Epilogue Of The Giver Essay

Jonas rides the same red sled on the soft snow like the first memory the Giver gave him. Jonas knew that he wouldn’t get pain because another memory that the Giver gave him was on a hill with a sled, but the snow was hard, causing him to fall of the sled and get a lot of pain. The hill Jonas is on right now is soft, so they won’t get hurt. Jonas even said “ ‘ We’re almost there, Gabriel,” he whispered, feeling quite certain without quite knowing why. I remember this place, Gabe.’ And it was true. But it was not a grasping of a thin and burdensome recollection; this was different. This was something different. This was something that he could keep. It was a memory of his own(p. 223-224)” Even the Christmas lights were from his memories. When the Giver gave Jonas a memory of love, it was a family celebrating Christmas with lights and songs. Riding to elsewhere on the sled, Jonas sees Christmas light and hears Christmas songs like the memories, making him happy. Jonas noticed “ as they went downward. downward, sliding, and all at once he could see lights, and he recognized them now. He knew they were shining through the windows of rooms, that they were the red, blue, and yellow lights that twinkled from the trees in places where families created and kept memories, where they celebrated love (p. 225).” Jonas knows what to expect because he recieved memories of them from the Giver. Now he can keep it because

"So, Jonas, what brought you and Gabe here?" She asked one day. So, Jonas began to to her his story. About the community and sameness, and how everything is chosen for you. About their family units and houses, climate control and their lack of emotions. He told her about the Giver, and all the emotions the two of them held. And then, last of all, Jonas told her about release. About the twin and the anger that filled him when he saw the recording. And about Gabe: why they had to leave. Laura sat quietly, and when he was done, she still said nothing. "Jonas," Laura said eventually. "I want you to know that this is your home

For the first time, he heard something that he knew to be music. He heard people singing. Jonas, now at the bottom of the hill with Gabriel shivering in his arms, trudged through the snow towards the small dwelling made of some strange material, from which the music emitted from. As he made his way through the dense snow, Gabriel clung closer, hoping to become warmer, to live longer. Once, Jonas reached the front of the dwelling he could feel warmth and love in his body, just like from the memory of Christmas. Jonas huddled Gabriel in his feelings of warmth and love and knocked on the door of the dwelling. An old woman answered the door, with a gleeful smile on her face, ushering Jonas to come in.

In a blink of an eye, Jonas covered Gabe and held him tight against his side as they crashed into the cold white figure. Snow dust flew everywhere, getting on Gabriel’s face and body. Gabriel shivered and whined in shock and cold. Gabriel’s nose was as blue as the afternoon sky; Jonas remembered the colour from one of his memories.

“But the guy said sorry I only have one room to live with my family”. Jonas was mad because he didn't know where to live. so Jonas and Gabe kept walking and they were talking to each other. “

The importance of memory and the necessity of remembering the past is arguably the most prevalent and important theme throughout The Giver. This theme is linked to the character of Jonas, The Giver and the Committee of Elders. Although in the dystopian society that Jonas lives in there is no communal memories, the committee of elders still recognizes the significance of memory. The Receiver is the sole keeper of all memories and therefore he/she is the only individual with wisdom. The Giver explains to Jonas that a memory “is how wisdom comes.

“Gabe, Asher, come here Dad is going to tell you a little story”, said Jonas

Fairytales always end with a happily ever after. The Giver is somewhat like that with a positive ending of Jonas and Gabriel finding their way out of the community and seeing a village filled with lights and music. The book is about a young boy who receives an assignment as Receiver of the community. Being receiver of the community is thought of as an honor. Being receiver gives Jonas emotions he never thought were even real. He gets emotions like love, sadness, etc. The Giver makes a plan to help Jonas escape and help the community, Jonas displays courage, replacing negative memories with positive ones.

For the first time, he heard something that he knew to be music. He heard people singing. Jonas has still been going down in the sled, still hearing the music. He saw people, lots of them all inside together in their homes. He saw a green tree lit with different colored lights and as he was going down the hill he smelled all different kinds of food which only made him hungrier. He remembered the memory that the Giver gave him about the family all being together and how they loved each other, he remembered the food, he saw the smoke coming out of the chimney so they must have had a fire going. Jonas screamed out “Christmas!!”.

Jonas lay on the frigid and cruel ground, which he was destined to be on. He glanced up and gazed at the avalanche of white flacks that scattered all around him. They glistened high up from the moonlight, but then, straight away, they came crashing to the ground. Jonas felt like a death blanket was piling on top of him. He could hear the howling wind roar like a furious lion. The arctic air froze faster every second. His knees were destroyed. His skin was teared into shreds, dangling off a limb. Blood came gushing out of the cut skin as it rapidly ran down the side of his foot and onto the snow. Purple bruises and bumps covered around it. Blisters stung everywhere. He bit his lip in agony, preventing himself from screaming. He didn't want to

Jonas turned around, listening to the bells ringing all around him. He woke up, as it was all just a dream. Everything from escaping-- his plans, gone. He struggled in the Giver's room to get up and was thinking all about how it could of gone down if it was somehow real. The Giver was awake reading a book. I said hello, and he turned around as if he was shocked to see me. "Are you okay? What happened, I heard you mumbling in your sleep". I told him about my crazy dream of running away from the civilization. He warned me not to, or else everyone would know I am a savage and that I left. "How are you feeling about your father? Are you ready to go home?", he asked me. I said "I guess"-- still feeling puzzled about that dream. Later, I arrived

Back at Jonas’s dwelling, Lily is excited about getting a bike, and Gabriel has learned how to walk. The Ceremony of Nine, when all the Nines get their bikes, is coming soon. It is almost December, almost a year since Jonas became the Receiver. Jonas’s father has to sleep early because the twins are being born tomorrow, and he has to decide which one to keep and which one to send to Elsewhere. Jonas asks his father if he actually takes it to Elsewhere. His father explains that he has to make a selection, weighs them, hands the larger one to a Nurturer standing by, and gets the smaller one “all cleaned up and comfy”. He then performs the Ceremony of Release. Jonas asks if someone from Elsewhere comes to get the baby. His father answers yes.

Meanwhile, Jonas’ father, a Nurturer, has brought home a baby, Gabriel, who has had trouble sleeping in the Nurturing Center. Jonas volunteers to have Gabe sleep in his room. While patting Gabe’s back, Jonas unintentionally transfers a memory to him. Gradually, Jonas develops an attachment to Gabriel, one that mimics the familial attachments he has experienced in his memories. He forges a similar bond with the Giver.

There are many task I have undertaken or completed in the last year or two that have nothing to do with academics or education. These tasks have helped me prepare for the task I plan to undertake in 2015.

“But the guy said sorry I only have one room to live with my family”. Jonas was mad because he didn't know where to live. so Jonas and Gabe kept walking and they were talking to each other. “