4C+Characters


 * Character Descriptions (in order they appear)

Jonas - main character, an Eleven who becomes a Twelve and is selected as the next Receiver of Memory

Lily - sister of Jonas, a Seven who becomes an Eight

Asher - friend of Jonas, an Eleven who becomes a Twelve and is assigned to be Assistant Director of Recreation

Mother - mother of Jonas and Lily, works at Department of Justice

Father - father of Jonas and Lily, works as a Nurturer caring for newchildren, takes special interest in newchild Gabriel by bringing him into their home

Gabriel - a newchild that Father is nurturing and brings into Jonas's home

The Elders - the adult leaders of the community

Benjamin - an Eleven who worked for years in the Rehabilitation Center and is expected to be assigned there upon becoming a Twelve

Fiona - female friend of Jonas, an Eleven who becomes a Twelve and is assigned as Caretaker of the Old because she chose to volunteer to help with the old a lot with Asher and Jonas

Larissa - one of the Old females that talked about what the celebration of being Released is like to Jonas

Roberto - one of the Old males that was Released

Edna - one of the Old females that Larissa said was not very smart who was a Birthmother and then a Laborer then Released

Caleb - a male boy who was lost by drowning then years later a newchild was again named Caleb

Fritz - a male boy who lived next to Jonas

Harriet - a female Ten who becomes an Eleven with the same birth number 19 as Jonas

Pierre - a male the same age as Jonas that he didn't like very much

Chief Elder - leader of the community for ten years

Madeline - a female Eleven who becomes a Twelve and is assigned to be the Fish Hatchery Attendant

Inger - a female who was assigned to be a Birthmother

Isaac - a male who was assigned to be Instructor of Sixes

The Giver - the male Receiver of Memory who will be training Jonas to take over his assignment**


 * Rosemary - last one chosen to be the Receiver of Memory but asked to be Released, daughter of The Giver**