The Giver Ch. 15-23 Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. Life in the community feels __________, moving slowly and calmly, with no strong emotions or excitement to energize the people.
  2. 7. The rules that forbid citizens from seeing color or feeling emotions __________ their ability to truly understand life and humanity.
  3. 10. The memory of warfare is __________ to Jonas, filled with twisted bodies and suffering so unnatural that it shocks him compared to his orderly world.
  4. 12. The strict rules of the community __________ every part of daily life, controlling emotions, choices, and even family relationships.
  5. 13. The memories of warmth, music, and love __________ Jonas, making him long for a life filled with feelings he cannot fully have.
  6. 15. By the end of the novel, Jonas understands that staying in the community puts Gabriel in great __________, exposing him to the danger of release.
  7. 16. As Jonas receives warm memories, he begins to __________ in feelings of love and comfort that his community has long denied its citizens.
Down
  1. 2. Each new memory Jonas receives seems to __________ his understanding of the world, increasing his awareness of both beauty and suffering.
  2. 3. At first, the changes in Jonas’s perception of color are __________, so small that even he is unsure whether they are real.
  3. 4. When Jonas realizes the truth about release, he understands that what the community calls peace actually hides terrible __________, as lives are quietly ended without mourning or choice.
  4. 5. In one memory, Jonas sees a __________ light shining from candles, glowing warmly in contrast to his dull, colorless world.
  5. 6. As Jonas gains more memories, his ability to see color begins to __________, slowly coming into view after being hidden by Sameness.
  6. 8. Jonas finds __________ in his conversations with the Giver, gaining comfort as he struggles with the heavy burden of his knowledge.
  7. 9. The memories of pain and loss __________ Jonas emotionally, leaving him shaken and unable to see his community as safe or perfect.
  8. 11. Jonas feels __________ when he first experiences the memory of sledding, overwhelmed by joy and excitement he has never felt before.
  9. 14. In a memory of the natural world, Jonas sees a deep __________ carved into the land by rushing water, something completely unfamiliar to his flat community.