The journey

After Jonas finished asking and inquiring about Rosemary The Giver insisted that he should watch the release of the twins. Jonas agreed and watched. At the end he realized that "release" was actually killing someone. Jonas was disgusted by everything.His mind had opened up and he saw things differently about how the community runs. He saw his father as a killer. The giver tried to calm down Jonas. He told him that it is not his father's fault and that his father doesn't understand or know what is death. Jonas was so overwhelmed about this that he decided he had to change how things work in the community. So Jonas stayed the night with the giver and they started planning a way that Jonas could leave the community and all of his memories will go to the people. They eventually plan it all. The day Jonas will leave was the night before the ceremony that way no one will know were Jonas is and no one can stop this ceremony. By that time, Jonas will be already on his way to elsewhere. The night that Jonas and the Giver planned for him to leave, Jonas's parents told him Gabriel was going to be released. Jonas didn't want Gabe dead so he took him. Jonas had to travel at night and sleep at day because the search planes looked for them at day. Days passed and the number of planes decreased until they were gone. When the planes disappeared Jonas and Gabe could travel safer. In the journey they saw woods and animals. Their food eventually was gone and both were very weak. They were trying to get to their destiny. Suddenly they found a sled and they used it. When the sled stopped they saw lights and windows and perhaps they heard music.

"And he had taken Gabriel,too." (166,Lowry)

I think that Jonas did the right thing by taking Gabe with him. If he hadn't taken Gabe with him he was going to leave him and someone was going to kill him. I also think that Jonas would have felt very guilty if he left Gabe behind.

"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." (180, Lowry)

This last quote of the book haunts me with so many questions. I wonder of Jonas and Gabe accomplished their mission. I don't know if Jonas was hallucinating because of the lack of food and water. What I think the end was, is that Jonas an Gabe were traveling in circles and by the time they completed the circle they got to their community and  that it had homes and music.

In conclusion, I think this was a very good book. Lois Lowry created a very good ending because she gave you the freedom to choose the ending you want. This book has a very good message and a very good theme. 

Death and Rosemary

In chapters 15-18 Jonas has been learning colors and he has been experiencing real pain. One day the giver has been having lots of pain. So Jonas offered himself to take the memory that was disturbing the giver. The memory was very awful, there was war and Jonas witnessed death. The giver regretted giving that memory to jonas because it was a very horrible memory. After a painful memory the giver gave Jonas a soothing and beautiful memory sohe doesn't   think of the painful one. The giver gave Jonas his favorite memory. This memory was warm and nice. There was a family reunited and Jonas learned what is love. He also learned that grand parents existed. After Jonas learned about love he went straight up to his parents and asked them if they loved him but because his parents dont know what is love, they chastised him and said that the word love is meaningless. After what Jonas´s parents said he was very sad and disappointed. Now Jonas has been stopped taking the pills for 4 weeks and he could now see all colors. One day there was a unexpected holiday.  Jonas went to search for his friends Asher and Fionna  and they were playing a game. The game they were playing was strangely familiar to Jonas. He realized that that game was a war game. He stopped playing and Asher was irritated because he ruined the game. Later that day everyone was telling about how was their holiday and Jonas learned what they did to twins in the nurturing center. The next day Jonas was curious about the failed Reciever. The giver told Jonas about her. She was called Rosemary. She failed because she couldn't stand all of that awful pain, so she applied for release. In Rosemary's time anyone could apply for release, when she asked this she decided she wanted to inject herself. Later the giver explained to Jonas how he loved her and how it broke his heart when she got released. The giver also said that when Rosemary got released all of the memories got back to the community and that it was a total caos. 

" Jonas sighted. It was no use. Of course Asher couldn't understand." (135, Lowry) 

I feel bad for Jonas. He and te giver have to bare all of the burden and all of the pain. They are so alone. No one actually understands them. And nobody has real emotions they are all shallow.

" 'There could be love.'Jonas whispered" (129,Lowry) 

 

I feel like this community has no life in it. Every one in the community has no feelings. Everyone's life is very dull and no one has love. Without love everything is very lame and everything is very cold.

In conclusion, I think that Jonas and the giver have to do something about how things run in the community. Jonas an the giver are very alone and everyone's life is very dull. No one actually has really feelings. I predict that Jonas and the giver will plan something to change things.