What scenes from The Giver do you think you will remember five years from now?

I think one scene that I will remember from the Giver, is the ending scene. At the end Jonas and Gabe are on the sled, getting ready to see what lies below the hill and what has come of their journey. At this point the reader is not quite sure what to expect. In a sense we are just as lost as Jonas. As they are going down this hill, Jonas realizes that something or someone is waiting for he and Gabe. He says that he can hear music. I think this scene is so important because even though it is the end, the reader does not feel that the book is over. We are still left with some questions. Did they die? Was he imagining it? Even though there is not a specific ending I definitely feel that the closure that was presented was very realistic for this book.

The next scene that I will remember is the scene where Jonas realizes that "release" means death. This scene definitely pulled on my heart strings. I put myself in Jonas position and I tried to imagine what it would be like if I was just realizing what it meant. To find out by seeing it rather than hearing is so much more painful. Lowry is very descriptive in this scene. She gives the reader a mental picture of every moment, from the needle going into the forehead to the father pushing the body into the darkness. This scene is one of those scenes where after you read it, you don't just continue on to the next chapter, but you reflect.