literary concepts in the giver
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Literary Concepts in The Giver. Deep Analysis of The Giver. Foreshadowing = Hints & clues about the future. Jonas receives a memory of the sled as his first memory Lily points out that both Jonas and Gabe have pale eyes (“knowing eyes”) Rule #8: You may lie - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Deep Analysis ofThe Giver
Literary Concepts in The Giver
Foreshadowing = Hints & clues about the future
• Jonas receives a memory of the sled as his first memory
• Lily points out that both Jonas and Gabe have pale eyes (“knowing eyes”)
• Rule #8: You may lie• “Changes” – the apple,
the audience and Fiona’s hair
• Jonas is chastised for claiming he’s “starving”
• Jonas is on the sled at the end• Both boys have the
ability to “see beyond”
• Jonas starts to lie frequently
• Jonas can see pigmentation (permanently)
• Jonas is starving to death at the end
Foreshadowing Continued…• The myth of the
man using the river to escape
Foreshadowing in Mr. Ryan’s Life
• Mr. Ryan’s old fiancée always wanted new things
• Mr. Ryan was tall and quick
• Mr. Ryan’s mother and uncle are teachers
• She eventually wanted a new significant other
• Mr. Ryan became good at basketball
• Mr. Ryan became a teacher
Symbolism = Something is something else (figuratively)
The SledThe RiverThe AnnexElephant/PoachersGabrielLilyAsherRosemaryJonas
• Glee• Killing of memories• Dove (symbol of peace)• The journey• Bitterness • Hope, “Open Eyes”
(figuratively), Strength of God?
• Protection from community
• Escape (Flee) or Path• Float on the surface
(showy)
Symbolism in Mr. Ryan’s Life• Wedding Ring• Small Car• Beard
• Love and devotion in marriage
• Laid back/Doesn’t care about image
• Free spirit
Mood = the feeling the author intends to give you as the reader
• The plane flies over the community
• Jonas sees the apple alter
• Jonas becomes the Receiver of Memory in training
• Jonas watches the release of the twin
• Jonas and Gabriel on the sled
Uncertainty/Bewilderment
Inquisitive/Intriguing/Mystified
Apprehensive
Mortified/Rage
Gleeful???
Mood in Mr. Ryan’s Life
Themes/Main or Central Idea (inferred) = universal ideas throughout a text
• You need both pleasure and anguish in life
• The importance of the individual
• Learning from mistakes
• Protecting people from themselves
• Good and bad memories• Everyone is the same
except for “the pale eyes”
• Only Jonas and the Giver can learn from previous generations mistakes; the community can only learn from themselves
• Nobody gets to make their own choices
Themes or Main/Central Idea (stated/inferred) = universal ideas throughout a text
• “Memories are forever”• “[Caring] is the meaning
of everything”• “Memories need to be
shared”
• Ignorance is bliss• Love is…• Integrity is…• Intelligence is…• Courage or bravery is…
Themes in Mr. Ryan’s Life• Always try your
best• You can always
change but you can’t change the past
• Mr. Ryan worst grades have been a C+, C+ and C
• Mr. Ryan still lives with his mistakes from high school
Cause and Effect (when something makes something else happen)
• Gabriel does not sleep soundly at the nurturing center…
• Rosemary can’t bear the anguish…
• Jonas wants to start “feeling” more…
• Rosemary is released• Jonas accidently
transmits a memory to Gabe
• Add two more
• He gets voted to be released
• She asks for her release
• He stops taking stirring pills
Cause & Effect
Internal Conflict = problems with yourself (decisions/choices) Person vs. Self
• Jonas can lie but doesn’t want to
• Jonas can’t decide what assignment to focus on
• Jonas wants his stirrings but has to take the pills
• (Students add two more)
• Avoids questions, answers other questions, and lies
• Does many different assignments during volunteer hours
• Jonas stops taking the dosage
Internal Conflict in Mr. Ryan’s Life
External Conflict = problems with someone or something else (Person vs. Person, Nature, God or Society)
• Jonas discovers his father kills babies
• Jonas is literally starving with the snow and hill being obstacles
• Jonas has to follow the rules of the community or risk “release”
• Jonas going to heaven???
• Add two more
• Person vs. Person• Person vs. Nature• Person vs. Society• Person vs God
External Conflict in Mr. Ryan’s Life
Simile = comparison using like or as (compare uncommon things)
• Jonas is like an elephant
• The Giver is like a light switch to Jonas
• Asher is as dumb as a doorknob
• The community is as blind as a bat
• (Students add three)
• He never forgets• He turns the light on
for Jonas (figuratively)
• Doorknobs can’t think – Asher is easily controlled
• Bats use sonar and the community is blind to what is happening
Similes in Mr. Ryan’s Life
Metaphors = comparisons using am, is, are, etc.(compare uncommon things)
• The Giver is a switch
• The community is a trap
• The sled is a life jacket
• The river is a treasure map
• (Student adds two more)
• He shows Jonas the “light” (the truth)
• The community tricks the members into many things
• Helps Jonas escape the community
• The river leads to escape (Elsewhere is the “X”)
Metaphors in Mr. Ryan’s Life
Alliteration = using the same consonant at the beginning of a word (at least three times)
• “He’d been sleeping so soundly”
• The Giver gives good and gleeful memories
• father said in his sweet, sing-song voice”
• Gabriel gets a great gift from Jonas and gives his gratitude
• (students add three more)
Alliteration in Mr. Ryan’s Life
Hyperbole = an exaggerated statement
• The Giver’s beard is ten feet long
• The Christmas tree is the greenest-green ever
• The sled is lightning fast
• Asher is always late• “Jonas had a thousand
questions. A million.”• (students three more)
• His beard may be long, but it’s not ten feet long
• It may appear to be the greenest but Jonas hasn’t seen all the greens
• The sled is fast but can’t be as fast as lightning
• Asher is often late, not always
Hyperbole in Mr. Ryan’s life• Mr. Ryan is 20 feet
tall• Mr. Ryan is 6’5
Oxymoron or Paradox (opposites that seem not to make sense but
somehow do) www.oxymoronlist.com
• A little big problem• (add four more)
• Gabe is a little child (literally) and starving is a big problem
Idioms www.idiomsite.com
• A slap on the wrist• (students add 4)
• The children get chastised for every little infraction (literally & figuratively)
• Explain how it fits the story
Personification (giving inanimate objects human traits or qualities)
• The river swallowed Caleb
• The annex confides in no one
• Students add 3 more• (think of our senses)• The sled feels• The syringe• The books (pick an
action)• The bikes (pick a
thought or action)
• He drowned• Secrets are kept in
the annex by Jonas & The Giver
Onomatopoeia (words make the sound) www.examples-of-onomatopoeia.com/
• The fish sizzled on the stove
• The children giggled at Asher’s poor use of vocab
• Students add three more
• Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
• Gggggggggggggggggg
Irony (Opposites)(Situational, Verbal or Dramatic)
• Nobody knows what release is
• There is homicide in the Utopian community
• Rosemary made a great receiver
• The Elders make fantastic decisions
• People celebrate release
• Jonas and the Giver planning the escape
• This is irony because
.
Similarities (3) Differences (3)
• Jonas/Fiona• Jonas/Asher• Jonas/The Giver• Father/The Giver• Jonas/Rosemary• The Giver/Rosemary• Rosemary/Fiona.
• Jonas/Fiona• Jonas/Asher• Jonas/The Giver• Father/The Giver• Jonas/Rosemary• The Giver/Rosemary• Rosemary/Fiona
Compare and Contrast(Similarities & Differences)
Round/Dynamic Flat/Static
• Jonas, The Giver and three other characters
• I infer is a
round/dynamic character because
.
• I infer is a flat
or static character because
.
Round/Dynamic versus Flat/Static Characters (Jonas, The Giver, Rosemary, Asher, Gabe)
Protagonist (main character) versus Antagonist (bad guy or thing)
• The Community• The Burden of the
Memories• The Giver’s
responsibility as the Receiver to give anguished-filled memories
• Jonas needs love• Jonas
• Ranking Antagonist and explain your ranking
Facts Opinions
• Jonas is the best receiver
• Gabe has golden hair• The Giver is too rigid• The father is a good
liar• Fiona releases the old• Gabe has pale eyes• There is a bridge over
the river
• Rosemary shouldn’t have committed suicide
• Jonas is starving• Jonas & Gabe died• The community needs
love• The annex is a great
place for training
Fact versus Opinion
Chronological Order (Sequencing)
• Jonas gets his first memory (snow/sled)
• Jonas finds out Rosemary was released
• A plane flies over the community
• Jonas is bypassed at the ceremony of twelve
• The twin is released• Jonas is given his rules
as the new Receiver• Jonas abducts Gabe
• Jonas & Gabe are sliding down the hill
• Jonas sees the apple change
• The Giver gives Jonas the memory of war and the soldier
• The Giver transmits a rainbow
• Jonas perceives love• The memory of the
poachers killing the elephant
Story Map of The Giver• Exposition:
introduction to story and conflict(s)
• Rising Action: main events that lead to climax
• Community is very rigid and can get “released” for transgressions
• List at least five to seven vital events before the climax
Story Map Continued• Climax: most
interesting or crucial part; the story “changes”
• Falling Action: main events after the climax
• Resolution (denouement): how the major conflict is solved
• When we find out “release” means murder (climax)
• List at least three to five events that were imperative after the climax
• Jonas and Gabriel reach “Elsewhere” (resolution)
Setting = time and place• The “perfect” place• Where his family lives
and where sharing takes place
• Learning and training take place
• Can be outside/can’t be outside
• Where the training is• Caleb’s “escape”• Where people go after
their release
Author’s Purpose To inform, To Entertain, To Persuade, To Express an Opinion• Jonas and Gabriel
escape the community• Mr. Ryan and the
Giver have grotesque beards
• You need to read The Giver, it will make you think differently
• In the movie the Giver should have a purple beard and a orange robe
Author’s Purpose in Mr. Ryan’s Life
• I have two dogs – one male and one female
• You need to come over and mow my grass in order to get a “B” in my class
• Chivas is the best soccer team
• After I shave my beard I will glue it back on my face
• To inform• To persuade• To express an
opinion• To entertain
Analogies• Glee is to happy as
somber is to • Utopia is to Dystopia as
pigmentation is to • Starving is to Anguish as
Scars are to • Jonas is to Lily as Fiona
is to Bruno• Memories are to Anguish
as Lies are to • Vague is to unclear as
hue is to
• synonyms
Vocabulary: The Giver (Summarize The Giver in at least two paragraphs)
• Anguish• Grotesque• Recreation• Tempted• Perceive• Transmit• Glee• Reprieve• Inadequate
• Optimistic or Pessimistic
• Hue or Hueless• Appeal or Bypass• Dwelling or Annex• Nuisance or Burden• Transgression or
Infraction• Vague or Vividly• Apprehensive or
Chastise
Last Slide: Author’s Purpose To Express an Opinion (at least two paragraphs)