Chapter Summary: The Giver

What happened to my parents and lily. He wondered what happened to them. Did they miss Jonas? Did they truly care about Jonas?

For example, on page 116 “ Again Jonas went to him.This time he quite deliberately placed his hand firmly on Gabriel's back, and released the rest of the calming day on the lake. Agin Gabriel slept.” This shows the pain Jonas experiences isolates him further from his family and friends when he realizes that they have never experienced any real pain, but at the same time he and Gabe has a deeper connection than he and his rest of his family. Another example that shows if you have no pain you wouldn't experience real life and things will always come easy to you is, “ He had walked through woods, and sat at night beside a campfire. Although he had through the memories learned about the pain of loss and loneliness, now he has gained, too, an understanding of solitude and its joy.” As we see on page 122, Jonas feels like he and the Giver is the only people who has access to the memories and that make, Jonas feel the pain of loss because he could not share it with anyone. This is a despicable act of the

He gets hypothermia he does and it sad because the baby would have died long before him. Like I said before, you die at an internal temp of 70 degrees the clothing Jonas wears has about .36 clo units. That won't work when your spending days in the snow just trust me on this one; he will get hypothermia and die. The wind chill would make the air feel like it was almost 0-15 degrees or colder depending on the wind and the actual temperature. When a baby's temp is lower than 97.7 degrees, it requires medical attention, so Gabe would have died by the time Jonas thinks he sees the

Jonas stopped walking with Gabe. He wanted to find him a perfect spot to lay at rest. Jonas put him down. Then, he covered him up and kissed his forehead goodbye.Jonas stood up ,dried his tears,and walked forward.”For Gabe,” he

This illustrates that Jonas’s father who is not special like Jonas or Gabe voted to kill Gabe even though that Gabe would have a very special job in the future but the people would not see that.

While I can see how Jonas's actions could be seen as hasty, I also see the good that came from those actions. Now that he has escaped, the memories have been released and now everyone can experience what Jonas has experienced and learn from it. Gabriel is safe and free with Jonas and, even though he was hesitant, I still see the good that came from Jonas leaving the Community. His actions have greatly benefitted both him and Gabriel and all of those who live in the

“Goodbye Jonas.” The Giver said back. Jonas could tell by the sound of the Givers voice that he too was sad to say farewell. And with that the giver turned away and walked into nothingness and he seemed to disappear. As Jonas watched his mentor and friend walk away he remembered what he had said. All you have to do is wake up Jonas and you will go back to your life. So Jonas closed his eyes but this time when he awoke he was in a different room.

Jonas, in the book has two friends but they do not play important roles in his life. They feel no real emotions and have no real friendship with Jonas. In the movie, Jonas’s friends Fiona and Asher save him from the chief elders and help him get to Elsewhere. Fiona helps Jonas secretly snatch and save Gabe from release. Jonas truly loves Gabe and thinks of him as real family and not just part of his family unit.

"Now, seeing the new child and it's expression, he was reminded that the light eyes were not only a rarity but gave the one who had them a certain look what was it?"(21). Jonas's new feelings for this baby made him feel that they are connected from sharing the rare trait of light eyes. Jonas feels when he looks at Gabriel it is like the end of a river where the undiscovered lurks, this means when Jonas looks into Gabriel's light of eyes he visualizes the river and the undiscovered. Jonas still has no questions about what was beyond the society like everyone else in the community even when he pictures the undiscovered in Gabriel's eyes. Jonas was later chosen

In chapter 14 Jonas teaches Gabriel the memory of sailing to calm him. “Deliberately placed his hands firmly on Gabriel’s back and released the rest of the calming day on the lake” (116). By Jonas teaching Gabriel this memory he thought it would save the baby. Jonas knows that if babies are not good enough they are released.

Jonas finds it rather unusual that he and the baby Gabriel have similar eyes. This is because they along with a female Five, have light and pale eyes while everyone else in the community has dark eyes. A difference like such can cause unappreciated attention which the people of the community find disruptive and rude. In addition, a significant feature like such could lead to some sort of relation between the two boys. Lily states, “Maybe he had the same Birthmother as you.” Her point is valid and could potentially give Jonas a feeling of discomfort. Their father says, “Birthmothers never even get to see Newchildren.” As clued, nobody ever gets to meet their Birthmother so Gabe having the same eyes and possibly being Jonas’ blood brother would

With the sound of music flowing through Jonas’s ears, Jonas sped down the hill; anticipating the reaction of the people waiting for him below. Somehow, Jonas knew this would work out. He knew that Gabe would survive, that he would have family and friends to love and that they would love him back. Jonas could feel someone helping through this. Maybe it was the Giver. All Jonas knew was that he could feel love in the air.

“Who are you looking for?” Jonas asks. I almost forgot he is here; he hadn’t talked the whole time. He is probably just processing and in shock, as everyone else

Gabe nodded his head as both of their stomach grumbled in hunger. Jonas saw in the memory of the humans killing elephants that the humans had sharp weapons so Jonas got to it and found a

Jonas’s father was acting kind before he released the twins. Some evidence of this is when he helped lily when she was angry at the children from the other group. Lily was angry at the other children because they did not follow the rules. Lily talked with her mother and father about the other children. Jonas’s father helped Lily realize that the other children were probably scared, and did not understand the rules of the playground. A second instance when Jonas’s father was a good person is when he cared about Gabe. On page 12, Jonas’s father said “It was right there in the office, and I looked up number thirty-six — that’s the little guy I’ve been concerned about—because it occurred to me that it might enhance his nurturing if I could