The Giver
Across
- 2. physical or emotional suffering, often found in the memories.
- 6. a vague term for places outside the community.
- 8. the leaders who make decisions for the community.
- 10. an imagined perfect society with no problems.
- 12. an experience from the past transmitted to Jonas.
- 13. a caregiver responsible for raising newchildren.
- 15. the person chosen to hold all past memories of the world.
- 16. being separated from others, often emotionally.
- 18. the community’s system of removing differences to maintain control.
- 19. the community’s term for removing someone permanently.
Down
- 1. breaking a rule or doing something forbidden.
- 2. speaking or acting with exactness, as required in the community.
- 3. a heavy responsibility, like the memories Jonas receives.
- 4. Center the facility where newchildren are cared for.
- 5. following rules without question.
- 7. pausing because of uncertainty or fear.
- 9. lacking feelings, as the community expects.
- 11. early feelings of desire that must be suppressed with pills.
- 14. the job each child is given at the Ceremony of Twelve.
- 17. a formal community event marking stages of childhood.