The Giver Ending 2
Chapter Twenty-Four As Jonas and Gabriel approached the house in which was lit with colors of red, blue, and yellow, He could see through the window the very tree that he had envisioned in the memories given to him by the Giver. The very tree decorated in what he interpreted as ornaments. He established the shape of it at least and could not conclude that what he was seeing was actually there. He thought he might have been hallucinating due to the major pain that he was in.
Staring at the tree, not aware of his surroundings, Jonas suddenly felt a jolt as the sled came to a halt. Jonas realized that the sled had been stopped by the door of the house that now he was right in front of, looked rather larger than it had from
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“J-J-J-Jonas,” he said desperately trying to get the words to come out of his mouth. Jonas had developed frostbite, which he did not know of, from the excruciating cold of the snow.
The woman said her name was Martha as she helped Jonas onto his feet and aided him as they both walked into the house. Jonas, whose ankle was now purple, swollen, and throbbing like a heart desperately pumping blood throughout the body, was limping as he held onto the shoulder of Martha.
As he entered the house, he saw that it had been very similar to the house in the dream given to him by the giver. Martha helped him and Gabriel into the kitchen while she went and got warm blankets for Gabriel. As Jonas sat in a chair seated at the kitchen table, a sweet aroma began to fill his nostrils. A very similar sense that felt so familiar. The dream. The same dream was repeating in Jonas's mind all over again. Only this time, it wasn't a dream.
The smell was coming from a room that was across the hall from the kitchen. Sweet aromas of pumpkin and cinnamon filled the air.
When Martha came back she had handed the blankets to Jonas and wrapped Gabriel snug in her
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“Sameness?” Martha asked with a very confused expression.
Jonas continued, “A place where people do not see color, a place where there is no emotion, a place with no love.”
Jonas explained this to Martha knowing she would be very confused.
“Now there can't be such a place. Not a place without love. I can't imagine it.”
Jonas figured she must think that he had lost his mind and knows nothing of what he is speaking. Martha seemed to stare at Jonas as if for a moment she almost believed him. Then she turned away, still holding Gabriel tightly in her arms, and signaled Jonas to follow.
As he followed Martha through a hallway he was aware that they were drawing closer to the amazing scent that had filled the nose of Jonas minutes earlier. As he entered the room it was as if the dream had come to life. He saw children opening presents and he saw the old couple sitting close together on the couch, smiling. For the first time ever, although it has felt as if Jonas's life had only begun, he felt love.
“Merry Christmas” Martha said with a radiant smile on her face from one cheekbone to the other.
“Merry Christmas” Jonas responded. “Merry Christmas.”
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In the end, Jonas, with the help of The Giver, escapes from the community with an infant new-child at risk of being killed (released) and seeks out a life full of feeling and love. While he does get away, we don't know exactly w...
As Jonas reached the top of the hill, the chill seemed to grow from his bones. Jonas and Gabe climbed onto the red sled from the memory. He clutched Gabe closer as the sled gained speed and the trees flew by. A few feet from the base of the snowy hill, the sled broke on impact with a rock. Jonas staggered out of the snow, trying to rub warmth into the newchild, who had begun to shiver violently.
At this point, Jonas has realized what release really means. He finds out that the little baby Gabe that has lived with his family is being released at the very next morning. And the large plan that has been made with The Giver, to get rid of sameness within his community can’t be carried out because he knows that he must save Gabe’s life. He starts to really understand what it means to truly live and truly love. He knows he loves Gabe and, therefore he must sacrifice himself in order that Gabe might live. So, he quietly leaves in the middle of the night, and takes Gabe with him and they leave the community. Jonas is running for their lives because he knows they’re being hunted down. He hopes that they will just give up and assume that maybe
After feeling love through his training as the Receiver, he asks his parents about their love for him. The conversation between them says, “ Jonas asks, ‘Do you love me?’... Later, his mom responds, ‘Your father means that you used a very generalized word, so meaningless that it’s become almost obsolete’ ” (Lowry 127). The ignorance that they have grown up knowing, does not allow them to fully be happy by experiencing love.
Gently he patted Gabriel's back... He was not aware of giving the memory; but suddenly he realized that it was becoming dimmer, that it was sliding through his hand into the being of the new child… He wondered, though, if he should confess to The Giver that he had given a memory away… He decided not to tell.” (Page 115-117) Jonas didn't lie very often even though he was permitted to do so.
Jonas decides to leave and change the lives of his people so that they can experience the truth. “The Giver rubbed Jonas’s hunched shoulders… We’ll make a plan” (155). Their plan involves leaving sameness and heading to Elsewhere, where Jonas knows the memories can be released to the people. He has a connection with Gabe, a special child who has experienced the memories, unlike the rest of the community. Jonas has a strong love for Gabe, and he longs to give him a better life. “We’re almost there, Gabriel” (178). Even with a sprained ankle, Jonas keeps pushing forward because he wants everyone to experience what The Giver has given him. He wants them to have a life where the truth is exposed. His determination allows him to make a change for a greater future in his community. This proves that Jonas has the strength to change his community for the
He starts to believe that a world of sameness where no one can decide or make choices for themselves is boring. Lois Lowry is warning readers that living in a world of sameness is not something to create as it is boring and dull, but if the world follows conformity and does not value diversity and difference enough, society could become that of Jonas’s. When he turns twelve, his job for the rest of his life is decided as the Receiver. His job is to receive all the memories the previous Receiver has held on to. While this is beneficial for Jonas as he is able to leave the society and his job of the Receiver behind and get freedom, the community is left without someone to take the memories from The Giver.
On the surface, Jonas is like any other eleven-year-old boy living in his community. He seems more intelligent and perceptive than many of his peers, and he thinks more seriously than they do about life, worrying about his own future as well as his friend Asher’s. He enjoys learning and experiencing new things: he chooses to volunteer at a variety of different centers rather than focusing on one, because he enjoys the freedom of choice that volunteer hours provide. He also enjoys learning about and connecting with other people, and he craves more warmth and human contact than his society permits or encourages. The things that really set him apart from his peers—his unusual eyes, his ability to see things change in a way that he cannot explain—trouble him, but he does not let them bother him too much, since the community’s emphasis on politeness makes it easy for Jonas to conceal or ignore these little differences. Like any child in the community, Jonas is uncomfortable with the attention he receives when he is singled out as the new Receiver, preferring to blend in with his friends.
Set in a community with no climate, emotions, choices, or memories Lois Lowry tells the tale of Jonas in The Giver. Jonas is selected to be the receiver of memory, which means the memories of generations past, before the community was created, will all be transferred to him to hold. As Jonas receives memories his concept of the world around him drastically changes. Jonas starts out as twelve-year-old boy with perceptions different from those around him, he then begins to see the community for what it really is, and he makes a plan to change it.
Jonas said “I gave him memories along the way to let him survive, but he’s cold.” The giver had started to give Jonas and Gabe memories to keep them warm and alive. Jonas felt the memory of him sitting next to a campfire and it was as hot as a hot bathing room in the house of the old. Jonas had remembered about his friends Fiona and Asher and asked the giver. “Where is Fiona and Asher.”
...wined into her writing the answer becomes clear. Society has boundaries and limits that are acknowledged should not be crossed. Yet humans have a craving to do so. Each time the fine line between acceptable and inappropriate is crossed, a new boundary is created; therefore a new crave develops and the cycle never ends. The Giver takes place after the last limit was broken, when the Elders took away some of the most beautiful pleasures of life, and the last line was drawn with all memories of freedom stored away. And this storage happens to be a human mind, the Giver, passing it down to the next Reciever into conceivably the end of time. Jonas disagrees; the memories he has seen, the pain he has endured, the beauty he has experienced must be shared. He wants the whole world to know the full extent and intention of life that God created. The boundary must be crossed.
You know everything about the past and the present from your life, but the citizens of Jonas’ community don’t. Everything is hidden from them, except for Jonas and The Giver, who have all
Jonas misses the way it was before he had memories where there was no pain or feeling, because everything was innocent. But he understands that although there was innocence nobody feels true happiness.Jonas thinks: “But he knew he couldn’t go back to that world of no feelings that he had lived in so long” (Lowry 131). Jonas wishes he could go back when everything was innocent and when he had no burden of pain, but although there was innocence the bad memories were stripped away to avoid the feeling of pain but also leaves everyone emotionless. But he knows it can never be the same again because of all the knowledge he gained from memories. He learns that memoires need to be valued, even the painful ones. Jonas feels that his community can change and things could be different. He thinks they should live in a world with memories. Jonas says: “Things could be different. I don’t know how, but there must be some way for things to be different. There could be colours [...] and everybody would have memories [...] There could be love” (Lowry 128). Jonas wishes that they could all have memories because everyone would be able to experience love. Love is one of the most important things in human life. He knows that there are bad memories, but without them, he wouldn’t be able to enjoy the good ones. Eventually, with his feelings
Community Jonas lives could be described as a perfect society. The move starts in black and white, making everyone look the same, and confirming that differences were not allowed. There were no losers or winners and words like fear, pain, envy, and