The first rule Jonas breaks is leaving his dwelling at night; the second rule he breaks is robbing the community of food; the third is when he steals his father’s bike. The “fourth” rule is this: “And he had taken Gabriel, too” (Lowry 207-208). How does Jonas help Gabe travel better?

As he continues to trudge up the hill, he musters up all the memories he has of warmth and sunshine. As Jonas gets closer and closer to the top of the hill, he realizes that he’s completely freezing, exhausted, and going numb. And yet, he feels happy. Joyous even.

He heard people singing. 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.

Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the community twice. He had seen it both times. Squinting toward the sky, he had seen the sleek jet, almost a blur at its high speed, go past, and a second later heard the blast of sound that followed.

In The Giver, Jonas is frightened when an unidentified aircraft flies over the community because he has never seen anything like this happen before. The delivery planes that generally come to their community take a more circuitous route and do not fly over the community when people are out and about.

two years

After his journey becomes difficult, the consequences of freedom become clearer to Jonas than they were in his memories or his meditations on choice and individuality. Feeling pain, hunger, and cold, Jonas realizes that all of his present misery is a direct result of his own actions.

First, Jonas and Gabriel die. The book makes it clear that they are slowly freezing to death. They are weak, hungry and tired. The book also says that Jonas uses his last little bit of strength to find the sled waiting for him at the top of the hill.

Why is Jonas not permitted to apply for release? If Jonas left the community all the memories he hd accumulated would enter the minds of the citizens and create chaos. How does Jonas help the newchild Gabriel go to sleep?

Asher

Receiver