The Giver Rhetorical Analysis

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

he fell in the river, but he only travels by night, trying to make sure that he and Gabe will be safe. They suffer from things like cold and hunger, but at the same time even when Jonas is so worried, even then he’s experiencing senses of pain, and fear. He’s also experiencing exquisite happiness because now he’s seen things he’s never seen before. He’s seeing beautiful animals, forests, hills, streams and rocks, and he’s so amazed by the beauty of nature that he’s never seen before within his community. He keeps going and keeps going, and by the end, he has reached a snowy hill where he finds a sled. It’s almost like the memory that the giver has given him at the beginning, where he rides a sled down a snowy hill. At the bottom of the hill, he sees twinkling lights and hears music. It looks like Christmas in a little town. So, he gets on the sled, and he rides down the hill, and that’s where the book ends.