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The Giver: Ch. 9–13

Thu Nov 01 11:28:41 EDT 2018
By Ms. Masini (IL)
Twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a regimented community that is free from pain and suffering — but also free from joy, independence, and even color. When he is appointed the community's Receiver of Memory, Jonas begins to question everything he has been taught.Here are links to our lists for the novel: Chapters 1–4, Chapters 5–8, Chapters 9–13, Chapters 14–18, Chapters 19–23Here are links to our lists for the other novels in The Giver Quartet: Gathering Blue, Messenger, Son
exempt
From this moment you are exempted from rules governing rudeness.
prohibited
From this moment you are prohibited from dream-telling.
dismayed
Jonas might be feeling dread or consternation ("fear resulting from the awareness of danger") about his upcoming training as a Receiver, especially since the Chief Elder had warned him about the indescribable pain. But these feelings are not the same as the discouraging sense of disappointment at discovering that his new schedule would leave him no time to play.
But he was a little dismayed that his schedule left no time, apparently, for recreation.
intricate
The intricate designs on the cloth represent the complex memories that Jonas will receive; the designs were embroidered into the cloth with a needle, which parallels the painstaking transfers of the memories through the Receiver's hands into Jonas's body and mind. Just as the cloth contains the intricacies for the functional bed underneath, the Receiver holds the complex memories so that the rest of the community can work and sleep more easily.
The bed, in an alcove at the far end of the room, was draped with a splendid cloth embroidered over its entire surface with intricate designs.
conspicuous
But the most conspicuous difference was the books.
successor
But that does not mean I am perfect, and when I tried before to train a successor, I failed.
deft
This one had a switch, which the man deftly snapped to the end that said OFF.
obsolete
It wasn’t a practical thing, so it became obsolete when we went to Sameness.
fleeting
This time it was not a fleeting impression. This time the sled had—and continued to have, as he blinked, and stared at it again—that same mysterious quality that the apple had had so briefly.
wry
Then he smiled wryly. “You’ve come very quickly to that conclusion,” he said. “It took me many years. Maybe your wisdom will come much more quickly than mine.”

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