Elsewhere

Some days are just worst than others

Jonas is at the Annex with the giver and the giver let him see the release of one twin. On the release his father will inject the baby and soon the baby will stop moving, this reminded to Jonas to the man he saw on the memory of war and he realizes that his father had just killed the baby and that release meant death. After seeing the release Jonas didn’t wanted to go back to his dwelling so he slept with the giver. That night they both made a plan to escape, but only Jonas will leave because once he leave the community all the memories will come back to the community and the giver wants to be there to help all the people when they experience things they had never felt or seen before. The plan consisted on Jonas leaving his dwelling at midnight the night before the ceremony then he will go to the Annex were he will meet with the giver and he will ask for a driver to take them to the borders of the community with all the food they will save for the last two weeks Jonas will continue his path to elsewhere alone. There was something special between the giver and Rose Mary and that was because Rose Mary was her daughter and when she applied for a release there was something different she injected he self, and all her memories came back to the community.

 

But when the moment came everything change because Jonas found out that Gabe will be released so he had to take Gabe with him. He had to leave early and take the left overs of the dwellings and left with Gabe on the front of his bicycle seeping. They sopped to rest at some bushes after going through many communities. There were planes searching for him witch had warmth detector. Each time alpine flew he transmitted memories of snow of cold to Gabe so the warmth detectors would see them. They traveled at night and slept at day it became a routine, Jonas legs became stronger but exhausted. The memories started to get weaker as they got farther , they were staying with the community, so every time it was even harder to transmit the cold memories for their survival(planes).they started traveling also on day because the planes didn’t flew any more. But now they had new fears they were running out of food. They traveled days and days and they started seeing some creatures that Jonas remembered “animals”. Soon the landscape changed it became colder (snow) and they were starving and Jonas started wondering if there was an Elsewhere and if he could save Gabe. His memories were almost gone but once in a while he could transmit some heat to Gabe. One day Jonas saw a hill he went up by feet carrying Gabe on his arms they were both very weak and cold but when they finally got t the top they found a sled and they slide down, Jonas saw the family on the holidays with the grandparents and music and he knew that that place was his elsewhere.

“So if you escape, once you are gone-and, Jonas, you know that you can never return”(155)

Poor Jonas, just imagine taking such a hard decision being only almost 13. He is just a kid and he still need to take the decision of leaving and return all the memories to the community or staying knowing that nobody will never understand him. Do you imagine having to leave your family, the giver, your friends, and the place were you had being raised? What courage does it take to make such a decision and not knowing if it Is the right one or if you are going to regret it later on. I guess sometimes we just need to risk it all and hope that what ever happens is for the best.

“He wept because he was afraid now that he couldn’t save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself.”(173)

I feel so bad for Jonas because he has the life of Gabe on his hands. How frustrated would he feel to know that Gabe is starving and freezing and he can do nothing to help? He is just a little boy  riding a bicycle to a destiny he is not even shore it exists. And the only thing that keeps him going and living is the hope that comes through Gabe’s eyes. also the  joy of knowing  he had gave Gabriel a chance to live because if he woudn't had taken him he would be already dead.