setting (place) · A utopian community that is part of a larger utopian society, presumably on Earth

rising action · When Jonas becomes the new Receiver, he receives memories that change the way he thinks about himself and his community forever.

climax · When Jonas realizes that when his father “releases” newchildren he actually kills them, Jonas reaches a point of no return. His frustration with his community and his desire to change it have been growing steadily, and finally Jonas cannot accept the society’s insensitivity to the value of human life. He determines to change things.

falling action · In order to put his plan into action, Jonas flees the community on bicycle with the newchild Gabe, evading search planes and enduring hunger and pain to try to bring feelings and color to his community and bring himself to the world he has dreamed of knowing.

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