Sean's+BETTER+THAN+EVAR+journal+7

A: What will become of Jonas and Gabe? Write ideas for their future.

// Okay, I feel that there is two possible main endings to this story, so I'll explain both. //

// First ending: they die. // // This is a possibility because there is a sled at the top of the hill, and jonas takes his last ride on it. I feel that they would be up in Heaven enjoying themselves. Well, they would spend their whole life with all the memories for themselves, only they would have ALL of them. //

// Second possible ending: They get to "elsewhere" // // At the end of the book, he says that he hears music, and sees lights. This is a sign that they have gotten to "Elsewhere," which is actually OUR world. Our world would probably be the same, but more futuristic. They would also live the rest of their life with not memories, but experiences. They would be able to experience all of the memories that Jonas received for themselves. They would basically become one of us. //

B: My observation.

// "But he began, suddenly, to feel happy. He began to recall happy times. He remembered his parents and his sister. He remembered Asher and Fiona. He remembered the Giver. Memories of joy flooded through him suddenly." I feel that right at this moment, Jonas dies. His life basically flashes before his eyes. After that, he recalls his first memory that he received, the sled ride, only he experiences it. In the afterlife. This is my thought on how the book ends, but there are many different possibilities. The book ends, but the story doesn't. I was a bit dis-satisfied with the ending, personally, I like books that give you a satisfying ending. I didn't really "finish" the book. Because there is no end. //