What happened to Jonas and Gabe?

In the end, Jonas and Gabe die because he lost his hope for what he thought to be Elsewhere. Jonas thought the music he heard was coming from Elsewhere but he soon realized it was only an echo. "Behind him, across vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too.
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What happens to Jonas and Gabe in the messenger?

During his travel, Jonas gave most of his provisions to Gabriel. Eventually, he and Gabriel reach the Elsewhere by taking a ride on a sled. After reaching Elsewhere, Jonas grows into a man, and becomes Leader of the Village, marrying Kira and having two children with her.
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What did Jonas do with Gabe?

Taking Gabe, Jonas leaves his dwelling at night, taking leftover food from the night's supper trays, which have been placed outside doorways for the Collection Crew to pick up. He steals his father's bicycle because he needs the infant seat attached to it for Gabe, who now symbolizes new life and the future.
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What happened to Baby Gabriel in the Giver?

He is Claire's son and currently resides in Village. He is a baby in The Giver, and a young man in Son.
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Does Gabe get released in the Giver?

Having light eyes like Jonas, Gabriel is also able to receive memories. This helps him to sleep through the night until he is returned to the Nurturing Center. Gabriel cries all night, so the decision is made to release him.
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What does baby Gabriel symbolize in The Giver?

The Newchild Gabriel

Babies frequently figure as symbols of hope and regeneration in literature, and in The Giver this makes perfect sense: Gabriel is too young to have absorbed the customs and rules of the community, so he is still receptive to the powerful memories that Jonas transmits to him.
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Why did Jonas make Gabriel and himself cold?

He transmits memories of exhaustion to Gabriel in order to make him sleep during the day, and in order to avoid the heat-seeking technology of the planes, he transmits memory of intense cold to both of them so that their body heat does not show up on the planes' devices.
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What is the true ending of The Giver?

Though Lowry wrote sequels to the book, the reader never learns in "The Giver" if he successfully makes it to his destination alive. Instead, the book ends with Jonas riding a sled down a hill to a town where he describes hearing what he believes must be music for the first time.
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Does Jonas see Fiona again?

But Lowry says the film itself isn't consumed by the relationship between Jonas and Fiona, except for a line in the final scene in which Jonas says, "I knew I would see Fiona again." "I've written four books now (in this series) and he never sees her again," Lowry tells The News.
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Is there a part 2 to The Giver?

And today, his saga (and Gabe's) finally comes to an end with the release of Son, the first direct sequel to The Giver. The novel travels back to the community Jonas fled to tell the story of Claire — a 14-year-old girl drafted to be a Birthmother who finds that she, too, cannot live in a society devoid of love.
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Do Jonas and Fiona kiss in The Giver book?

4) Jonas doesn't kiss Fiona in the book

But in the book, he doesn't really act on his Stirrings toward Fiona, probably because, well, he's only a Twelve.
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What was Gabriel's main problem?

What was Gabriel's main problem? He was fretful at night. What did the Community do when a birthmother had twins? The smaller one was released.
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Is The Giver Jonas biological father?

No, they were not biologically related.
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What happens to Asher in The Giver?

Asher was assigned the job of Assistant Recreational Director in the book, and assigned Pilot in the movie. (He was the fourth one to receive his job assignment as his birth number is #4, meaning that he was the fourth child born in his year out of 50 children.
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What happened to Matty in Messenger?

Yes, he dies when he heals Forest and the rest of the people in Village.
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Does Fiona have baby?

In her last appearance in Episode 1114, Fiona mentions that her unseen child is a boy. Fiona may have been around thirty years old as of Series 11.
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How do the birth mothers in The Giver get pregnant?

The birth mothers stop taking the pills while they are being used as birthmothers. It doesn't talk about birthfathers in any of the books but it explains that the girls become pregnant through artificial insemination. For three years they are used as wombs.
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What does the ending of The Giver mean?

The end of The Giver is open to interpretation. Some readers believe that Jonas and Gabriel are able to escape, and they sled into a new community. Others interpret the final scene as a dying hallucination of Jonas's that was triggered by the first memory The Giver gave him.
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Is The Giver a happy ending?

The ending to The Giver is sort of a "take it how you like it" deal. Either Jonas and Gabriel make it to Elsewhere, everyone is happy, and the world is right as rain, or… they die of exposure/starvation in the freezing snow.
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What was the first thing Jonas saw in elsewhere?

What was the first thing that Jonas saw in Elsewhere? Christmas lights.
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Does Fiona get released in The Giver movie?

Fiona is adapted to be a love interest for Jonas in the movie and assists him with his and Gabe's escape. She is later apprehended for this and is nearly released before Jonas gives the memories back to the community.
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What is ironic about the planes Gabe saw?

What is ironic about the “planes” Gabe saw? They were actually birds, but Gabe has never seen birds.
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What do Jonas and Gabriel's eyes symbolize?

Symbolizes separation from the community • Lily points out that Jonas and Gabriel both have 'funny' eyes which angers Jonas because he wants to be part of the community in the beginning of the book.
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What decision was made about Gabe?

What decision was made about Gabriel? For Gabriel to be released. What crimes did Jonas commit when he left? First he had left the dwelling at night, a major transgression.
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