1. Why do you think the creators of the Community decided to eliminate differences in color, in terrain, in weather, etc.?

2. What would “something different” that Jonas noticed with the apple, the faces in the crowd, and Fiona’s hair be?

3. What is Sameness supposed to prevent?

4. What might happen to the memories if the Receiver doesn’t have them?

5. The pills that stop the Stirrings also keep people from feeling emotions very deeply.  Why would the designers have created such a system?

6. Why might Jonas feel like his childhood is slipping away from him?

7. When Jonas gets the memories of colors, he starts to be able to see colors all around him.  What will probably happen after Jonas gets the memory of feeling love?

8. Why might the Giver not allow Jonas a pain reliever?

9. Why could Jonas’s pain cause him to feel lonely?

10. Why will Jonas not want to return to the Giver?