist (main character) versus Antagonist (bad guy or thing)
The Community
The Burden of the Memories
The Giver’s responsibility as the Receiver to give anguished-filled memories
Jonas needs love
Jonas
Ranking Antagonist and explain your ranking

34. Fact versus Opinion Facts Opinions Jonas is the best receiver
Gabe has golden hair
The Giver is too rigid
The father is a good liar
Fiona releases the old
Gabe has pale eyes
There is a bridge over the river
Rosemary shouldn’t have committed suicide
Jonas is starving
Jonas & Gabe died
The community needs love
The annex is a great place for training

35. Chronological Order (Sequencing)
Jonas gets his first memory (snow/sled)
Jonas finds out Rosemary was released
A plane flies over the community
Jonas is bypassed at the ceremony of twelve
The twin is released
Jonas is given his rules as the new Receiver
Jonas abducts Gabe
Jonas & Gabe are sliding down the hill
Jonas sees the apple change
The Giver gives Jonas the memory of war and the soldier
The Giver transmits a rainbow
Jonas perceives love
The memory of the poachers killing the elephant

36. Story Map of The Giver
Community is very rigid and can get “released” for transgressions
List at least five to seven vital events before the climax
Exposition: introduction to story and conflict(s)
Rising Action: main events that lead to climax

37. Story Map Continued
Climax: most interesting or crucial part; the story “changes”
Falling Action: main events after the climax
Resolution (denouement): how the major conflict is solved
When we find out “release” means murder (climax)
List at least three to five events that were imperative after the climax
Jonas and Gabriel reach “Elsewhere” (resolution)

38. Setting = time and place
The “perfect” place
Where his family lives and where sharing takes place
Learning and training take place
Can be outside/can’t be outside
Where the training is
Caleb’s “escape”
Where people go after their release

39. Author’s Purpose To inform, To Entertain, To Persuade, To Express an Opinion
Jonas and Gabriel escape the community
Mr. Ryan and the Giver have grotesque beards
You need to read The Giver, it will make you think differently
In the movie the Giver should have a purple beard and a orange robe

40. Author’s Purpose in Mr. Ryan’s Life
I have two dogs – one male and one female
You need to come over and mow my grass in order to get a “B” in my class
Chivas is the best soccer team
After I shave my beard I will glue it back on my face
To inform
To persuade
To express an opinion
To entertain

41. Analogies Glee is to happy as somber is to
Utopia is to Dystopia as pigmentation is to
Starving is to Anguish as Scars are to
Jonas is to Lily as Fiona is to Bruno
Memories are to Anguish as Lies are to
Vague is to unclear as hue is to
synonyms

42. Vocabulary: The Giver (Summarize The Giver in at least two paragraphs)
Anguish
Grotesque
Recreation
Tempted
Perceive
Transmit
Glee
Reprieve
Inadequate
Optimistic or Pessimistic
Hue or Hueless
Appeal or Bypass
Dwelling or Annex
Nuisance or Burden
Transgression or Infraction
Vague or Vividly
Apprehensive or Chastise

43. Last Slide: Author’s Purpose To Express an Opinion (at least two paragraphs)