The Giver Alternate Endings
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The Giver Alternate Endings
A different road
This original scene imagines one possible continuation after Jonas and Gabriel leave their community. It is not a scene from the novel. By dawn, the snow had thinned to a crust beneath Jonas’s feet. Gabriel slept against his chest, wrapped in the last warm blanket. Ahead, the land dipped toward a line of dark trees. Behind them, the road vanished into white. Jonas heard a faint sound: a bell, perhaps, or a metal sign tapping in the wind. He stopped. If he followed the sound, he might find shelter—or people who would send them back. Gabriel stirred and reached for Jonas’s hand. Jonas remembered how fear had once made him wait for someone else to decide. Now the choice was his. He could keep moving toward the trees, where no one might find them, or follow the sound and risk meeting strangers. He looked at Gabriel, then at the pale strip of sky. “We’ll choose together,” he whispered, though Gabriel was too young to answer.
Read closely
Answer each question using details from “A different road.” For questions asking you to explain, include a reason or piece of evidence.
- He notices that the snow has become a crust.
- He remembers that fear once made him wait, but now the choice is his.
- He hears a bell or a sign tapping.
- He wraps Gabriel in a blanket.
- The value of making choices, even when the outcome is uncertain
- The idea that traveling is always easy
- The importance of ignoring other people
- The belief that memories should be forgotten
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