The
end of The Giver left a lot of questions unexplained. Although my entire
class wants to know, I guess we never will. Was it a genius ending or just lazy
writing? In my opinion, it was just lazy and the author just wanted to get it
over with. Although there are many different opinions on what happened, there
are 2 that are the most popular. Some people believe he simply died while
others think that he found Elsewhere and that him and Gabe and Jonas live
happily ever after.
I
think Jonas dies because Jonas lived most of his life in the dark and never
experiencing things like pain and being exhausted. I feel that his body would
be much weaker and unable to manage crawling through the snow in almost nothing
with loads of injuries. However, nobody really cares what I think. It is the author’s
opinion that really matters. Although I cannot be sure that the information is
correct, I used two different web sources so most of it should be accurate.
Lois
Lowry said “It ends with Jonas and Gabriel going
downhill in a sled toward a house with welcoming lights. Ho ho ho. Aren’t I a
mean author, not to be more specific? I like it when you argue. It makes you
think.” I personally think that she was just avoiding the question and that
even she doesn’t know the answer. I think it was just lazy writing.
Lois Lowry also said “I will
say that I find it an optimistic ending. How could it not be an optimistic
ending, a happy ending, when that house is there with its lights on and music
is playing? So I'm always kind of surprised and disappointed when some people
tell me that they think that the boy and the baby just die. I don't think they
die. What form their new life takes is something I like people to figure out
for themselves. And each person will give it a different ending.” She wanted it
to be a positive ending but some people just took it a different way. I still
think she was just being lazy.
