The Giver Creative Piece

Authors note: This is a creative piece based on the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry. I decided to add on to the ending of the story because the novel was a cliff hanger. 

 "Downward, downward, faster and faster. Suddenly he was aware with certainty and joy that below, ahead, they were waiting for him; and that they were waiting, too, for the baby.  For the first time, he heard something that he knew to be music. He heard people singing. Behind him, across the vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo."……   Jonas was filled with excitement and joy, he made it. The joy and excitement wasn’t enough to keep him awake, he was exhausted from his journey and was In need of a rest.

Jonas awoke late the next morning. Half awake he tried to stand up and look around but collapsed due to immense pain in his ankle.  He then inspected his ankle. It was both swollen and bruised. He tried to move it, nothing.  Jonas sat up to observe his surroundings,  ignoring the throbbing pain coming from his ankle. It appeared that he was in a bedroom similar to the bedrooms back in the community, but there was something different about this one that he couldn’t pick out. There was a bright beam of warming light coming from the window. Sunshine. Now he started to remember the memories of sunshine the giver had passed on to him. Jonas also saw color, the room was filled with color. Both of which he would never have experienced in the community. Filled with joy Jonas had forgotten about the pain in his ankle, once again he tried to get up. Another unsuccessful attempt. Jonas had nothing to do but wait for someone to come.

Hours passed by then finally two people filed in through the door. Numerous questions were asked, and answered truthfully. After this process Jonas was taken to receive medical care for his ankle. He was lied down in a bed surrounded by machines.  Minutes later the door swung open and a nurse walked in. Jonas didn’t think much about it until he saw the needle in her hand. He panicked, due to his memory of seeing his father release the newborn child. Jonas was off the bed in a flash, trying to escape. He collapsed instantly,  the pain was too much. He was guided back to the bed. The nurse by his side, injected the needle into an IV in his lower arm. The world around him started to slow down, everything becoming dull, then it all went black.

Jonas awoke the next day. This was a surprise to him, he thought it was over. Once again he looked around. He was puzzled when he laid eyes on a tube that was coming out of his arm. What is it, and what was it doing there? Jonas pulled at the cord, but was instantly stopped by a nurse who had been sitting beside the bed. Jonas also had a large brace on his ankle. This gave him the assumption that the strange cord had something to do with his ankle. He was no longer worried, he now felt a sense of relief. The people of this new civilization had helped care for him, a sign that the new civilization was quite a bit different than the community, Jonas liked it.