The Giver Conflict

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The conflict of The Giver is that Jonas finds out some information about his community, and he doesn’t know what to do with it. He has no idea what would be best for his community. Telling people, or just leaving it alone. He decides that it is too much for him, and just leaves the community before it gets out of hand.

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