1. Giver: Chapter - 20
“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” 1

2. Questions:
1)Why does Jonas have trouble accepting his father role as a releaser?
Answer: He realizes that "to be released" means to be killed. Without memory, Jonas father can't understand the consequences of what he is doing. He doesn't understand the pain involved in death or the need to value individual life. He kills a healthy baby just because the rules say that he should.
2)Why is Jonas so upset in this chapter ?
Answer: Jonas is quite upset because he has learned that his father kills babies when he releases them. He tells the Giver that he cannot return home, and the Giver allows him to stay for the night.
3)What is the main idea of Chapter 20 in The Giver?
Answer :Chapter 20 of The Giver is the chapter where Jonas and the Giver concoct their plan to release the memories 2

3. Summary of Chapter 20:
Jonas, still raging, refuses to go home and see his father. He's crying, and The Giver, once again, says, "Be quiet," but this time in a comforting voice. He tells Jonas that no one can see or hear him sobbing. He also says Jonas can stay there for the night if he wants.
Once the moral outrage at killing babies dies down a bit, Jonas is consumed with outrage that his Father has been lying to him.
The Giver tries to explain that his Father was just following the rules, that he doesn't know how to act any differently. Jonas wants to know if The Giver has ever lied to him; the old man answers no, he never has. Then Jonas asks if Release is death for everyone, even the elderly. The Giver confirms that yes, it is. Even Fiona, who works with the Elderly, is being trained to do lethal injections. Because those people don't know how to have emotions, it doesn't mean anything to them. 3

4. Summary of Chapter 20:
Once he calms the boy down a bit, The Giver explains that the two of them are the only ones with real feelings in the entire community. The problem with holding the memories, he says, is that it's lonely—memories are meant to be shared.
The Giver says the two of them need to make a plan. They know that things can be different than they are now, because they've seen the past through the memories they share. Spending time with Jonas has made The Giver realize that things have to change. And he thinks there might be a way…
In a brilliant, suspense-building shift, we don't get to hear their plan. We cut to the post-planning, where the two have come up with an idea.
Jonas is sitting wrapped up in The Giver's robe, the kind the Elders wear. He knows that if their plan doesn't work, he will very likely be killed. 4

5. Summary of Chapter 20:
Jonas asks The Giver to come with him, but the old man refuses. Jonas needs to escape to Elsewhere—knowing that he can never come back—and then the memories he's taken will be released to the community. The Giver hopes that, through these memories, the citizens will acquire some wisdom. He has to stick around to help them.
Both Jonas and The Giver know that the Elders will try to pick a new Receiver, and quickly too, to take the memories and ease the burden. But The Giver knows that there isn't another one ready.
Jonas reminds him that there's a young girl with light eyes, except she's only a Six. The fact is, the community will have to deal with the memories themselves.
Besides, says The Giver, he's too old and weak to make the journey. He doesn't even see colors anymore, he admits, which really hits home for Jonas.
Speaking of colors, Jonas would like to know more about what The Giver meant so long ago. He said that he "perceived beyond" when he was young, too, except it wasn’t
colors that he perceived. 5

6. Summary of Chapter 20:
The Giver says that the only way Jonas will understand is if he transmits to Jonas the memory in question. He's been holding on to it, he says, a bit selfishly. It's music, he says. He used to hear music.
Of course, Jonas doesn't know what this is. But he refuses to take the memory from The Giver, insisting that the old man should keep it for himself.
When Jonas finally goes home, he pretends everything is hunky-dory with his Father.
Jonas spends the next day at school going over the plan in his head, which at last we get to hear about: for the next two weeks, as the December Ceremony approaches, Jonas will get ready to escape to Elsewhere. The Giver will transmit memories of courage to help him. 6

7. Summary of Chapter 20:
Then, the night before the big Ceremony, Jonas will sneak out of his house and hide his bicycle and clothes by the river. Then he'll come to the Annex, where The Giver will be waiting for him.
As the plan goes, his parents will wake up and find a cheery note about Jonas having gone for an early bike ride. They'll wait and wait, and, finally, they'll just leave for the Ceremony without him. No one will notice his absence all day because they'll be so wrapped up in the festivities. 7

8. 15 Difficult Words with it's meaning
1. Weeping - shedding tears.
2. Shuddering - the action or fact of shaking or vibrating violently.
3. Rueful - expressing sorrow or regret, especially in a wry or humorous way.
4. Anguished - experiencing or expressing severe mental or physical pain or suffering.
5. Grasped - seize and hold firmly.
6. Hunched - raise (one's shoulders) and bend the top of one's body forward.
7. Trailed - walk or move slowly or wearily.
8. Solemnly - with deep sincerity.
9. Gesture - a movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head,
to express an idea or meaning. 8

9. 15 Difficult Words with it's meaning
10. Violation - the action of violating someone or something.
11. Chastise - punish, especially by beating.
12. Shrugged - raise (one's shoulders) slightly and momentarily to express doubt,
ignorance, or indifference.
13. Errand - a short journey undertaken in order to deliver or collect something, especially on someone else's behalf.
14. Glumly - in a disappointed or unhappy way:
15. Plea - a request made in an urgent and emotional manner. 9

10. Plot line of the chapter:
1) Exposition:
Chapter 20 of The Giver starts after Jonas has learned that his father is killing the infants he releases. He is quite distraught, and the Giver allows him to spend the night with him rather than go home. Jonas feels helpless, but the Giver has a plan to give memories back to the people.
2) Rising action:
Jonas has learned that his father is killing the infants he releases. He is quite distraught, and the Giver allows him to spend the night with him rather than go home. Jonas feels helpless, but the Giver has a plan to give memories back to the people.
3) Climax:
Jonas is quite upset because he has learned that his father kills babies when he
releases them. He tells the Giver that he cannot return home 10

11. Plot line of the chapter:
4) Falling action:
Jonas and the Giver concoct their plan to release the memories. The chapter begins with Jonas upset because in Chapter 19 he realized that his father had been killing infants in the release. Chapter 20 ends with the finalization of their plans.
5) Resolution:
Jonas and the Giver devise a plan during Chapter 20 to release the memories. Jonas will sneak out and travel to Elsewhere, and the Giver will stay behind to help the community cope with the memories. 11

12. Task assigned :
1) Why does the giver refuse to leave his community?
2)Why can't The Giver leave in chapter 20? 12

13. Group 3 Members: 13 1. Tshering Dendup 2. Radha Gurung
3. Sonam Yangden
4. Sumitra Layo
5. Puja Rai
6. Tshering Choki Lhamo
7. Sonia Gurung
8. Lhendrup Yangchen 13

14. Thank you 14