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At the end of the novel, the Giver, Lois Lowry left a vague ending which did not fully state whether or not Jonas and Gabriel made it to Elsewhere. Giving an unstated ending allow the reader to decide what happens next. Based off of the ending, Jonas and Gabriel lived to make it to Elsewhere. After Jonas and Gabriel leave the community, they overcome barriers, including the starvation possibilities and freezing to death. Despite being cold and wet, Jonas carried Gabriel up the snowy hill. As he walked up the hill, “his mind was alert now. Warming himself ever so briefly had shaken away the lethargy and resignation and restored his will to survive” (176). This shows Jonas’s determination is to get Gabriel and himself to safety. In final chapter’s

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