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The GIVER!!!!!!!!!
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Literature
8th Grade
11/28/2012

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What did the hair ribbons and hair cuts symbolize?
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The governments control
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When Jonas saw the apple and the people's faces differently, what did he see?
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The color red
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What did the snow symbolize?
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Purity
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What did the sled in the memory symbolize?
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Jonas's journey that would get bogged down with memories like the sled with snow
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What did the sun symbolize
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Jonas being able to see color
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What did the sunburn symbolize
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there were bad things to come from the memories
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What is different about Jonas's eyes?
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They are lighter than most children's
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Why didn't people see their reflections regularly
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There were not many mirrors
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What did girls under nine have to wear in their hair
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Hair ribbons
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What are all of the children given
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a stuffed comfort object
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What is Gabes comfort object
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An elephant
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Where do the old live untill they are released
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The House of Old
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What do families tell each other in the morning
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Dreams
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What is their version of puberty
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The stirrings
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What are all citizens given to suppress the stirrings
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Pills
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At what age do children wear back button jackets and why do they wear them?
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4,5, & 6, so the children would depend on others and hep others
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At what age do children get front button jackets
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7
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What did Rosemary symbolize?
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Rememberance
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What was the origin Jonas's name and Gabriel's name?
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They are both from the bible (Jonas(Jonah) tried to ignore his obligation to the people) (Gabriel:Ark angel)
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Name examples of sameness in the community
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Same birthday, a certain number of each age, they don't do many things differently
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Why is love not allowed and marrage planned?
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Because love is not preicise
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What did the apple symbolize?
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The story of the Garden of Eden
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