| A | B |
|---|
| Jonas | protagonist |
| Jonas' mother | works at the Department of Justice |
| Jonas' Father | a Nurturer |
| Lily | Jonas' younger sister |
| Gabriel (Gabe) | New child who spends nights with Jonas' family |
| The Giver | the current Receiver of Memory |
| Asher | Jonas' best friend |
| Fiona | Pretty friend of Jonas assigned to be Caretaker of the Old |
| Larissa | elderly woman who lives in the House of the Old |
| Chief elder | The leader of the community |
| Fritz | neighbor always getting into trouble |
| Caleb | the first one died by falling in a river |
| Rosemary | the Giver's daughter |
