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THE GIVER
INTERACTIVE STORY CREATED BY:
VICTORIA LAM
PERIOD 5
THINGS TO KNOW
• You are Jonas and is responsible for every decision you make.
• The story starts out simple where you are just learning
everything. The beginning is very simple with few decision
making scenarios.You’ll start to make more decisions as you
near the end.
• Play responsibly.
• HAVE FUN!
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An interactive story
based on The Giver by
Lois Lowry…
THE GIVER
PLAY
BEFORE THE CEREMONY OF
12
Jonas is feeling apprehensive about the upcoming
ceremony. There is a sharing of feelings with his family
tonight. What will you say?
FATHER STARTS THE SHARING OF FEELINGS.YOU
DECIDED TO SHARE LAST. HOW DO YOU START?
A. “I’m feeling apprehensive. It’s nothing really to worry
about. It’s about the Ceremony.”
B. “I’m feeling apprehensive. The fact that time flies worries
me. It’s almost December.”
“I’M GLAD YOU TOLD US OF YOUR FEELINGS,” SAID
FATHER. “FATHER AND I WILL TALK TO YOU IN PRIVATE.”
You agree and Lily goes away. Father shared his experience
when he was younger and soon to go to the Ceremony of
Twelve. Mother explains how the Elders are careful to
choose what is good for each person.
Now, you feel reassured by the talk. However, you haven’t
the slightest idea what assignment the Elders have selected
for you.
THE CEREMONY OF 12
Jonas is feeling very nervous.You and your age group are
sitting in numerical order.You are number nineteen. The
Ceremony is about to start. What are your thoughts?
ASHER HAS JUST BEEN CALLED UP. HE HAS BEEN GIVEN
THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF
RECREATION. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
A. You cheer loudly, ending up earning chastisement from
your director for politeness.
B. “Good job, Asher!” you think to yourself.You applaud
with everyone else.
“I KNOW YOU’RE HAPPY FOR YOUR FRIEND BUT YOU
MUST REMEMBER TO BE POLITE AND KEEP YOUR VOICE
AT AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL.” NUMBER EIGHTEEN IS
CALLED. HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
A. I feel very nervous. I smooth my hair out as Fiona,
number Eighteen, walks off the stage.
B. I’m keeping my calm. I smooth my hair out as Fiona,
number Eighteen, walks off the stage.
NUMBER EIGHTEEN IS CALLED. HOW ARE YOU
FEELING?
A. I feel very nervous. I smooth my hair out as Fiona,
number Eighteen, walks off the stage.
B. I’m keeping my calm. I smooth my hair out as Fiona,
number Eighteen, walks off the stage.
YOU’RE SKIPPED! AFTER EIGHTEEN SAT DOWN,
NUMBER TWENTY WAS CALLED. WHISPERS CAN BE
HEARD EVERYWHERE. WHAT’S YOUR REACTION?
A. “What? What did I do wrong?” you think to yourself.Your
hands begin to feel clammy. Applauding for others has
now become a robotic motion.
B. “What have I done wrong?” you think to yourself.You
now no longer pay attention to other people receiving
their assignments.
THE CHIEF ELDER APOLOGIZES TO EVERYONE FOR
MAKING THEM ANXIOUS. SHE EXPLAINS THAT JONAS
(YOU) HAD BEEN SELECTED TO BE THE NEXT RECEIVER
OF MEMORY. EVERYONE GASPS, EYES WIDENED IN AWE.
A. You feel proud, yet nervous at the same time.You don’t feel
brave at all, even if it was listed as a quality of a Receiver.
Then, there’s this one quality: the Capacity to See Beyond.
What is that?
B. You feel proud but afraid. “I have to be alone and apart?”
you think to yourself. Then, there’s this one quality of a
Receiver I do not understand: the Capacity to See beyond.
THE CHIEF ELDER, ALONG WITH EVERYONE, LOOKS AT
YOU. EVERYTHING IS SILENT.YOU WANT TO SAY NO.YOU
LOOK INTO THE CROWD. FOR A FLICKERING SECOND,
THEY CHANGED.
A. “I’ll do it. I believe that I have the Capacity to See Beyond.
I sometimes see something. Maybe it’s beyond.”
B. “I think it’s true. I don’t understand it yet. I don’t know
what it is. But sometimes I see something. And maybe it’s
beyond.”
“JONAS,YOU WILL BE TRAINED TO BE OUR NEXT
RECEIVER OF MEMORY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CHILDHOOD,” SAID THE CHIEF ELDER.
The whispers began. “Jonas. Jonas. Jonas.” Then louder, faster.
“JONAS. JONAS. JONAS.” You know now that the
community is accepting you and your new role.Your heart
wells with gratitude and pride.
However, you are filled with fear.You don’t know what you
are to become. Or what would become of YOU.
THE ANNEX: FIRST MEMORIES
You arrive at the destination you were assigned to go to.
You meet an elderly man.You’re surprised to learn that
there is a whole world out there from back and back and
back.You start to receive your first memory.
YOU FEEL THE HANDS OF THE RECEIVER ON YOUR BACK
GROW COLD. THE AIR BEGINS TO FEEL COLD AND
YOU’RE FILLED WITH ENERGY.YOU BEGIN TO FEEL A
NEW SENSATION OF SOMETHING FEATHERLIKE.
A. “Snow!” you perceive. It is those bright, whirling torrent
of crystals in the air around you.
B. “Snow!” you perceive. It’s the tiny, soft, featherlike feelings
peppering your body and face.You stick your tongue out.
YOU’RE SITTING SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE GROUND ON A
HARD FLAT SURFACE POISED AT THE TOP OF A LONG,
EXTENDED MOUND THAT ROSE FROM LAND.
A. “Sled. I’m sitting on a thing called sled. This mound is
called a hill.”
B. “This thing I’m sitting on is called a sled. This piece of land
I’m poised on is called a hill.”
THE SLED BEGINS TO MOVE.YOU UNDERSTAND
EVERYTHING INSTANTLY.YOUR SLED IS PROPELLED BY
RUNNERS. THE SNOW BUILDS ON THE RUNNERS AND
THE RIDE BEGINS TO SLOW.YOU OPEN YOUR EYES.
A. “I’m surprised. You don’t have the memory of it — of that
ride on the sled — anymore? I took it from you! Did my
parents have sleds when they were young? Did you?”
B. “You don’t have the memory of it — of that ride on the
sled — anymore? I took it from you! What happened to
snow and the rest of it?”
“NO. IT'S A VERY DISTANT MEMORY. THAT’S WHY IS WAS
SO EXHAUSTING — I HAD TO TUG IT FORWARD FROM
MANY GENERATIONS BACK. IT WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN
I WAS A NEW RECEIVER.”
A. “Wow. What happened to those things?”
B. “That must be really tiring. What happened to those
things?”
“CLIMATE CONTROL. SNOW LIMITED THE
AGRICULTURAL PERIODS. HILLS MADE CONVEYANCE OF
GOODS UNWIELDY. SO, SAMENESS,” THE OLD MAN
CONCLUDED.
A. “I wish we had those things, still. Just now and then.”
B. You sigh. “It’d be nice to have those things.”
“NOW,YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PERCEIVE THE NAME
WITHOUT BEING TOLD. I WANT TO TEST THE
RECEIVING.” YOU LAY DOWN AND THE MAN PUTS HIS
HANDS ON YOUR BACK.
A. You feel warmth spreading through your body.You lick
your lips, the air was hot and heavy. Sunshine you
perceive.
B. You feel warmth spreading through your body.You stay
still. This warmth came from far above. Sunshine you
perceive.
AT THE END OF TRAINING, YOU ASK HIM WHAT
YOU SHOULD CALL HIM NOW THAT YOU’RE THE
RECEIVER.
“Call me The Giver,” he told Jonas.
LEARNING THE COLORS
Jonas has recently been seeing something change in the
quality of an apple and Fiona’s hair. The Giver explains the
colors to you by bringing you back to your first memory with
the sled.
YOU TRY TO EXPLAIN WHAT YOU SAW IN THE APPLE
AND FIONA’S HAIR. “WHEN I GAVE YOU THE MEMORY
YESTERDAY, THE FIRST ONE, THE RIDE ON THE SLED, DID
YOU LOOK AROUND? THE SLED?”
A. “Don’t you have to give me the memory? How can I call
it back?”
B. “Don’t you have to give me the memory? How will I get
it?”
“IT IS THE SAME LIKE REMEMBERING LAST YEAR, OR THE
YEAR THAT YOU WERE A SEVEN, OR A FIVE. JUST
CONCENTRATE.”
A. You close your eyes and go deep into your mind. There it
is. You grin and move your legs to look underneath it. You
stare at it.
B. You close your eyes and sought the memory in your
consciousness. There they were.You move your legs and
look at the sled. You stare at it.
“I SAW IT, IN THE SLED,” YOU SAID SLOWLY. “YOU’RE
BEGINNING TO SEE THE COLOR RED,” THE GIVER SAID.
“Once, back in the time of memories, everything had a shape and
size, like they are still, but they also had a quality called color.
There were lots of colors and one of them is red. That’s the one
you’re starting to see.”
You question why colors had disappeared. The Giver explains
that we relinquished sunshine, color, and did away differences to
gain control of other things.
The Giver then gives you the memory of a rainbow.
LEARNING PAIN
Jonas finally convinces The Giver to show him what
pain is like.You revisit your first memory: riding down
the hill on a sled.
YOU WANT TO KNOW THE PAIN THAT THE
RECEIVER IS MEANT TO EXPERIENCE.YOU TRY TO
CONVINCE THE GIVER TO SHOW IT.
A. “The Chief Elder told me, at the beginning, that the
receiving of memory causes terrible pain. But I haven’t
suffered, Giver.”
B. “What is it that makes you suffer so much? If you gave
some of it to me, maybe your pain would be less."
“All right. I’ve decided. We’ll start with something
familiar. Let’s go once again to a hill, and a sled.” The
Giver places his hands on your back.
YOU ARE AGAIN AT THE TOP OF A HILL ON A SLED. IT
BEGINS TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS TIME, THE RUNNER
COULDN’T SLIDE THROUGH THE FROZEN EXPANSE. THE
SLED GATHERED SPEED AND SKITTERED SIDEWAYS.
A. You attempt to steer by pulling the rope, but the
steepness and speed took control. You’re terrified.
B. You are jarred loose from all the bumping and thrown
violently into the air.
YOU FALL WITH YOUR LEG TWISTED UNDER YOU, AND
CAN HEAR THE CRACK OF BONE.YOUR FACE SCRAPES
ALONG THE JAGGED EDGES OF ICE.YOU GASP AT THE
PAIN.
You perceive fire and feel the flames licking against your flesh.
YOU ARE JARRED LOOSE FROM ALL THE BUMPING
AND THROWN VIOLENTLY INTO THE AIR.
You perceive fire and feel the flames licking against your flesh.
YOU GIVE AWAY A MEMORY
Jonas has asked to have Gabriel sleep with him tonight.
Gabriel sleeps soundly during the first part of the night. Then,
he begins to cry. You touch his back and recall a memory. It
begins to slip away…
THE MIDDLE HOURS OF THE NIGHT APPROACHED AND
GABE’S RESTLESSNESS HAS AWAKEN YOU.YOU PAT
GABRIEL’S BACK RHYTHMICALLY.
A. You begin to remember a sail that The Giver had given to
you: a bright, breezy day on a clear turquoise lake.
B. You begin to remember a kite that The Giver had given
to you: it was flying in the wind with bright sunshine.
OH NO,YOU FEEL IT SLIPPING FROM YOUR
FINGERS.
A. You remove your hand from the crib as Gabe became
quiet. You recall the memory. It is duller: the colors
weren’t as vivid and the motions were slower.
B. You pulled away what’s left of the memory with such
force as Gabe became quiet. The memory is duller: the
colors weren’t as vivid and the motions were slower.
WILL YOU CONFESS OF THIS POWER TO GIVE
AWAY MEMORIES?
A. Yes
B. No
GOOD JOB! NOW, WE CAN MOVE ON
TO VISIT MORE MEMORIES AND
LEARNING MORE EMOTIONS.
DEAD END! IF YOU CONFESS, WHO
KNOWS WHAT WOULD BECOME OF YOUR
TRAINING?
WAR, FAMILY, LOVE
So many more memories were received! You learned
the strong emotions of pain in war.You try to
understand love…
THAT MEMORY OF WAR WAS HORRIFYING!
THE GIVER SHARES HIS FAVORITE MEMORY
WITH YOU. IT WAS A WHOLE FAMILY AND YOU
FELT WARMTH: LOVE.
YOU ENJOYED THE FEELING OF LOVE.YOU ASKED
YOUR PARENTS IF THEY LOVE YOU. “PRECISION OF
LANGUAGE, PLEASE!” SAID FATHER.
A. You are confused. What’s wrong with the word?
B. You are confused. This isn’t amusing.
“YOUR FATHER MEANT THAT YOU USED A VERY
GENERALIZED WORD. IT IS MEANINGLESS.
A. You stare at them. It didn’t feel like that in the memory.
B. Meaningless? It didn’t feel like that in the memory.
AFTER SEVERAL EXAMPLES, MOTHER ASKED, “DO YOU
UNDERSTAND WHY IT’S INAPPROPRIATE TO USE A
WORD LIKE ‘LOVE’?”
A. You lie and say, “Yes, thank you, I do.”
B. You tell the truth and say, “No, please explain it further.”
NICE ONE! YOU MADE YOUR FIRST LIE
TO YOUR PARENTS. IT WAS THE ONLY
WAY.
THAT DIDN’T TURN OUT WELL. THERE
REALLY ISN’T ANY OTHER SIMPLE WAY TO
PROVE ‘LOVE’ A MEANINGLESS WORD OTHER
THAN THE PRECISION OF LANGUAGE.
THE TRUTH BEHIND ‘RELEASE’
Jonas’ father is chosen to release the lesser of the
newborn twins.You wanted to see the release and The
Giver showed you the recording of the release. Little did
you know the horrors that lay behind shadows of
secrets…
JONAS TOLD THE GIVER ABOUT THE RELEASE HIS
FATHER PERFORMED. THE GIVER TELLS YOU THAT YOU
SHOULD WATCH IT.
You and The Giver watch this morning’s ‘release’. You keep
commenting during the video about how Father will make the
unchosen baby nice and comfy for the trip to Elsewhere.
You see that you father injects a liquid into the top of the baby’s
head with a syringe. He noticed that the baby twitched
unnaturally. When the baby stopped moving, Jonas recognized the
posture of a dead body.
‘RELEASE’ IS BASICALLY MURDER
ESCAPE
You can’t stay in this community anymore. Now that you know
the truth, it’s time to run. A plan has been formed. However,
you’ve discovered that tomorrow will be Gabriel’s release.
Tonight is the night of your escape…with Gabriel.
YOU STOLE YOUR FATHER’S BICYCLE SINCE IT WAS THE
ONLY ONE WITH THE CHILD SEAT TO CARRY GABRIEL.
YOU HAD BROKEN SOME PRETTY SERIOUS RULES.
A. You rode hard and steady.You circled the outlying
communities and stopped to rest.
B. You circled the outlying communities and stopped to rest
in an isolated place.
IT WAS BEST TO BE IN THE ISOLATED PLACE. IT’S BEEN A
FEW DAYS OF ENDLESS BIKING. THE PLANES ARE
STARTING TO COME. THE PLANES USE HEAT-SEEKING
DEVICES. HOW DO YOU AND GABE HIDE?
A. You recall a cool memory.
B. You recall a freezing memory.
GOOD, WE DON’T WANT TO BE AN
IRRESPONSIBLE NINCOMPOOP.
THAT WASN’T A GOOD CHOICE. ARE
YOU TRYING TO KILL GABE WITH YOUR
SKILLS?
YOU HAD A LOT OF CLOSE CALLS. GABE OFTEN YELLS
OUT PLANE WHEN HE SEES AN OBJECT IN THE SKY. THIS
TIME, IT WASN’T A PLANE. THEY STOPPED COMING.
A. You recognize birds flying from a previous memory. The
memories are starting to fade as you get farther from the
communities.
B. You jump into the nearest bushes and peek at the sky.
There were birds. You felt happiness for no more
Sameness.
FOOD IS BECOMING SCARCE. NEVER HAVE YOU USED
THE WORD STARVING. NOW,YOU ARE STARVING.
A. You try to get through the pain of an empty stomach. So
does Gabe.
B. You recall a memory about feasts and share it with Gabe
so they can feel the pleasure of being full.
ARE YOU TRYING TO TORTURE YOURSELF
AND GABE? YOU HAVE TOO MUCH
DESPAIR.
HOPE IS ON YOUR SIDE. KEEP IT
MOVING!
THE SLED OF HOPE
You’ve encountered rain and snow now. The rain kept you wet
and cold. The snow made it harder for you to walk, now that
your ankle is twisted and the bike is useless.You’re carrying Gabe
somewhere safe soon…
YOUR JOURNEY IS NOT OVER YET.YOU’RE ALMOST AT
THE TOP OF THAT HILL.YOU CAN FEEL THAT SPECIAL
TINGLE THAT THERE’S SOMETHING WAITING FOR YOU.
A. Your spirit is failing. You no longer care about yourself.
Gabe must make it there.
B. Your spirit suddenly becomes happy.You are filled with
determination that you will make it there with Gabe.
WHY ARE YOU DESPAIRING? YOU’RE
ALMOST THERE!
COME ON! YOU GOT THIS! JUST A LITTLE
MORE…
YOU DUG THROUGH THE SNOW AT THE TOP OF
THE HILL AND FOUND THE SLED.YOU SLIDE
DOWN THE HILL WITH GABE TO THE OTHER SIDE.
Salvation is just at the other end. You begin to lose
consciousness as you try to keep yourself upright while
holding Gabriel. Their future is so close, coming ever closer.
They went downward, faster and faster.
Suddenly, Jonas knew that they had arrived at their
destination.
THEY WERE WAITING FOR YOU AND
GABRIEL, TOO