What are the first three impressions or interpretations you can make?
What are the first spoken words?
What does the color red signify?
Why does Lucius believe he can pass to the Outside unharmed?
Are the Villagers immune to pain and heartbreak? Support your answers?
Lucius tells Ivy; "You run like a boy?" What does he mean by that?
Hiding our feelings, what about that?
How does Ivy show her courage?
What color is on Ivy's white blouse after she finds Lucius?
What does the camera focus on just after Lucius is stabbed by Noah?
"I've done all I can to close the wounds. There is an infection."The words refer to Lucius' wounds but how might they also relate to the community?
"No good can come without sacrifice." How do these words relate to The Giver?
Mr. Walker becomes conflicted. What are the two loyalties he is trapped between?
What does Mr. Walker say about money? Did they have money in the Giver?
What happens just after Mr. Walker takes Ivy to the barn door? Why?
How is Ivy's blindness or Lucius naive innocence like the adult's belief about living apart from the world?
How is blindness like memory in The Giver?
Secrets are being revealed. How are secrets like memory?
Did you see Noah at the wedding?
Who is in the watch tower?
What do you see in this scene?
Lucius to Ivy: Why must you lead? What might this be about?
Did you notice the long close up of Lucius back just before Noah stabs him? What does that say without words?
Besides, Those we Don't Speak of, who is associated with red the most at this point, either directly or by implication?
Why don't the trees have leaves?
"You're better in these woods than most boys. " Who is afraid in the woods? How does that square with Lucius' ideas of a girl's behavior; with society's view? What gender are the vast majority of world's rulers?
There is a switchback during which Ivy learns the whole truth. What is the one thing that Mr. Walker can't account for hint: I believe its one of the Elders."
Why were the children lied to? Is the community in The Giver a big lie too?
What does the lie deny members of both communities?
What are Ivy and Mr. Walker up against during the scene where he reveals the truth?
When Mr. Walker tells Ivy to go, what do we know already? What does that say about Ivy?
What is Ivy's "burden" according to Mr. Walker?
Ivy is to be a leader, like Mr. Walker. When you put her burden, the rationale for breaking the rules together with her role what characteristic emerges as the one that makes her legitimate? Note too, Ivy's gender.
In the next scene when Mr. Walker tells Alice about Ivy's mission did you notice how dark it was except for one thing? Where did the light come from and what does that symbolize?
Why can't Mr. Walker embrace Alice, even at the most obvious times? Does this have any relevance to the theme?
Do you agree with Mr. Walker's statement "In the end we have protected innocence" or with Noah's father? "We can move toward hope . . . we must not run from heartache. Heartache is a part of life, we know that now."
What makes Ivy so strong?
When Ivy hears a twig snap, she removes her hood after throwing a rock; what color is Ivy's hair and what does that color always signify? What is the term for this?
What tactic does Ivy use to save herself?
The next scene show that Noah found one of the suits; is it possible this isn't the first time he's used it?
Noah also seems to have acted out of love. How is Noah's love different than Ivy's or Lucius' love? Is it at all like the parent's love?
Why does the movie cut back to Lucius in bed?
Why the scene where the; "secrets" are revealed? Who is speaking?
What does the sign on the Ranger's truck say?
Like Alfred Hitchcock a great movie director from the past who specialized in suspense, Shyamalan appears in a "cameo"; role in all of his movies. Did you spot him? If so, did his words give you any special insight into the movie's theme?
Do Mr. Walker's final words suggest that he has changed in any way?
Who does Walker give credit for giving the community a "chance" to continue? Is that a bit ironic?
