WELCOME TO OUR DIARY COMPILATION.
Pick out your favourite chapter from "The Giver" and create a diary entry on it. You may imagine yourself to be any character in the book. Express the emotions, feelings and thoughts that you as the character are feeling at that moment in time, and try to use your writing to set the scene. Here, I will upload the diary entries that you and your peers have sent to me and together we will collate our diary entries. If you want your diary entry to be uploaded here anonymously, let me know when you send the entry to me via email. You may include drawings, and use your handwriting to make the diary entry look more realistic - Remember it is the scene that we want to know about.
The purpose of this task is to allow you the opportunity to draw out the emotions of the character, as well as the information which contributes to the scene, and express these in a different narrative viewpoint.
Here are some examples that other people have done:
The purpose of this task is to allow you the opportunity to draw out the emotions of the character, as well as the information which contributes to the scene, and express these in a different narrative viewpoint.
Here are some examples that other people have done:
Diary Entry for Chapter 6 - Jonas
Dear Diary, today the Ceremonies for this year started. It was hectically at home this morning. I think Lily was very irritable and nervous and so we talked about the different ages. She said that I should get the Assignment as Pilot so that I could fly with her. I really liked it, because I felt like a role model for her. A person to whom she can look above. But Mum didn't find it so funny. Unfortunately. We went with our bicycles to the Auditorium, Lily at her seat on the back of Mum's. The newchildren were named and given to their new family units. Fiona got a little brother named Bruno. She said that he was cute but that she didn't like his name. I like Fiona. She's a good student, quiet and polite. And I have a lot fun with her when we are together like in the House of the Old. But at the Naming Ceremony was one exception. Gabriel was missing. He didn't develop in the adequate way but isn't released. He isn't Elsewhere but in the Nurturing Center again. He will have another year to develop and will join my family unit for a time as a little temporary guest. You can't believe how happy Lily was about this introduction. She's dote on him. (in German: vernarrt in jemanden sein) Later Lily-billy became an Eight. She was really proud when she got her identifying jacket. But I have seen her looking at the row of new bicycles. I think she would be ready now but has to wait one year. I don't know. Maybe I will show her how to ride a bike and get a little chastisement. Tomorrow will be my Ceremony of Twelve. I have no idea what my Assignment will be, but I'm sure that the Committee of Elders will find the right one for everyone. I'm a little bit excited and I hope that Asher will be my friend as well as after our Ceremony. And I want to see Fiona, too. But that's it for now. I will write soon. Jonas Posted by Laura Dear Diary
It has been a while since I last wrote in here. I was just so distracted. It has been two weeks since Jonas disappeared. I am rather upset that he left, but he also made me so angry just thinking about all the rules he had broken. I do wonder what made him leave. Why couldn't the planes find him? Is he dead? Something else happened. It started a day after Jonas left. I started seeing things differently. It was brief at first, but now it happens all the time. I do not know what this is, the old Receiver said it is called "colour", and that some of us would start seeing it. The old receiver said that since Jonas is now gone, all the memories he was carrying would return to us. This seeing of "colour" is a little uncomfortable because it is so new, but I do admit that our community looks like a better place. The old receiver also said that other things might happen, and we should all remain calm and not panic when it happens. I wonder what he means by that. Surely nothing worse can happen. I am worried about The Ceremony being cancelled. Nobody is preparing for it any longer - like it has been forgotten completely. Fiona |
Diary Entry for Chapter 13 - Jonas
Dear diary, Today I have learned more colors and I asked myself why the others couldn't see colors. So I have asked "the Giver" why the others couldn't see colors. He answered me that years ago before the first receiver was choosen the elders had choosen that the colors should be taken away from the community. This was very difficult for me baecause I want to talk to Asher but he didn't know some colors.While he was touching a flower I want to explain him the colors.At last I got to know that there exist elephants in real. The Giver gave me a Memory of an elephant laying on the ground without its tusks, its mate grieving over the corpse.So after the session by the Giver I asked Lily if she knows that elephants really exist because she has stuff elephant. She answered me that she knows that elephants really exist and I was very confused because she isn't actually allowed to know this because only "the Giver" or "the Receiver of the Memory". Why she knows this? Diary Entry for Chapter 15 - Jonas
Dear diary! Today I got a memory of love. LOVE is a feeling … I can´t really describe it. It is something special and I have not felt it any time before. But from beginning. The last day after the memory of the war the Giver gave me many good memories full of happiness and fun. I had never thought before that there are so many good memories. This morning I asked the Giver for his favourite memory. Of course I didn´t want it but I was pry. He should describe it because I wanted to know how special the feelings could be. But the Giver wanted to give me his memory, he answered he has many memoires like this. I was unsure but I lied down to get this memory. I was really surprised when I came to a room. Many people were in it, a whole “family”. The atmosphere was special too. It was warm, full of happiness and a little bit suspense and excitement too. A little boy presented his presents to the family members. I had the feeling that my family isn´t real. This family in this room in this atmosphere was something special. There were old people too. A man and a woman sitting on the couch. The old woman rocked the little boy and rubbed her cheek against his. This was a gesticulate … I have never seen it with this feelings. The Giver explained me that this old people were the “grandparents” of this boy. Grandparents were the parents of the parents of the little boy. The real parents and they didn´t live in a House of Old like in our community. As I woke up the Giver asked about my feelings... at first I couldn´t describe. It was overwhelming. The Giver explained this feeling is “love”!!! After this it was a feeling of foolish which came to me. I don´t know why but I thought it was foolish to say love. But the Giver affirmed me that there was nothing foolish, I should only trust the memories and how they made me feel. From this time I wish we all have love. This feeling is so great and I think it is good to everybody to have this! But I understand too that it is dangerous to live like them. The fire and the candles all this a risks. This things are outlawed although they made such a warm light!In the evening I asked my parents whether they love me. To my surprise they answered I should use more precise language. They were of the opinion love is not a real feeling. I had not understand them to this time and I had to lie because I felt love and it is a real, real feeling. Now I knew what is wrong with my thoughts: my parents hadn´t feel love any time. They couldn´t think that love is a real feeling because love is only a word to them. They didn´t know anything about this feeling and they can´t figure it. Before I went to bed I told Gabe about my plans. I was sure that the things can change. Gabe was the only one who know my memories, I had give him this if he can´t sleep. I let him to the lake and let him feel the sunshine. I thought it is right too show him this and now he could sleep! Because of this it couldn´t be wrong too. I think tomorrow I won´t take this pill. I think this love has something to do with the pill and so I try it without this pill. I am really interested what happens! Good night... Posted by Katharina |