The Giver Ceremonies Review

The Ceremony of One-

• Also called the naming ceremony

• Families receive a child if they were approved

• Children walk across the stage and get a name

• When newchildren are released to elsewhere

Answer explanation

Both of these things happen.

The Ceremony of 2s

• Children walk across the stage.

• They receive a comfort object.

• They walk and they receive new pjs.

• The novel does not tell the reader.

The Ceremony of 3s.

• Girls are given their hair ribbons..

• They begin dream telling.

• Both are given a ball and catchers' mitt.

• The novel does not tell the reader.

Answer explanation

Girls are given their hair ribbons and they start to dream tell. They also start to use correct language.

The Ceremony of 4s

• They are given jacket that buttons in the back.

• They are given a sport they can now play.

• interdependence is the focus of this age.

• The novel does not tell the reader.

Answer explanation

They are given jacket that buttons in the back to teach interdependence.

They are given a front-buttoned jacket, one of the first signs of independence.

• The Ceremony of 6s

• The Ceremony of 7s

• The Ceremony of 5s

• The Ceremony of 8s

They start their volunteer hours. Comfort object are taken away. There are given jackets with pockets and smaller buttons

• The Ceremony of 9s

• The Ceremony of 7s

• The Ceremony of 5s

• The Ceremony of 8s

They are given a bike.

• The Ceremony of 9s

• The Ceremony of 10s

• The Ceremony of 11s

• The Ceremony of 8s

Haircuts..... girls lose their braids, boys have their haircut above the ears.

• The Ceremony of 9s

• The Ceremony of 10s

• The Ceremony of 11s

• The Ceremony of 8s

New undergarments- Some to fit feminine shape. Others are long trousers.

• The Ceremony of 9s

• The Ceremony of 10s

• The Ceremony of 11s

• The Ceremony of 8s