Describe the setting of your novel or short story. Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer.
The setting of The Giver is in a futuristic world where all emotions and feelings are not allowed. Everyone who lives in this world are all the same and consist of 2 parents and 2 kids.
“Memories are not just about the past. They determine our future. You can change things. You can make things better.”
Describe the protagonist of your novel or short story. Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer.
The protagonist of The Giver is Jonas this is because he is the main character that we follow around as we read that he gets chosen as the giver, can see color, and so on.
''Back in the time of the memories, everything had a shape and size, the way things still do, but they also had a quality called color. ''
Discuss the main conflict in your novel or short story. If the conflict is not perfectly clear yet, what do you suspect it will be?
I think the main conflict is that Jonas got assigned The Giver role this causes many people to think of him differently and for him to think of himself in a different way.
Which of the four major types of conflict best describes the situation you discussed?
Of the four major types of conflict, the one that best describes the situation I discussed is, our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness. Before my time, before the previous time, back and back and back. We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with difference. We gained control of many things.
Describe the antagonist from your novel or short story. Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer.
The antagonist is The Chief Elder.
“When people have the freedom to choose, they choose wrong - every single time.”
