Chapters 18-20 Most important character in the book/Characterization

So I will make some little charactarizations about the most important characters in the book and I will tell  some little information about them.

Jonas :  He is the pale-eyed Eleven who is chosen to become the next Receiver of Memory in the community. This is the most honourful and respected job. Jonas has all the qualities which are important for beeing the "The Receiver of the Memory"(mentioned in my post from Chapter 14/15). His traing begins slowly and he understands the truth of the community but he feels that something must be changed there.

(The Giver/The Receiver of the Memory and the Chief Elders , too is mentioned in my post from chapter 14/15)

Mother: Jonas's mother is an eminent official at the Department of Justice. She is responsible for upholding rules in the community.

Father: Jonas's father is a Nurturer at the Nurturing Center who takes care of new born children.

---------> Jonas parents: His parents are perfectly matched. His mother is more intelligent than his father but his father has a calmer disposition. He appropriately complements her as wife and husband should be.


Lily: Is Jonas little talkative sister who is a Seven. At the December Ceremony, she becomes an Eight who wears a jacket that newly identifies her as an Eight and starts her volunteer activities in the community.

Gabriel:  He  is a newchild who is one of the fifty being taken care of at the Nurturing Center.But there is a problem with Gabriel because he doesn't grow up like "normal" children and so Jonas dad takes him home to spend some nights and some time with the family of Jonas. Gabriel is chosen to be released but Jonas family saves him from that.The most important thing to say over Gabriel is that he has the same pale eyes like Jonas.

Asher : He is Jonas best friend and he  is clumsy, careless, and imprecise with words, but cheerful and good-humored. At the Ceremony Asher receives the assingnment of the Director of Recreation. There is a unknow distance between Jonas and Asher after Jonas has started training by the old "Receiver of the Memory".

Fiona :  Fiona is also a friend of Jonas and her assignment is to be a  Caretaker of the Old at the House of the Old. Fiona is a sensitive and gentle girl whom Jonas likes.At the end, however, Fiona also grows apart from Jonas because she cannot understand him and his Assignment as Receiver of Memories.


Rosemary: Rosemary was a girl Eleven who had been chosen to succeed The Giver as the next Receiver of Memories ten years ago. She is the one who was chosen wrong. The reason is never mentioned and normally her name is forbidden to be spoken.  Although her training had begun well, it had eventually failed.
She couldn't stand the pain and the sorrow of the memories that the Giver had been given to her. One day after the training she went to the Chief Elders to apply a release from the community.After her releasing the memories she had been received came back to the community and to the people because memories are forever. The people of the community don't know how to handle with this pain.
----> Rosemary is first mentioned in chapter 18.