By: Breon Murray

Language Arts

Project

11/9/12

LANGUAGE ARTS PERSEVERANCE

THE GIVER

Jonas – An Eleven-year-old who is about to become a Twelve. He is selected to become the next Receiver of Memory in the Community. Jonas, who has pale eyes, a rarity in the Community, also has a gift,

the ability to "see beyond," but he doesn't understand this gift and the tells nobody about it until he meets the Giver.

JONAS ADVERSITY

Lily – Jonas's "sister," though they do not necessarily have the same birth parents. Children in the Community do not ever know the

identity of their true birth parents. Children are taken away from their birthmothers--another job in the community, in fact, one that Lily wants, though her "mother" discourages this--and given to the

Nurturing Center for the first year or so of their lives before they are given to an adult couple. An adult couple may apply for up to two

children and it can take years for the Committee of Elders to determine a suitable match by the Committee of Elders. Lily is a Seven who will become an Eight when Jonas becomes a Twelve.

LILY ADVERSITY

Jonas has a premonition that something terrible is about to happen. Unlike the other Elevens, he is apprehensive about the upcoming Ceremony of Twelve when he and his

peers will be given the jobs they will hold for the rest of their adult lives in their immaculately-organized, tightly-run society known only as the "Community." In the

Community, eccentricities in behavior, appearance, or personality are strongly opposed--even outlawed. However, the rules appear to be readily accepted by all, including Jonas.

So it is without real protest that he initially accepts his selection as the Receiver of Memory, the keeper of all ancient memories, a job he is told will be filled with pain and

the training for which will isolate him from his family and friends forever.

JONAS CHALLENGE

SEVENTH GRADE

On the first day of school, Victor stood in line half an hour before he came to a

wobbly card table. He was handed a packet of papers and a computer card on which he listed his

one elective1, French. He already spoke Spanish and English, but he thought some day he might

travel to France, where it was cool; not like Fresno, where summer days reached 110 degrees in

the shade. There were rivers in France, and huge churches, and fair-skinned people everywhere,

the way there were brown people all around Victor.

VICTOR

Teresa, a girl he had liked since they were in catechism classes at Saint Theresa’s,

was taking French, too. With any luck they would be in the same class. Teresa is going to be my

girl this year, he promised himself as he left the gym full of students in their new fall clothes.

She was cute. And good in math, too, Victor thought as he walked down the hall to his

homeroom. He ran into his friend, Michael Torres, by the water fountain that never turned off.That victor had a crush on.

TERESA

The challenge that Victor had was talking to Teresa.

He had trouble to asking Teresa out on a date. After he got her to talk to her they became friends.

VICTOR CHALLENGE

ZEBRA

Adam the kid that likes to run and run and never stop. He gets his nickname from other people that will watch him run, the reason why they

called Zebra because the way he sticks his head out back and fourth as the wind pass him running as fast like a zebra.

ADAM (ZEBRA)

THE END THANK YOU 4 WATCHING!!!