The Giver Characters

Father

• works in the Department of Justice

• always votes to keep Gabriel

• works as a Nurturer

• tried to leave the community

The eleven-year-old protagonist of The Giver. Sensitive and intelligent, with strange powers of perception that he doesn’t understand.

• Jonas

• The Giver

• Jonas Father

The old man known in the community as the Receiver of Memory.

• The Giver

• Jonas Father

A mild-mannered, tenderhearted Nurturer who works with infants. He is very sweet with his two children. He enjoys his job and takes it very seriously, constantly trying to nurture children who will stay alive until the Ceremony of Names

• Jonas

• Jonas Father

• Lily

A mild-mannered, tenderhearted Nurturer who works with infants. He is very sweet with his two children. He enjoys his job and takes it very seriously, constantly trying to nurture children who will stay alive until the Ceremony of Names

• Asher

• Lily

The newchild (baby) that Jonas’s family cares for at night. He is sweet and adorable during the day, but he has trouble sleeping at night unless Jonas puts him to sleep with some memories. He and Jonas become very close.

• asher

• Gabriel

Jonas best friend

• Asher

• Fiona

Another of Jonas’s friends. She has red hair, whose color only Jonas can see, and works as a Caretaker in the House of the Old. She is mild-mannered and patient.

• Asher

• Fiona

How does the Old Man, the former receiver, transfer memories?

• He transports them through his mind control

• He has to touch Jonas to transmit them.

What is the downside of Jonas's new position?

• Pressure

• Isolation

• Lack of sleep

• Pressure