Short plot summary of Giver The story Giver takes place in a place that where it's perfect and there is no fear and pain. It takes place in the future from now. Jonas is a kid that is different from other people in the novel, he has fear sometimes and he does experience pain. At his ceremony of 12 (that's what they do every year to show that the kid grew up, but only exist from the age of 1 - 12), he was selected to be the receiver of memories, since the people from there doesn't know any history about the past. And so after a year of following Giver (his instructor) he learns a lot of things about the past and a lot of new feelings and emotion that they dun have