THE GIVER
By Lowis Lowry ,created by Ryan Rosario
Jonas
Jonas is a sensitive, polite, compassionate twelve-year-old boy. At the December Ceremony, he is selected to become the new Receiver of Memory, the most honored position in the community.Through getting memories he finds out more things about the outside world that no one ever knew. Jonas finds himself caught in a lie and wants to escape his hometown.
Fiona
One of Jonas' good friends. Fiona is a very pretty girl who is sensitive, intelligent, quiet, and polite. She is assigned to be a Caretaker of the Old.
The Giver
The Giver is the current Receiver of Memory and trains Jonas to become the next Receiver. Because he carries the burden of the memories of the world, he suffers from the pain contained within the memories. By losing his daughter Rosemary the Giver see's Jonas walking in the same path. The Giver decides to help Jonas with his plan to escape.
Rosemary
Rosemary was The Giver's daughter. Selected ten years earlier to become the new Receiver of Memory, she began training with The Giver, Rosemary was different from Jonas she couldn't take the pain and loneliness. Shortly after five weeks she asked to be released from the community.
Summary
Jonas lives in a world of no emotion and no pain. When he begins to spend time, an old man who is the sole keeper of the community's memories, Jonas discovers the dangerous truths of his community's secret past. Armed with the power of knowledge, Jonas realizes that he must escape from their world to protect himself and those he loves a challenge no one has ever completed successfully.