the giver
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- exposition 
- conflict 
- ?
- rising action 
- the giver begins in an utopain society where a younger boy, jonas, lives. he is 11 years old, and about to be an adult. 
- climax 
- jonas is about to turn 12. this is the age when its decided by the elders what job you will be given as an adult. jonas is undecided, and worried what he will be chosen to do
- falling action 
- the rising action happens during the selection process. the ceremony when each child is moved up to a new year. the 11s are last to be called as they will each be given their jobs. it is here that jonas number is skipped! in a twist of suspense, he is called last to be the reciever of memory. 
- resolution 
- jonas has been training as the reciever . because of his position , he is allowed to ask questions that no one else is allowed to ask. he also learns about the life before the "utopia". when he asks his father to watch him perform a "release" . he realizes what it truly is -murder. 
- with his new memories,, jonas devises a plan to escape with baby gabe, a baby his father has been nurturing, and whose life is threatend. together they escape, running at night, and sleeping by day, jonas hopes they can escape to "elsewhere" 
- there is no definitive resolution to the giver. in the end, jonas and gabe experience starvation, cold, and fear. however they have eachother, and a bond of love. the story concludes with the two sliding down the hill that jonas was given a memory of, together. 
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