What is your favorite memory and why? Think about a positive memory that you feel you will remember fondly for a long time.

What is your favorite song (include title and artist name) and why? It could be a well-known song or one that is more obscure. It could be a song that makes you happy or a song that "gets you all up in your feels." Do you have more than one favorite song? Go ahead and detail here.

Why do you think people join cults? Why do you think cults exist?

Utopias and dystopias are literary devices used to enable commentary on how society should be. How does The Giver complicate the differences between the two?

In the novel The Giver, Jonas (the Receiver of Memory) and The Giver, his predecessor, make a plan to change their society. Though it will send shockwaves through the community, they feel it is for the best. What would you change in our society if you had the power and opportunity to do so?