He doesn't even see colors anymore, he admits, which really hits home for Jonas. Speaking of colors, Jonas would like to know more about what The Giver meant so long ago. He said that he "perceived beyond" when he was young, too, except it wasn't colors that he perceived. The Giver says that the only way Jonas will understand is if he transmits to Jonas the memory in question. He's been holding on to it, he says, a bit selfishly.
It's music, he says. He used to hear music. Of course, Jonas doesn't know what this is. But he refuses to take the memory from The Giver, insisting that the old man should keep it for himself. When Jonas finally goes home, he pretends everything is hunky-dory with his Father. Jonas spends the next day at school going over the plan in his head, which at last we get to hear about: for the next two weeks, as the December Ceremony approaches, Jonas will get ready to escape to Elsewhere.
The Giver will transmit memories of courage to help him. Then, the night before the big Ceremony, Jonas will sneak out of his house and hide his bicycle and clothes by the river. Then he'll come to the Annex, where The Giver will be waiting for him. As the plan goes, his parents will wake up and find a cheery note about Jonas having gone for an early bike ride. They'll wait and wait, and, finally, they'll just leave for the Ceremony without him.
No one will notice his absence all day because they'll be so wrapped up in the festivities. Meanwhile, The Giver, who typically does not attend the December Ceremony, would order a vehicle, send the driver away under some pretense, and hide Jonas inside the truck.
By the time everyone has found Jonas's bicycle and clothes by the river, the boy will be long gone, and the community will turn to The Giver to help them through the crisis. The Giver will explain that Jonas accidentally drowned in the river, and then he will help them cope with the new memories. That's the plan. The Giver tells Jonas that, as Receiver, he is allowed to have access to any information he wants and that if he wants to watch a release, he can.
Jonas agrees to watch it, and the Giver calls the recording up on a video screen. The newchild twitches and lies still, and Jonas realizes that it is dead. He recognizes the gestures and posture of the boy that he saw die on the battlefield. Horrified, he watches his father place the body in a garbage chute and wave goodbye.
She had been told to roll up her sleeve, but she chose to inject herself. Jonas is overcome by pain and horror when he realizes what release really is. He starts crying and refuses to go home to his family, knowing that his father lied to him about what would happen to the newchild. He cannot believe that his friend Fiona efficiently kills the Old when they are released. The Giver allows Jonas to spend the night with him and tries to explain that the people of his community do not feel things the way that he and Jonas do.
He tells Jonas that Jonas has helped him to decide that things have to change, that the memories have to be shared. The Giver and Jonas come up with a plan: Jonas will escape from the community, leaving all his memories for the people of the community.
Jonas begs the Giver to come with him, but the Giver explains that someone needs to stay to help the others deal with those memories, or the community will be thrown into utter chaos. Jonas says that he does not want to care about the other people, but he knows that the only reason he and the Giver devised the plan is because they do care about the others.
The Giver tells Jonas that he himself is too weak to make the journey anyway. His Stirrings have returned, and he has pleasurable dreams that make him feel a little guilty, but he refuses to give up the heightened feelings that the Stirrings and his wonderful memories have given him.
Volunteering hours represent preparation for adulthood. All of these hours are carefully logged and observed by the elders. The Elders can know a lot about the children and their affinities and interests and abilities by where they choose to volunteer and how much, and how good at it they are.
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