The Giver, By Lois Lowry
In life every person faces challenges, bumps in the road, obstacles that they have to surmount. In the novel, “The Giver,” Jonas is constantly having to overcome new challenges. In particular, the great journey to elsewhere. The author, Lois Lowry leaves the end of the book ambiguous, and it can be interpreted in many ways. In many ways the ending is left unclear whether Jonas dies, is dreaming or he actually escapes to elsewhere. In others it is quite obvious in how the story ends.
In the story, Jonas receives memories, some jubilant, and some melancholy. In the end of the story Jonas is sent on a quest by The Giver to escape to elsewhere allowing the memories to run loose from Jonas’s mind and escape into the community and cross the boundary of memory. In this story “The Giver” by Lois Lowry, Jonas escapes to elsewhere and shares all of his given memories with the other members of the community. …show more content…
However plans change abruptly when Jonas learns that the new child, that has been with his family for weeks, is too weak to survive, and will be released the next morning. This abrupt change of plans show that Jonas is very much awake and aware of his surroundings, and he can still make decisions according to the information that he has been given. Jonas’s need to escape to elsewhere increases when he discovers the fate of Gabriel, the new child. He still lacks the memories of courage and strength that the Giver had promised him to help him fulfill his duties and reach elsewhere. Yet he is showing that he is quite
In the story, Jonas receives memories, some jubilant, and some melancholy. In the end of the story Jonas is sent on a quest by The Giver to escape to elsewhere allowing the memories to run loose from Jonas’s mind and escape into the community and cross the boundary of memory. In this story “The Giver” by Lois Lowry, Jonas escapes to elsewhere and shares all of his given memories with the other members of the community. …show more content…
However plans change abruptly when Jonas learns that the new child, that has been with his family for weeks, is too weak to survive, and will be released the next morning. This abrupt change of plans show that Jonas is very much awake and aware of his surroundings, and he can still make decisions according to the information that he has been given. Jonas’s need to escape to elsewhere increases when he discovers the fate of Gabriel, the new child. He still lacks the memories of courage and strength that the Giver had promised him to help him fulfill his duties and reach elsewhere. Yet he is showing that he is quite