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Chapter 6:

One family just lost a son, a four-year-old named Caleb, when he drowned in the river. Afterwards,
everyone partook in the Ceremony of Loss, where they repeated the name of the dead boy softer
and softer until everyone forgot about him. And now today, the family gets a new Caleb

Chapter 7:

The Chief Elder continues to give Assignments to the Elevens. When it is her turn, Fiona is assigned
as Caretaker at the House of the Old, which Jonas knows she will enjoy. After each Assignment, the
Chief Elder tells the assigned child, "Thank you for your childhood." This signifies that a child has
become an adult.

Chapter 8:

Jonas confused about his future as the new Receiver of Memory. He feels fear because he will have
to endure physical pain and will be alienated from his friends and family, but he feels pride because
the members of the community are in awe of him — and he hasn't done anything yet.

Chapter 9:

Jonas realizes that his life will never be the same as a result of having been selected as the new
Receiver of Memory. At the conclusion of the December Ceremony, Jonas immediately feels
"separate, different." People move aside for him to pass, and his peers are unsure of how to act
toward him

Chapter 10:

Jonas rides to the House of the Old with Fiona, who is nervous about going in even though she has
been there many times before. She tells Jonas she will ride home with him later if they get out at the
same time. Jonas walks behind the building the Annex. When he enters, a woman at the desk stands
to acknowledge his presence and welcomes him as the receiver of memory. She then unlocks the
door for him to see the current Receiver. Jonas is surprised as no doors in their community have any
locks. The old man also welcomes Jonas as the Receiver of Memory, but Jonas is confused because
he feels that the old man still holds that position.

Chapter 11:

old man putting his hands on Jonas's back. Jonas begins to feel cold. Then words come to him, such
as sled, hill, and runners, as he has a vision of himself sledding down a snow hill. When he opens his
eyes, he asks what happened to the snow? The old man explains that they decided to introduce
climate control to alleviate the hassles caused by snow, and they got rid of hills to stop
transportation problems. He then transmits another memory to Jonas of sunshine. Somehow,
climate control has eliminated that too. Jonas enjoys receiving these memories, but the old man
assures him that not all the memories will be pleasant. He gives him a memory of sunburn, so that
Jonas can feel a bit of pain.

Chapter 12:

Jonas lies to his parents the next morning and doesn't tell them about the dream he had. In his
dream he was trying to get to something beyond the snow hill, but he couldn't see what it was. He
went to school, which was a bit awkward since he wasn't allowed to talk about his training. Then he
rode with Fiona to the House of the Old again. She admitted that she waited for him the previous
day but left when he didn't show up, which he apologized for. She said she was enjoying all that she
was learning and was surprised that they chastised the elderly with a smack the same way that they
did with the young children. Jonas couldn't tell her anything in return, but he did notice something
odd about Fiona's hair. He went in and asked the Giver about it. The Giver told him to recall the
memory of the snow hill and then look down at the sled. Jonas sat back and thought about it and
noticed that the sled resembled Fiona's hair in the same way he had noticed the apple looked. The
Giver explained that Jonas was seeing the color red. He explained that before they went to
sameness, there had been many colors, but they decided to take them all away. They had genetically
modified people to all have the same skin tone, but they weren't as successful with eye or hair color.
He decided to give Jonas the memory of a rainbow to show him what colors were.

Chapter 13:

In chapter thirteen Jonas bemoans the fact that the community has taken away colors. He likes the
different colors, and he thinks he would enjoy having choices in clothing, for example. However, the
Giver points out that making choices means people could make wrong ones in decisions such as jobs
or spouses. Jonas agrees that it's safer to take away the choices. The Giver then shares a memory
where Jonas witnesses elephants being shot with guns. He tries to tell Lily that her comfort object
actually existed long ago, but she doesn't believe him. Jonas even attempts to pass on memories to
other people, such as Asher, but it doesn't work

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