1. Sahara Estes
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2. efo re
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Jon
Jonas doesn’t really make his own choices
and he doesn’t notice an odd way of how his
community is run. He doesn’t have feelings
and he has no knowledge of the real world.

3. onas
J
now
Jonas starts thinking about the way he
and others live. He want to change the way
they live and he doesn’t like the fact that he
cant share his memories with the other
people.

4. Ze
bra
b e fo
Zebra at the beginning of the story zebra
is a boy that doesn’t open his eyes to
re
reality. Zebra’s mother kept telling him
one day he would hurt himself running
so fast. Zebra did not believe that the
type of stuff showed in movies couldn’t
(or wouldn’t) happen to him.

5. Zeb
ra no w
In the middle of the story Zebra is
running down a steep hill and crashes
into a car. Then reality hits him hard.
He knows he wont be able to run like
that again ever in his life. Pretty soon
he meets someone that had the same
situation. He now opens his eyes to the
real world.

6. Ern
ie b
e fo r
e
Ernie likes Dolores but is very
shy to her. He knows that she
isnt very attractive and he likes
her anyway.

7. enow
Erni
Ernie doesn’t care what other people
think of Dolores or himself for liking
her. He is in love and no one can take
that away from him.

8. ove r come
Ho w di d they
dver sity?
their a
• Jonas overcame his adversity by taking matters
into his own hands and getting help. He learned
that is you want something done you have to do it
yourself.
• Zebra overcame his adversity by drawing and
making art. Him trying something new helped him
wash away his worries.
•Ernie overcame his adversity by following his
heart. Literally…

9. id I get
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Bibliography:
• ‘The Giver’ by Lois
Lowry
• McDougal Littell
Literature book