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What does frightening mean in the giver?
Frightened meant that deep, sickening feeling of something terrible about to happen. ( p. 1, ch 1) As the book opens, Jonas is trying to decide how he feels.
What did the word frightened?
thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner. afraid; fearful (usually followed by of): He has always been frightened of heights.
Why do you think Jonas confuses the word frightened with what he is actually feeling and why is Jonas frightened when he sees the plane?
Why was Jonas frightened when he saw the unidentified aircraft? He was frightened because the plane was different and the announcement told everyone to abandon their bikes.
What frightened Jonas in Chapter 1?
The Giver Chapter 1. With December approaching, Jonas feels frightened, but he immediately corrects himself. He was frightened when an unknown aircraft had twice flown over the community a year ago.
What were the 2 occasions when release was not punishment?
There were only two occasions of release which were not punishment. Release of the elderly, which was a time of celebration for a life well and fully lived; and release of a newchild, which always brought a sense of what-could-we-have-done.
What is the base word of frightened?
A frightened airplane passenger might panic and cause other people to become frightened. The adjective comes from frighten — before the 1660s, the verb was instead fright. All of these words share an Old English root, fyrhtu, “fear, dread, trembling, or horrible sight.”
What happened in Chapter 1 in the giver?
The Giver begins in late November, and we meet Jonas, a boy who is nervous about what’s going to happen in December. Right away we know something is up; Jonas lives in a place called “the community” where supplies are brought in by cargo plane. Once, when he saw a jet flying overhead, he was frightened by it.