In the climax of the novel, the Giver and Jonas formulate a plan to have Jonas escape, thereby flooding everyone in the community with memories; it is also decided that the Giver would stay behind to help the people of the community process their new feelings and experiences. Did Jonas and the Giver have a right to change their community in this way? Why or why not? Make an argument, and support it with evidence from the text. If possible, bring in examples from history and current events to strengthen your argument. Write your response in the box below.

Excerpt from saving the thrift store: a dramalee washington2rosa: eddie, i don’t recognize the shirt you’re wearing. when did you get it? 3louis: it doesn’t look as disheveled as the soccer shirts you wear all the time.4eddie: well, i’m not going to tiptoe through the soccer field to keep my clothes neat. (louis playfully aims a soccer ball at eddie. rosa deflects it.)5rosa: what i was trying to say is that the shirt looks really good. (louis wanders over to the morning newspaper that is still sitting on the front lawn. he leafs through it while eddie and rosa talk.) in line 5, which point is rosa making when she says eddie’s shirt looks good? a) the store must have new merchandise. b) rosa is jealous of eddie’s new shirt. c) eddie must have done his own laundry. d) eddie often wears old, tattered shirts.