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