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darkness my old friend

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HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND LYRICS VERSION 2017

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At the end of the Giver, Jonas falls asleep at the end of the hill with Gabe in his tight grasp on the red sled. After slept for two days, Jonas wakes up with the feeling of a hole in is torso, but it is just no food in his stomach. He finds himself in a bed with blankets piled on top of him. With food that could feed him for what he thought could be months. At first it was a just was seemed to be a dream, him in a bed cozy with food all around him, but then he realized that he did not have Gabe! He sat up and tried to get out of bed, but he was weakened from the lack of food he had for however many days he did not know. So he ate the extraordinary food so filling and remarkably good. Then got out of bed mad as a bull that someone had taken Gabe and set off to find him. He got out of this odd, weirdly room with books, three doors, and a black screen. He recalled from a memory that the Giver had given him about this screen thing that showed people acting. He did not bother to try and turn it on because something more important had happened that he must fix. So he tried all the doors. On led to a tiny room of clothes, a closet. On led to a medium sized room with a toilet and sink, a bathroom. On led outside of the room. He grabbed some food and kid it in his makeshift bag. He went outside of the room and found three people waiting outside his room. He tried to communicate with them but they were asleep. So he tapped the strange people and demanded to know where Gabe was. They did not know who that was, for they had named him themselves, Spencer. Jonas already hated that name. He used the name only for them to understand and show him where he was. They showed him where he was and he rejoiced of happiness. He took him and they greatly appreciated there act of kindness and set off on an adventure once again.

I thought that they got to a house because in the book it said: “He forced his eyes open as they went downward, downward, downward, sliding, and all at once he could see lights, and he recognized them now.” (Lowery 225)

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THE ENDING OF THE GIVER ASSUMPTION

In my view Jonas and Gabe don’t make it to elsewhere. Because  as the sled goes down the steep hill the book states Jonas could feel himself losing consciousness. As the sled makes it’s way to the bottom of the hill Lowry quotes “He forced his eyes open as they went downward, downward, sliding, and all at once he could see lights, and he recognized them now.” (Lowry 225) shows that Jonas is seeing lights, which is often a sign of being close to death. I think he is just having his life flash before his eyes as he remembers everything the Giver taught him before he eventually dies in the snow.

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I think that Gabe and Jonas make it to the new community where there is peace and happiness More specifically, Jonas and Gabe make it safely down the hill on the sled to their new community where there are no rules unlike Jonas’s former community. For example, He forced his eyes open 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 window of rooms, that they were red, blue, and yellow lights that twinkled from the trees in places where families created and kept memories, where they celebrated love. “(Lowry 225). Lowry shows that Jonas and gabe see lights of a community ahead that are celebrating love unlike his former community in which they would not celebrate love. Although others might disagree that this is when Jonas may be dieing because he is hoping so much that he finds this community that he gets so cold and dies.

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Jonas and Gabe find Elsewhere decides to stay there because they can now make their own choices. My evidence is “ Jonas felt more and more certain that the destination lay ahead of him, very near now in the night that was approaching” (Lowery 219). A prediction is that there are families there and a small neighborhood. A quote that supports my reasoning is “He knew they were shining through the window of rooms, that they were the red, blue and yellow lights that twinkled from trees in places where families made and kept memories, where they celebrated love” (Lowery 225). I also think that they are at the place where the giver shared his first memory about snow and the sled because of this quote “He settled himself on the sled and hugged Gabe close. The hill was steep but the snow was powdery and soft, and he knew this time there would be no ice, no fall, no pain. Inside his freezing body, his heart surged with hope. They started down.” (Lowery 224).

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In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry I believe that Jonas and Gabriel do make it to a happy house with singing and warmth and they do hear music, but before they get to the house they die from exhaustion, starvation, and hypothermia. I think that because Jonas says, “he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo.”(Lowis Lowry 225), I think that when he hears the music he is alive but then when he says the music is only an echo I think that's him dying. I think that they go to Elsewhere because in the book when they are “released” they go to else where, I believe that's where Jonas and Gabe go, but else where is the united states and they have lives just like us, but when Jonas dies again he goes back to his community he has memory of his life in the united states and he changes everyone's life in the community to make it a safer version of the united states. And Gabe also goes on this adventure with Jonas (meaning he dies they goes to the united states but then dies again and goes back to the community) and he is Jonas best friend in his different lives. I Hope that life in the community gets better so nothing would have to happen like what happened to Gabe and Jonas.

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Jonas and Gabe found Elsewhere in the ending. Earlier in the book Jonas says that he feels hope, and I believe that the hope is finding a new city, with new people, and new ideas. “Suddenly he was aware with certainty and joy that below, ahead, they were waiting for him; and they were waiting, too, for the baby.” (Lowry 225) The Giver states that when Jonas opened his eyes, he saw lights through the windows of rooms. He also heard people singing. He is seeing love in many different ways. “Families created and kept memories, where they celebrated love.” (Lowry 225) In conclusion, Jonas and Gabe have had a very long journey, and they both deserve a happy ending. BY: HOLLAND 

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Jonas and Gabe found Elsewhere in the ending. Earlier in the book Jonas says that he feels hope, and I believe that the hope is finding a new city, with new people, and new ideas. “Suddenly he was aware with certainty and joy that below, ahead, they were waiting for him; and they were waiting, too, for the baby.” (Lowry 225) The Giver states that when Jonas opened his eyes, he saw lights through the windows of rooms. He also heard people singing. He is seeing love in many different ways. “Families created and kept memories, where they celebrated love.” (Lowry 225) In conclusion, Jonas and Gabe have had a very long journey, and they both deserve a happy ending. BY: HOLLAND 

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 In The Giver, Jonas finds the house he sees, and becomes their family. Jonas thinks it is another community, and then realizes it is elsewhere. He and Gabe trudge to the front door, and knock on the door. A person in brightly colored clothes opens the door, and Jonas is awestruck, but so tired. The person gasps, and rushes Jonas in. The rest of the family crowds around Jonas and Gabe, and stare. The mother rushes Jonas and Gabe to the bathroom for a hot bath. Jonas starts getting his senses back, and nudges Gabe. He is very confused, but happy and glad that he was able to protect Gabe. The father walks in with towels, and Jonas dries off, while the father dries Gabe off. They are taken too a warm bed, and fall right asleep. Jonas wakes up in the morning, and expects a snowy freezing landscape. Then the memories come flooding back, and he looks at Gabe who is sound asleep. Jonas climbs out of the bed, and sees a clean pair of clothes laid out. He slips them on and walks quietly out of the room. He walks downstairs and sees a family cooking pancakes, and they look up at him, smiling. He recognizes love. Lowry says, “I like the feeling of love,” he confessed.” A little boy, no older than eight, walks up to Jonas. “Who are you?” Jonas opens his mouth and then closes it. “I…..I am Jonas.” “Jonas,” the boy says carefully, “I like that.” -Madeleine

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 In The Giver, Jonas finds the house he sees, and becomes their family. Jonas thinks it is another community, and then realizes it is elsewhere. He and Gabe trudge to the front door, and knock on the door. A person in brightly colored clothes opens the door, and Jonas is awestruck, but so tired. The person gasps, and rushes Jonas in. The rest of the family crowds around Jonas and Gabe, and stare. The mother rushes Jonas and Gabe to the bathroom for a hot bath. Jonas starts getting his senses back, and nudges Gabe. He is very confused, but happy and glad that he was able to protect Gabe. The father walks in with towels, and Jonas dries off, while the father dries Gabe off. They are taken too a warm bed, and fall right asleep. Jonas wakes up in the morning, and expects a snowy freezing landscape. Then the memories come flooding back, and he looks at Gabe who is sound asleep. Jonas climbs out of the bed, and sees a clean pair of clothes laid out. He slips them on and walks quietly out of the room. He walks downstairs and sees a family cooking pancakes, and they look up at him, smiling. He recognizes love. Lowry says, “I like the feeling of love,” he confessed.” A little boy, no older than eight, walks up to Jonas. “Who are you?” Jonas opens his mouth and then closes it. “I…..I am Jonas.” “Jonas,” the boy says carefully, “I like that.” -Madeleine

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Caroline Mathews In the end of The Giver, I do not think that Gabe and Jonas are going to Elsewhere. I think they are dying because they were so cold. while Jonas is dying he hallucinates and thinks of some of the happiest moments of his life: “As he approached the summit of the hill at last, something began to happen. He was not warmer; if anything, he felt more numb and more cold. He was not less exhausted; on the contrary, his steps were leaden, and he could barely move his freezing, tired legs. But he began, suddenly, to feel happy. He began to recall happy times. He remembered his parents and his sister. He remembered his friends, Asher and Fiona. He remembered The giver. Memories of joy flooded him suddenly.”( Lowis Lowrey 223)  I do not think they are going to  Elsewhere because in the book it said they go to Elsewhere when they are released and when people are released they die so Elsewhere must be heaven.   

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Caroline Mathews In the end of The Giver, I do not think that Gabe and Jonas are going to Elsewhere. I think they are dying because they were so cold. while Jonas is dying he hallucinates and thinks of some of the happiest moments of his life: “As he approached the summit of the hill at last, something began to happen. He was not warmer; if anything, he felt more numb and more cold. He was not less exhausted; on the contrary, his steps were leaden, and he could barely move his freezing, tired legs. But he began, suddenly, to feel happy. He began to recall happy times. He remembered his parents and his sister. He remembered his friends, Asher and Fiona. He remembered The giver. Memories of joy flooded him suddenly.”( Lowis Lowrey 223)  I do not think they are going to  Elsewhere because in the book it said they go to Elsewhere when they are released and when people are released they die so Elsewhere must be heaven.   

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Elizabeth Bayler Jonas and Gabe are adopted by a kind young couple in the community that celebrates love because they reached Elsewhere on the sled. They get off the sled after they reached the place with “red, blue, and yellow lights that twinkled from trees in places where families created and kept  memories, where they celebrated love:”(Lowry 225). They find it because Jonas “felt that Elsewhere was not far away:” (Lowry 219). They walk into the town where they are greeted by the mayor who takes them into a warm home and gives them hot chocolate and donuts and warm clothes and blankets. They sleep there overnight, then in the morning, a kind couple comes and adopts them and loves them as their own. Then, Jonas and Gabe have their first Christmas. The couple has a baby, and they name her Lily Fiona Rosemary. When Gabe grows up, he travels to the community that he once lived in to tell them what happened. He explains what feelings are, and then the community decides to join with the other community, and they experience feelings and love too. Although other people think that Jonas and Gabe die, they have come to far to just give up. He shows this in The Giver where it says, “But he had come too far. He must try to go on:” (Lowry 221). Jonas is too determined to give up when the community is so close. Jonas and Gabe find love and happiness in their new community with color, life and most importantly, memories.

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Elizabeth Bayler Jonas and Gabe are adopted by a kind young couple in the community that celebrates love because they reached Elsewhere on the sled. They get off the sled after they reached the place with “red, blue, and yellow lights that twinkled from trees in places where families created and kept  memories, where they celebrated love:”(Lowry 225). They find it because Jonas “felt that Elsewhere was not far away:” (Lowry 219). They walk into the town where they are greeted by the mayor who takes them into a warm home and gives them hot chocolate and donuts and warm clothes and blankets. They sleep there overnight, then in the morning, a kind couple comes and adopts them and loves them as their own. Then, Jonas and Gabe have their first Christmas. The couple has a baby, and they name her Lily Fiona Rosemary. When Gabe grows up, he travels to the community that he once lived in to tell them what happened. He explains what feelings are, and then the community decides to join with the other community, and they experience feelings and love too. Although other people think that Jonas and Gabe die, they have come to far to just give up. He shows this in The Giver where it says, “But he had come too far. He must try to go on:” (Lowry 221). Jonas is too determined to give up when the community is so close. Jonas and Gabe find love and happiness in their new community with color, life and most importantly, memories.

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At the end of the giver Jonas and Gabriel make it to elsewhere. But it is not another community. It is a normal world with countries and towns.

I think this because Jonas thinks this in the book. “He forced his eyes open as they went downward, downward, sliding, and all at once he could see lights, and he recognized them now” (Lowrey 225) How could Jonas recognize something he had never personally seen before.Unless he had see it in one of his memories of the past. In the past they had towns and cities and all these things he is seeing. Some people might think he and Gabriel die because of the ending sentence, ”Behind him, across vast distance of space and time, from the place he had left,  he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo” (Lowrey 225). But disagree because Jonas is only hoping that his friends and family are safe.

LG

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Jonas and Gabe Heroes Forever

Jonas and Gabe made it very close to the community. After he made it down the hill he falls off the sled landing on his chest which is where the child is, they both die. Lowry says ¨Behind him, across the vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only and echo¨ (Lowry 225). There are woods in between Jonas and the new community. That is why he hears the sound of music and lights but only hears and sees them as a mere echo. After he dies the storm will cover Gabe and him up. In many years the community will find the two bodies, and they will go find the community where they came from. Jonas’s community will be lost without him the Giver will have died. This new community will help the other strive to greatness. Sameness will be eliminated and Jonas. THe community will understand love, the true way to live, and why release is horrible and cruel, and inhumane. Gabe and Jonas will be heroes forever.

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The Ending of The Giver	In the end of The Giver, Jonas and Gabriel find the actual elsewhere where people have love, colors, animals, no chastisement, and you can have as many toys and comfort objects as you want. “ He knew they were shining through the windows of rooms, that they were the red, blue, and yellow lights that twinkled from trees in places where families created and kept memories, where they celebrated love,” ( Lowry 225). They find the place where they were meant to be without silly rules. The book doesn’t say anything about Jonas giving himself and Gabriel the memory of finding elsewhere. The Giver also didn’t give Jonas this memory. He gave him memories of just snow, but not finding elsewhere. “ Using his final strength, a special knowledge that was deep inside him, Jonas found the sled that was waiting for them at the top of the hill. Numbly his hands fumbled for the rope,” ( Lowry 224). He also did not, when he had the first memory of snow, feel weak or feel that he was using his final strength.

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The Ending of The Giver	In the end of The Giver, Jonas and Gabriel find the actual elsewhere where people have love, colors, animals, no chastisement, and you can have as many toys and comfort objects as you want. “ He knew they were shining through the windows of rooms, that they were the red, blue, and yellow lights that twinkled from trees in places where families created and kept memories, where they celebrated love,” ( Lowry 225). They find the place where they were meant to be without silly rules. The book doesn’t say anything about Jonas giving himself and Gabriel the memory of finding elsewhere. The Giver also didn’t give Jonas this memory. He gave him memories of just snow, but not finding elsewhere. “ Using his final strength, a special knowledge that was deep inside him, Jonas found the sled that was waiting for them at the top of the hill. Numbly his hands fumbled for the rope,” ( Lowry 224). He also did not, when he had the first memory of snow, feel weak or feel that he was using his final strength.

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Caroline Mathews In the end of The Giver, I do not think that gabe and Jonas are going to Elsewhere. I think they are dying because they were so cold. while jonas is dying he hallucinates and thinks of some of the happiest moments of his life: “As he approached the summit of the hill at last, something began to happen. He was not warmer; if anything, he felt more numb and more cold. He was not less exhausted; on the contrary, his steps were leaden, and he could barely move his freezing, tired legs. But he began, suddenly, to feel happy. He began to recall happy times. He remembered his parents and his sister. He remembered his friends, Asher and Fiona. He remembered The giver. Memories of joy flooded him suddenly.”  I do not think they are going to Elsewhere because in the book it said they go to Elsewhere when they are released and when people are released they die so Elsewhere must be heaven.   

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Caroline Mathews In the end of The Giver, I do not think that gabe and Jonas are going to Elsewhere. I think they are dying because they were so cold. while jonas is dying he hallucinates and thinks of some of the happiest moments of his life: “As he approached the summit of the hill at last, something began to happen. He was not warmer; if anything, he felt more numb and more cold. He was not less exhausted; on the contrary, his steps were leaden, and he could barely move his freezing, tired legs. But he began, suddenly, to feel happy. He began to recall happy times. He remembered his parents and his sister. He remembered his friends, Asher and Fiona. He remembered The giver. Memories of joy flooded him suddenly.”  I do not think they are going to Elsewhere because in the book it said they go to Elsewhere when they are released and when people are released they die so Elsewhere must be heaven.   

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I believe at the end of the giver, Jonas finds a community. I think this because, “ he could see the lights, and he recognized them now.” ( Lois Lowry 224). I hope that Jonas found a community that believed in emotion. That the new community didn’t have sameness. Gabe could not have to go through what Jonas did. Once the memories returned that Fiona and Asher would escape the community and find Jonas.

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I think that he is dying but he is seeing all the memories he really loved. When you die people say your life flashes by your eyes. So he is seeing all the memories he has ever gotten that he has really enjoyed or loved. “Using his final strength, and a special knowledge that was deep inside him, Jonas found the sled that was waiting for them at the top of the hill.” (Lowry 224). This quote shows his favorite memory was waiting for him. “Behind him, across the vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo” (Lowry 225). This quote shows that there might be hope and that is not a memory yet he is still dying. I believe though since I think he is dying, someone from Elsewhere will come and save him right before Jonas and Gabe die. He (or she) would be an old receiver that ran away also who no one talks about so Jonas did not know about them. He/ she would have memories of being warm and would give them to both of them. They will take Jonas and Gabe with them to a place where people who have escaped from their communities would be. They would also be receivers/ givers. They would believe in love and what they called the “Old” ways. They would build a sustainable community and help other receivers and givers escape.

~Sally E.

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My Idea of What Happens To Gabe And Jonas

Jonas and Gabe do not get to elsewhere because he is so weak and near to death that he is most likely imagining that he saw lights and heard singing. He couldn’t even know what music was because the giver never gave him that memory. Lowrey writes, “ Music,” the giver said, smiling. “ I Began to hear something truly remarkable, and it is called music. I’ll give you some before I go.” No, Giver.” I want you to keep it, to have with you, when I’m gone” ( Lois Lowry page 197).This means that Jonas himself thinks he knows what music is but he doesn’t. This means that he is clearly hallucinating. You might think that Jonas lives because you just want him to live but there is no real evidence in this book that he lives. Therefore I think that Jonas will eventually  die even though I want him and gabriel to live I have to face the fact and the most probable answer.

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In my view I believe that Jonas and Gabe find elsewhere where they have happiness and peace in heaven. My evidence for this reason is Jonas saw a bowl of light when they were freezing and sliding down the hill. I believe this because before going to heaven Jonas was dreaming about people singing and he was listening to the music from that community. He had hope that they would find warmth and light.

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe should share their memories to all the people in Elsewhere because they need to stay alive somehow.  More specifically, I believe that they should share the memories so that the people can be introduced to good and bad rather than to have not as good a vocabulary as they could have had. For example, Lowry said, ¨Do you love me?¨ There was an awkward silence for a moment. Then Father gave a little chuckle. ¨Jonas. You, of all people. Precision of language, please!¨´ (Lowry 159) Jonas and Gabe would share them and the whole town of Elsewhere would be filled with the memories.

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe were actually dreaming because I don’t think that on the top of a tall hill, going down a sled, in the middle of nowhere, you would find a little community. More specifically, I believe that because that would pretty much only happen in a movie. Like Monsters Inc., I don’t just believe that you would find that in the middle of nowhere. For example,” As he approached the summit of the hill at last, something began to happen. He was not warmer;if anything, he felt more numb and more cold. He was not less exhausted; on the contrary, his steps were leaden, and he could barely move his freezing, tired legs.(Lowry 223) Jonas found the sled that was waiting for him at the top of the hill.(Lowry 224)  In the second quote, it said Jonas found a sled at the top of the hill, I mean, why would there be a sled at the top of a hill.  

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe were actually dreaming because I don’t think that on the top of a tall hill, going down a sled, in the middle of nowhere, you would find a little community. More specifically, I believe that because that would pretty much only happen in a movie. Like Monsters Inc., I don’t just believe that you would find that in the middle of nowhere. For example,” As he approached the summit of the hill at last, something began to happen. He was not warmer;if anything, he felt more numb and more cold. He was not less exhausted; on the contrary, his steps were leaden, and he could barely move his freezing, tired legs.(Lowry 223) Jonas found the sled that was waiting for him at the top of the hill.(Lowry 224)  In the second quote, it said Jonas found a sled at the top of the hill, I mean, why would there be a sled at the top of a hill.  

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I believe that Jonas and Gabe were dying because Lois Lowry explained that Jonas was losing consciousness and he could barely hold himself up as he was going down hill on the sled. More specifically, I believe that Jonas and Gabe were going to heaven and Jonas was having a dream of his memories before he died. For example, “They sped in a straight line through the incision that seemed to lead to the final destination, the place that he had always felt was waiting, the Elsewhere that held their future and their past.” Lowry shows that Jonas and Gabe are going into a new world, the elsewhere that was their final destination, their last destination. Although others might disagree that Jonas and Gabe where going to heaven, I strongly agree that Jonas and heaven were on the bridge to heaven.

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I think that Jonas and Gabe have died, because in the book it says that Jonas was slipping away from consciousness and Gabe was barely moving. Specifically I believe that the sled was kind-of like the transportation to the afterlife, and doen't actually exist. “Yet he felt it:that Elsewhere was not far away.”(Lowry 219) If everyone says that those who are released go to Elsewhere, and all those people actually die, then how would Elsewhere not be Heaven? Jonas is trying to go to Elsewhere but the last time that memories were released the Receiver died. Though the optimists say he found another Community, a living one, I think that it would make more sense considering Lois Lowry's writing style.

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I believe that Gabe and Jonas went to heaven. I believe this because Lois Lowry wrote, “The runners sliced through the snow and the wind whipped at his face as they sped in a straight line through an incision that seemed to lead to the final destination, the place that he had always felt was waiting, the Elsewhere that held their future and their past.” (Lowry 224) To me, it was like it was explaining the path to  heaven, but it was in slow motion. That was like the portal to heaven, but when he entered, everything was calming and joyful.  Lois Lowry wrote, “Downward, downward,, faster and faster. Suddenly he was aware with certainty and joy that below, ahead, they were waiting for him.” (Lowry 225) This makes me think that he entered a new path, a new journey, and starting somewhere new. I feel like you will feel relaxed and all the pain will go when you enter the portal. Jonas heard singing and music for the first time too. Just like it was time to celebrate Christmas. In conclusion, I think Jonas and Gabe went to heaven because they found joy again.

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             Grace  Connell                     In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe are going into a new village or city. I believe that they are entering a community more like ours. With love, and Christmas, and snow. I believe this because, Jonas has been training with the Giver, and has been learning all the memories.  These memories have been showing love,hate,hunger,pain,holidays, and color. I believe that the Giver was preparing Jonas for this kind of journey, to find the elseware. Another reason I believe this is because in the book the Giver said “the memories of the whole world.”Lowry 98. I believe Lowry said this in the book, because she wanted people to understand that Jonas was not just training to keep memories. Jonas was training so he knew different experiences, and was ready to face the world. Although others might disagree with this, truly believe that it all makes sense, because of all the different clues Lowry has been giving throughout the book. Therefore I believe that they are joining a new town, or city.

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             Grace  Connell                     In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe are going into a new village or city. I believe that they are entering a community more like ours. With love, and Christmas, and snow. I believe this because, Jonas has been training with the Giver, and has been learning all the memories.  These memories have been showing love,hate,hunger,pain,holidays, and color. I believe that the Giver was preparing Jonas for this kind of journey, to find the elseware. Another reason I believe this is because in the book the Giver said “the memories of the whole world.”Lowry 98. I believe Lowry said this in the book, because she wanted people to understand that Jonas was not just training to keep memories. Jonas was training so he knew different experiences, and was ready to face the world. Although others might disagree with this, truly believe that it all makes sense, because of all the different clues Lowry has been giving throughout the book. Therefore I believe that they are joining a new town, or city.

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I believe that Jonas and Gabe find the elsewhere the place where they could find happiness and love while sliding down the sled. I believe this because while he was going down the hill he got a sudden burst of energy where he could stay awake. I also believed that he felt the he needed to save Gabe becaus ehe felt responisble for him. For example, “His heart  surged with hope. They started down . Jonas felt himself losing consciousness and with his whole being willed himself to stay upright atop the sled clutching gabe, keeping him safe.”(Lowry 224) Lowry shows that Jonas felt like it wasn’t an option if he feel asleep because he had traveled such a long way and he had to keep gabe safe. Though others might think Jonas and Gabe died because the book described Jonas falling unconscious, and he was starving. But I don’t think that is true because Lowry said how he  kept himself from falling asleep. There I conclude that Jonas and Gabe did make it to the unknown land because he felt that it was his responsibility because he knew it was what he had to do.

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe get the key to heaven and die, because in the book I think Elsewhere was being used as heaven. More specifically, when Lowry says: “ Suddenly he was aware with certainty and joy that below, ahead, they were waiting for him; and that they were waiting, too, for the baby.” (Lowry 225). She shows that even though society took away all feelings and color and emotion, that heaven still has all of those and celebrates them. Since no one knows what heaven is, not even Jonas, he wasn’t sure what he was trying to find. Once everyone got to Elsewhere, they got back all of the memories, emotion, and feelings. In conclusion. I think that Jonas and Gabe’s purpose was to unlock the key to heaven and bring all of the memories to everyone, because it was about time to change their way of life.

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In my view I believe that Jonas and Gabe make it into the house and find it deserted having no people living in it for years. Because Elsewhere is not real. Going deeper in I believe this because in the book (and movie) Elsewhere is an excuse. It is a lie that is to cover up that they are actually killing them. Mrs. Lowry shows that “As he continued to watch, the new child, no longer crying, moved his arms and legs in a jerking motion. Then he went limp. His head fell to the side, his eyes half open.Then he was still.” (Lowry 187). This quote shows that Elsewhere is none existed. They just kill them with a shot and dispose of the evidence. Other people might say that Elsewhere does exist. That Elsewhere is a place with love and joy. And, that the government doesn’t want them finding it or something like that. I believe this is false because why would you name the way you kill your people Elsewhere? Elsewhere started as a simple way to kill people then the community started saying that is was a place where dreams come true. This is because Elsewhere does not exist I conclude that Jonas and Gabe finds nothing because Elsewhere not real. Never has been, never will be.

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In my opinion, I think that Gabe and Jonas go to heaven because in the book Jonas says that his is trying to stay conscious, but I think he dies on the sled. Gade and Jonas live in elsewhere for the rest of their lives because they die and don’t come back to life: “As he approached the summit of the hill at last, something began to happen. He was not warmer;if anything ,he felt more numb and more cold…...But he began to feel happy. He began to recall happy times…...Jonas felt himself losing consciousness and with his whole bing willed himself to stay upright atop the sled, clutching Gabriel, keeping him safe”(Lowry 223-224.)  Lowry shows that Jonas is very very cold, but is finding and taking warth from around him. Although others might think that elsewhere is in the past I think that they both passed from starvation and dehydration. Therefore, I conclude that Jonas and Gade pasted because They live in a world where sameness is everywhere but heaven.

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe are still alive, there is at least a 50% chance that someone just left and sled on the hill and they find a different community because, they hear music and singing and see lights. More specifically, I believe that Jonas and Gabe have found a new place that is way different than their old community. For example, "Behind him, across vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo: “(Lowery 225)”. Lowery shows that Jonas and Gabe have traveled a long, hard distance and that everything changes once they pass “Elsewhere”. Therefore, I conclude that Jonas and Gabe have found a new community that is the opposite of the one they came from, because Lowery said that they traveled vast distances of space. Also if they were dead then Lowery would have probably made it more sad or different in a way.

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What happened to Jonas and Gabe?

I believe that Jonas and Gabe went to the same family that Jonas learned about in the memories the Giver gave to him because in the book he said, ¨He forced his eyes open ae 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 trees in places where families created and kept memories, where they celebrated love.¨ (Lowry 225).  Jonas said he remembered the lights, the trees, and he said that he remembered love.  Other Might say that they died or went to heaven , but I strongly disagree, the made it all this way and worked so hard. I believe that the could not die now they have so mush to do with their lives. They can now make choices , get married freely, have biological children, and love.

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe have discovered new land or a new community that experiences feelings like love, and pain as his community never does. He thinks that people have been waiting for him and Gabe and maybe they were, maybe some family wished they had a larger family and it was just perfect timing. More specifically, I believe that Jonas and Gabe, after traveling so far and long, have discovered real biological families or adoptive families that experience holidays like Christmas and feel love. As Lois Lowry says, “He forced his eyes open as they went 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 and that they were the red, blue, and yellow lights that twinkled from trees in places where families created and kept memories, where they celebrated love.” Although others might disagree that Jonas and Gabe have not gone to heaven, only somewhere other than his community with hills and snow and music. I maintain that he and Gabe are very hungry, frail, and injured, which does make sense that he could be in heaven. Therefore, I conclude that Jonas and Gabe still, have just gone elsewhere and entered snowy,hilly, and happy communities unlike his own because he sees christmas lights and warmth that he has not seen in person but will hopefully, experience it soon.

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The end of The Giver                                I believe that Jonas and Gabe have made it to heaven because as they go downhill Jonas begins to suddenly have joyful thoughts of the perfect place to live and the perfect community for him. More specifically, he hears the magical music and see’s all the things that were taken away from his community. For example, 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 trees in places where families created and kept memories, where they celebrated love.

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In my opinion, I think that Jonas and Gabe have died, because If they were alive it would be hard for them to learn all of the things they’d missed out on. More specifically, they wouldn’t understand a lot of things that happen in everyday life. Jonas and Gabe know a little bit about it from the memories, but they still would have a lot of questions I think. In the book Jonas says, “‘They had fire right there in that room. There was a fire burning in the fireplace. And there were candles on a table‘“(Lowry 159). Lowry shows that Jonas has been living in a world that is closed off from anything that could be a danger to the community. He has never even experienced fire that isn’t tamed, and he would do very well in a place where that is so common. Although others might disagree that Jonas is living and he goes on to learn and share his experiences in the community with the people in Elsewhere, I maintain that Jonas and Gabe have died due to the harsh elements they’ve never experienced before. Therefore I conclude that Jonas and Gabe have unfortunately died.

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Olivia DeRosier The End to The GiverIn My view, I believe that Jonas & Gabe  died because having the sled right there seems a little unassuring and he is seeing love and light just make me feel like he is in heaven. More Specifically, I believe that when jonas is seeing love, the lights it seems like christmas to me, and he had a memory about christmas and he is seeing the memory of  Christmas, so I think he is in heaven having the memory. For example, “Downward, downward, faster and faster. Suddenly he was aware with certainty and joy that below, ahead, they were waiting for him: and that they waiting, too, for the baby. For the first time, he heard something that he knew to be music. He heard people singing. Behind him, across vast distance of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo”( Lowry 225).   

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Olivia DeRosier The End to The GiverIn My view, I believe that Jonas & Gabe  died because having the sled right there seems a little unassuring and he is seeing love and light just make me feel like he is in heaven. More Specifically, I believe that when jonas is seeing love, the lights it seems like christmas to me, and he had a memory about christmas and he is seeing the memory of  Christmas, so I think he is in heaven having the memory. For example, “Downward, downward, faster and faster. Suddenly he was aware with certainty and joy that below, ahead, they were waiting for him: and that they waiting, too, for the baby. For the first time, he heard something that he knew to be music. He heard people singing. Behind him, across vast distance of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo”( Lowry 225).   

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe ended up living.  More specifically, I believe that they are living because they rode on a sled down a hill, and they rode into a town where Christmas was being celebrated. Also, Jonas could recall memories of what was happening, and I’m pretty sure that you would have to be conscious to remember something. As Gabe and Jonas went sledding down the hill, Jonas thought: “But he began, suddenly to feel happy. He began to recall happy times. He remembered his parents and his sister. He remembered his friends, Asher and Fiona. He remembered The Giver” (Lowry 223). Lois Lowry shows that Jonas was thinking of past memories and remembering all of his friends and family. Although others might disagree that they were living because there were people singing and the people could be angels. I maintain that they were living because people were singing because it was a celebration, Christmas. Therefore I conclude that Jonas and Gabe were living because they saw and heard a town celebrating Christmas.

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In my view, I believe that Jonas Has died because he was describing the pure happiness and joy brought to him when he reached the summit of the hill. More specifically, when the sled was waiting for him and he described going down the hill and all of the happy memories that were brought back to him I thought of going to heaven. In the book Lowry states, “‘We’re almost there, Gabriel,’ he whispered, feeling quite certain without knowing why. ‘I remember this place, Gabe.’”(Lowry 223) Lowry shows that Jonas is kind of unsure of what’s happening and where he is going. When he says, “I remember this place.” i thought that he was recalling what he thought heaven might look like. Although others might disagree that he has died because it also might seem kind of realistic. Therefore I conclude that Jonas has passed and is imaging what going to heaven will be like.

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe make it to the town because Jonas felt himself drifting away but he kept himself awake and was determined to make it to the town. More specifically, I believe that Jonas had been so determined to get there that he would not just let it slip away from him. One of the things I think saved him was the feeling of love. Lowry writes, ”But he began, suddenly, to feel happy. He began to recall happy times. He remembered his parents and his sister. He remembered his friends, Asher and Fiona. He remembered the Giver.” Jonas uses love and happiness to keep him going. Know he loves Gabe as he loved His family, Asher, and Fiona. He forgets about caring about himself and starts to only care about Gabe. He wants to give Gabe the life he deserves and that is what he was going to do. I believe that Jonas and Gabe make it too the town and are safe. Although others might disagree that Jonas is hallucinating and slowly dying, I maintain that Jonas is determined and will get Elsewhere.

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In my view, I think that Jonas and Gabe died. The reason for that is: when they were going up the hill they didn’t see any houses or lights, but when they started to get even more cold they did. For example, “But the memory faded away leaving him colder than before.” ------ “As he approached the summit of the hill at last, something began to happen.”------”But he began, suddenly, to feel happy.” -----”He knew they were shining through the windows---” Lowry shows here that he is starting to die because you are supposed to feel happy when you are going to heaven and you don’t feel pain. Although other people might disagree I think Jonas died because of what he was feeling. How would he feel happy when he is starving? Therefore I conclude that Jonas and Gabe are dead because of how they feel.

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In my view, I believe Jonas and Gabe have died and are making their way up to heaven. More specifically, I believe that the music could be angels singing and when it said they could see the lights it could be the lights in heaven: “For the first time, he heard something that he knew to be music. He heard people singing,” (Lowry 225). Lowry shows that they heard music and that it could be angels singing and not just a town. Therefore, I conclude…………….

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In my opinion, I think that Jonas and Gabriel are not dead. There is at least 50% chance that someone just left a sled there because it was snowing. More specifically I think that they just found a new little town or community that seems to be celebrating Christmas. Honestly, If they died I think that it might be represented in a different way. And the fact that he was in a lot of pain and that he was starving, I can see why he might be thinking of happy thoughts. And the sled ride was one of his first memories that he was given and an enjoyable one. In the book right before Jonas finds the sled waiting for him the book read, “Memories of joy flooded through him suddenly”. (Lowry 223) Although I don’t think that they died, I can see how others may think of the sled ride as a gentle way to show that they are dying. But in conclusion, I believe that Jonas and Gabriel have found a little town/community however I do not believe that this is the special “Elsewhere” they always talk about.

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I think that Jonas and Gabe found a village. The reason I think this is because he never falls and doesn’t get back up again. Lois Lowry fully explains his journey too, without leaving questions like; when did he stand up, or how did he fix his knee? For she answered those questions. Although it may be odd for a sled to be left out the way it was, since it's christmas time most people go sledding and many times leave the sleds out side by accident. And, on top of that, there is already tracks in the snow. “As they sped in a straight line through an incision that seemed to lead to the final destination,” (Lowry 224) I also understand why it could be that they go to heaven. In the book Jonas and Gabe go through many hard spots. All the sudden they come to a sled already there and it’s just like his memory. Jonas also has this sudden burst of happiness where he remembers all of his family and friends. This feeling was so out of the blue. But, I also wonder if this was because he entered the real world, where most people have emotions and feeling. What if the city had limits, and once you left them you acquired feeling? What if it’s like water, you can’t breath until you swim up for air or exit it. Overall, Lois Lowry’s unclear ending depends on whatever you think.

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What I think will Happen

In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe died, because he was remembering all the happy things in his life and in death stories people tend to remember all the happy things in their lives. More specifically, Jonas and Gabe were also freezing and starving and Jonas was hurt so that is three ways that they could have died if they did. There is an example of this in the book, when Lowry writes, “It became a struggle to ride the bike as Jonas weakened from lack of food, and realized at the same time that he was encountering something he had for a long time yearned to see: hills. His sprained ankle throbbed as he forced the pedal downward in an effort that was almost beyond him¨(Lowry 218) Another reason might be is that when Jonas and Gabe are riding down the hill and Jonas claims he sees lights and usually in dramatic books and movies before characters die they say I can see the light or something like that. Therefore, I conclude that Jonas and Gabe will probably die due to the reasons I have stated.

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I think that Jonas and Gabe went to heaven. I believe this because in the book it states, “Suddenly he was aware with certainty and joy that below, ahead, they were waiting for him; and that they were waiting, too, for the baby. For the first time, he heard something he knew to be music. He heard people singing.” (Lowry 225) This sounds as if he was hallucinating from hunger and fatigue. Also, Jonas found the same sled that was in his memories. Even though it is possible for there to be a random sled on a random hill, and another community where he heard the singing coming from, it is more realistic that this was all a hallucination. I think that as he was going into heaven, he was imagining how he wished things could be, which explains why there is music and singing (which never would have occurred in his old community.) I think he is imagining what type of world it would be if there was love. I think that when he goes up into heaven, his memories of love will be given to everybody in his old community, and everyone will know what love feels like.

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I think Jonas and Gabe became unconscious at the top of the hill, because they were so cold and hungry. I believe that Jonas became unconscious and started to dream about his memory of Christmas, and while he did this he gave some of it to Gabe. For example: “Jonas felt himself losing consciousness and with his whole being willed himself to stay upright atop the sled”(Lowry 224).  This shows that Jonas’s conscious was slipping away. Therefore, I think Jonas and Gabe’s conscious drifted off while they sat the top of the hill, dreaming of a white Christmas.

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In my opinion, I believe that Jonas and Gabe passed away during their trudering journey up the hill. I think this because when Jonas gets to the top of the hill he says: “I remember this place, Gabe”(Lowry 223). This shows that he has gone up to heaven because he said it wasn't a memory that The Giver gave him, it was one of his own. But he couldn't of just been in the same place that memory was made, I think that he is in his heaven and he is in the place he loves, which is what he has never known, but what he has experienced before through his memories. Jonas believed that this was the exact hill and sled and place his first given memory had been, but I believe that it's him passing away with Gabe. Jonas also states that he could still hear the echo from his own community, but I think this is all the memories being released out of him when he passed. In conclusion I believe that Jonas and Gabe passed away on the hill, and it was not just a coincidence that there was a sled at the top of the hill.

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I think that Jonas and Gabriel are indeed alive. Sure, it’s quite a coincidence that the sled was just there, and that the music is angels singing, but for Lois Lowry to make this book all about Jonas and Gabe escaping to Elsewhere but then failing right when they were super close is kind of dumb (no offense). Plus, the book says that: the wind whipped at his face: “(Lois Lowry page 224)”. She says it whipped his face, which sounds like it hurts, and I don’t think heaven would hurt. Also, that’s just depressing if a baby and a kid die because they escaped a “perfect” community in which the baby would have died if they didn’t. Although you all may not agree with me, I don’t think Lois Lowry is that dark and would make such a good book have a horribly sad ending. Therefore, I think Jonas and Gabriel are ok, but definitely shaken by the experience.

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Pender                              What Really Happened?                                                            In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe survived and were not hallucinating when going down the hill at the end of the book. I believe this because yes, I can see where the other side of the disagreement is coming from, but it clearly states in the book that once he heard it, he knew singing. He felt the love. Feeling something is different from hallucinating. You can’t really hallucinate the feeling of a deeper understanding, if that makes sense. For example, “ For the first time, he heard something he knew to be music. He heard singing.” “( Lowry 225). Although others might disagree with this,  here Lowry shows that Jonas now knows music. Therefore, I conclude that Jonas and Gabe now know the feeling music brings you and I believe that  deaths and hallucinations don’t bring this into play.

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Pender                              What Really Happened?                                                            In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe survived and were not hallucinating when going down the hill at the end of the book. I believe this because yes, I can see where the other side of the disagreement is coming from, but it clearly states in the book that once he heard it, he knew singing. He felt the love. Feeling something is different from hallucinating. You can’t really hallucinate the feeling of a deeper understanding, if that makes sense. For example, “ For the first time, he heard something he knew to be music. He heard singing.” “( Lowry 225). Although others might disagree with this,  here Lowry shows that Jonas now knows music. Therefore, I conclude that Jonas and Gabe now know the feeling music brings you and I believe that  deaths and hallucinations don’t bring this into play.

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe have died and have gone to heaven because of the way Lois Lowry described the ending scene. More specifically, I believe that the hill was a metaphor for Jonas having to work so hard to survive, but sometimes we need to let go to really be happy.  For example, “ He forced his eyes open as they went downward, downward, sliding, and all at once he could see lights: Lois Lowry 225.” Lowry shows that Jonas was struggling and then the lights symbolized letting go and eternal happiness something Jonas wants for both him and Gabe. Although others may disagree that Jonas and Gabe have gone to heaven the text clearly shows Lowry telling the readers that a life without choice is not a life at all. I also think that Lowry almost wants this to be a sign of rebellion, or sticking it to the man showing that Jonas and Gabe won’t let their fate be decided by someone else. Therefore, I conclude that Jonas and Gabe have let go and have gone to a place free of oppression up above.

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So what really happens at the end?

By Ella

I believe what happened at the end is that Jonas and Gabe saw a sled that a child left and got on it. They also hear distant singing and music from a village beyond the hill but Jonas and Gabe can see it. For example, when Jonas said,  “it was a only an echo.” (Lowry pg 225) That means it was in the distant but not too far away. Jonas and Gabe did not die nor went to heaven. The Elsewhere must be our world and beyond the border of the community. And that is my final thought about what really happens in the end.

THE END! or is it?

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“Jonas found a sled” Are you kidding me? A random sled out in the wilderness, i find that hard to believe

“Behind them, across vast distances of space and time” and there's the kicker folks they dead

The ending is so hard to believe and my gut is screaming "their dead!"

Trust me as someone who reads stuff where people die at the end, and as someone who knows more about angst then you do, because i watch Game Theory, and if that’s not enough there’s alot of sad fanfics/comics out there people, LOT +My show/book theories are always correct soooo…

The ending to the giver is strange, it seems so out of place compared to the rest of the book, i find it hard to believe that they found a random sled and went to a happy little town

But Josie, you might ask, what do you think really happened?

Simple, the ending  N E V E R  happened, it was all a cold/hunger hallucination,

I believe that when they reached the top of the hill, Jonas collapsed and hypothermia kicked in, his mind created the best possible ending before he and Gabe froze to death

I know it might seem hard to believe, but it makes the most logical sense

Trust me, angst is almost always subtile, *cough cough* sad fanfics/comics *cough cough*

Great, lets add this to the list of things to cry about in the middle of the night!

Not like i have enough of  T H O S E !

God i made this seem depressing, that’s just the effect i have on these things, my brain can’t get enough of that sadness! Mhhh yeah

Oh and BTW the “happiness” he felt at the bottom? Like i said, his brain made the best possible ending

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In my view, I believe the Jonas and Gabe passed in the last chapter because rarely do stories end so poetically without deeper meaning. More specifically, I think that in more medical related topics that by then Jonas and Gabe would have died from starvation and frostbite. I believe that when the sled is just waiting there this is a very sneaky way the Lois Lowry hinted to death. In the book it states that: “Jonas found the sled waiting for them”.(Lowry 224) Lois Lowry shows that in this situation with frostbite and starvation that either Jonas was hallucinating or this is was a very clever way to say that Jonas was sledding into the afterlife. Although others might disagree that Jonas was dead, I maintain that this is way to lucky to be true that a little village appears out of nowhere right when Jonas and Gabriel need it most. Therefore, I conclude that Jonas and Gabe passed away because it it hinted very cleverly.

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe are still alive because it doesn’t say that they’re not alive. More specifically, I believe that there is still hope for Jonas and Gabe to live in the Elsewhere because they want to live at a place, that you can have a freedom to speak out of term and not telling you what to say. Lowry shows that “ Snack!” they corrected. “ You meant snack, Asher!”

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe are in what they call Elsewhere. Because there is weather and animals and there are feelings and there are now things like sleds. More specifically, I believe that all of the memories the Giver has given to Jonas are together in a way. I think he really did find the sled that was in his first memory, and that he found the house where the family is celebrating Christmas.(The Giver’s favorite memory.)For example, In the book Jonas realizes this when he said to Gabe” We’re almost there, Gabriel, I remember this place, Gabe” (Lowry 223). Lowry shows that Jonas thinks he knows where he is. Maybe because he has been there before. Jonas is not really sure why he thinks this he just knows. Although others may disagree that this is actually happening to Jonas and that he is just imagining this all. I maintain that this is really happening to Jonas and he is not just imagining it.Therefore, I conclude that Jonas and Gabe will find where they are are meant to be and where they are happy, because Jonas has hope that everything will be alright for them and that they have successfully fund elsewhere.

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe were dreaming this entire time  because everything was way too similar to Jonas’s memories given to him by the Giver. More specifically, I believe that Jonas was dreaming about if the memories happened to him, what the experience would be like. For example “ The hill was steep but the snow was powdery and soft, and he knew there would be no ice, no fall, no pain.” Lowry shows that Jonas knew what would happen, like it happened to him before, in the memories, or like he planned it, in a dream. Although others might disagree that he really did feel all these things. I maintain that it was all to similar to the memories to be actually happening. Therefore, I conclude that Jonas and Gabe were never in this position because it was in a dream, dreamt by Jonas.

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe are going to be found by someone in the community because if they are sledding towards a house or a bunch of people singing the people aren’t just going to think; “Oh look, a kid on a sled with a baby who has frostbite, hypothermia and is probably starving why don’t we just keep walking.” More specifically, I believe that the community is going to take them in and nurse the two children back to health. I think this because on page 157 it says;  “‘I certainly liked the memory, though. I can see why it's your favorite. I couldn’t quite get the word for the whole feeling of it, the feeling that was so strong in the room’ ‘Love,’ The Giver told him.”(Lowry 157) It says that there is love and if Jonas is in a place where there is love everywhere why would anyone not take them in. If I were to complete the story this is what it would be like. Jonas is found unconscious with a sled with a weak and shivering baby in is shirt when he wakes up he is in a family's house surrounded by children parents and grandparents. He grows up with single father with no children and learns what real love is like. Its is just an idea though.

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe made it to the house because they saw the lights and heard the music of people singing. Music Jonas had never heard before. More specifically, I believe that Jonas and Gabe made it because the sled was there when they got to the top of the hill and sledded down it. He felt the sled with his own hands, he felt the wind whipping through his face, he can remember because of The Giver giving him the memory of the sled ride. He wanted to know what was beyond the end of the ride. He found out. Lowry shows that Jonas and Gabe took the risk of a journey just to be free of the Community’s awful lifestyle. The two adventurers finally saw wild-life. Jonas the age of Twelve/Thirteen has never seen wild-life before. He had seen a deer by the side of the road, and now birds. (Lowry 215). Although other might disagree that leaving was a bad idea, they might say that he wouldn’t be starving and just live his happy little life in the Community. I maintain that even if he did leave, Gabe would have been killed or released. Gabe would have lived for only about two years! Therefore I conclude Jonas and Gabe did not hallucinate when they got to the top of the hill because Jonas felt the rough rope, the snowflakes on their skin, the numbness from the

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe were living the memory of love Jonas had in his mind, but it was real life because it wasn’t just a random house, it was a memory that related to him. More specifically, I believe that Jonas saw the twinkling lights on the tree and heard music and felt the warmth of love. For example, “ … and all at once he could see lights, and he recognized them now. He knew they were shining through windows of rooms, that they were red, blue, and yellow lights that twinkled from trees in places where families created and kept memories, where they celebrated love.”(Lowry 225).  Lowry shows that Jonas and Gabe are about to reach a house filled with love and happiness. Although others might disagree that Jonas is seeing something real  and not hallucinating, I maintain that Lowry described Jonas and Gabe living in the memory and being able to see it and stay there. Therefore, I  conclude that Jonas and Gabe were living real life and the Giver gave him a future memory, because it hadn’t happened yet and it was real.

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe are in Elsewhere because they have been through hard things and that his hard work paid off. He also heard singing and saw the lights. More specifically, I believe that Jonas would do anything to help Gabe and that he would be willing to risk his own life for Gabe. For example, “But the moment passed and was followed by an urge, a need, a passionate yearning to share the warmth with the one person left for him to love. Aching from the, effort, he forced the memory of warmth into the thin, shivering body in his arms.” Lowry shows that back in his community it was wrong to use the word love, but now he is free and can say what he wants and can feel love and not have to worry about the precision of words.

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Libby

In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe did find Elsewhere because there were the signs of life that Jonas and the Giver experienced in the memories. More specifically, I believe that the snow, family, love, music, etc. is part of the world beyond the perfect community that they lived in. For example, “He knew they were shining through the windows of rooms, that they were the red, blue, and yellow lights that twinkled from trees in places where families created and kept memories, where they celebrated love.” Lowry shows that the families here love each other, that they remember their lives and accomplishment. Such families don’t exist in Jonas’s community. Although others might disagree that Jonas and Gabriel are simply hallucinating, I maintain that the feelings he experiences on arrival to Elsewhere are true and real. Therefore, I conclude that Jonas and Gabe arrived to Elsewhere because the community they arrived seemed real like in the memories.

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe have finally made it! More specifically, they are not hallucinating and seeing a mirage, but have reached Elsewhere, and will acquire new adventures. For example, “As they went downward, downward, sliding, and all at once, he could see lights.” Lowry shows that Jonas has reached the house from his memory, and the sled as well, as we recall from earlier in the book. Although others may disagree that Jonas may just be having a mirage from hunger and thirst and is not actually seeing the house with the lights, I maintain that Jonas has told us about feeling close to Elsewhere and that he was near, where having a mirage may just make you see things, not feel or think. Therefore, I conclude that Jonas and Gabe are there, they just haven’t gone forth yet into the new area.

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe do make it to Elsewhere, and they are accepted into an actual town. I think they were living in a different place in time and dimension. I believe this because in the book it seems to be throughout the whole book that the Giver and Jonas and the Elders have always known Elsewhere exists, they just don’t want to believe it is reachable, yet it is. More specifically I believe this because when they are sledding, they go through a tiny gap and then suddenly they are traveling past Jonas’s memories of family and love, which would be a thing in Elsewhere. I think this represents traveling through time and dimension to get to Elsewhere. For example, “.... they sped in a straight line through an incision that seemed to lead to the final destination, the place that he had always felt was waiting, the Elsewhere that held their future and their past.” (Lowry 179). Here Lowry shows that they are entering a different place and time, holding what is before them and what is behind them. Although others might disagree that this represents Jonas and Gabe dying, I maintain that this in fact represents them entering the new community. At one point, yes it does seems they lose consciousness, but they don’t die, and I predict when they wake up, they will be in another dimension. In conclusion, I believe Jonas and Gabe do make it to Elsewhere.

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe are going to be invited into a house and they are going to give him food. I think this because it’s Christmas and I know I would help a 13 year old boy and a baby get food if they needed some.  More specifically I believe that Jonas isn’t hallucinating and that there are people at the bottom of the hill waiting for Jonas and Gabe.

They decide to live in the Elsewhere because there are people in the town who will accept them: “He was in a room filled with people, and it was warm, with firelight glowing on a hearth.  He could see through a window that outside it was night, and snowing.  There were colored lights: red and green and yellow, twinkling from a tree which was, oddly, inside a room.” (Lowry 154)

Lowry shows that there is Christmas.  At the end of the book she seems to describe a town where Christmas is and from his memory all he knows about is how happy Christmas is.  Although some people may disagree with me and say that Christmas can have very greedy people, Christmas is a time of joy and I’m sure that they will help Jonas and Gabe.

Therefore I conclude that, Jonas and Gabe will be let in a house because it’s Christmas and no one should be un happy.

-Emily-

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe will find another society because they are so far away from their old community that there has to be something out there. More specifically, I believe that Gabe will be just as successful as Jonas has been. For example,  ¨He was not aware of giving the memory; but suddenly he realized that it was becoming dimmer, that it was sliding through his hand into the being of the new child. Gabriel became quiet.¨ (Lowry 147) Lowry shows that Gabe is receiving a memory. When you receive a memory, it makes you more aware of the world that used to be. What was normal for your ancestors and the others before them. Although other might disagree that Gabe would be successful, I believe that since so early on in his life he broke a major rule, he will never know of the society that so valued propriety over knowledge. I maintain that when someone believe that Gabe will not be successful, they would be wrong,  for a few main reasons. First, Gabe would be raised by none other than Jonas, the receiver that changed the ways of the oh so monitored society in which he used to live. Jonas changed the ways of sameness in his society. Therefore, I conclude that Jonas and Gabe will both continue to be remarkable in their new society because Jonas, living with Lily for so long will tell the tales of his restricted, oblivious society to his new society. They will learn of their long and treacherous journey, and will most likely consider him very brave. They would also hold him and Gabe with highest respect.

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe did make it all the way to elsewhere because in the book Lois Lowry names a lot of detail in the end chapter and Jonas starts to hear singing and sees light in windows the colors of red,blue,and yellow. More specifically, I believe that like it said in the book that the people were waiting for Jonas and the baby and singing. For example: (“Suddenly he was aware with certainty and joy that below, ahead, they were waiting for him: and that they were waiting, too, for the baby. For the first time he heard something that he knew to be music. He heard people singing.”)-Lois Lowry. Lowry show that when Jonas and Gabe finally make it down the hill on the sled, Jonas hears singing and joy and the people were waiting for them. Although others may disagree that Jonas and Gabe actually made it, and that Jonas is just hallucinating. I think that they did make it because they went all that way just to get to elsewhere, and Lowry was very descriptive of elsewhere and how they saw all the joy and lights. Therefore I conclude that Jonas and Gabe DID make it because Lowry also states that the people were singing and waiting for them.

GIGI

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In my view, I believe that Jonas and Gabe did come to an actual house because I feel that they have finally found a place where they can be warmed and sleep. More specifically I believe that the house they have come to will be one of the people the Giver has told him about like the girl he used to teach or the kid that fell into the river. For example “ behind him, across vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo.” ( Lois Lowry 225 ). Although others might disagree that he is only having a memory of a house and music, I want to maintain that this is actually happening and he has hope that it is to I feel that if this was a memory the story would not end as well. Therefore I conclude that Jonas and Gabe have found a good luck stopping point at the house.

-SYDNEY