Journal Mar 12th

Title: The Giver (end)


Gabriel is in trouble, who is The newchild that Jonas's family cares for at night. He is sweet and adorable during the day, he is in trobule unless Jonas puts him to sleep with some memory. Jonas's father had to release him, but Jonas don't want him to be in trouble. Jonas has broken serious rule, he took the leftover food, and his father's bicycle, and brought it to Gabriel. (In this book, the family can't have more children if they have one son and daughter) Gabe and Jonas hid, they rest in the afternoon, they can't move because people are serching them. He gives his memory to Gabriel, so he won't wake up and cry. After several days, they left behind the aircraft because people know they are hiding.The landscape around them begins to change: the terrain becomes bumpy and irregular, and Jonas falls and twists his ankle. He sees waterfalls and wildlife, all new things to him after a life of Sameness. He is happy to see beautiful things, but worries that he and Gabe might starve, since there is no sign of cultivated land anywhere around. He catches some fish to eat, he goes back to the community, but he choose to leave because people might catch them. Jonas feels hunger, cold, and pain from his twisted ankle. One day, it begins to snow, and Jonas's bicycle cannot climb the steep hill that rises before them. Jonas has lost most of the memories he received from the Giver, but he tries to remember sunshine and the feeling of warmth that it gives. When it comes, he transmits the feeling to Gabriel, and it helps them make it up the hill on foot. When he could not remember the sunshine, it was a disaster, he was freezing cold. He founds some house with twinkle lights, he was sure that his family was waiting for Gabriel and himself. As he walked, he heard singing, music, too. Or maybe that was only echo.