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The dream
v CHAPTER 24
It was on a late Christmas
day on December 2043 that Jonas
Arrived to this world; witch to him is perhaps
elsewhere
that he no longer has to
look for.
Jonas eyes were
brightening by the lights in the streets, he
heard people singing in
the streets, saying: “merry Christmas
and hugging each other”.
A drunken old man approached him and asks:
“are you okay
son? Shouldn’t you be home
with your family?” Jonas stunned
for a second and remembers
that the poor Gabriel was on his
back sleeping and they
were freezing in the cold. “No, I’m not
from here, my name is
Jonas, mister; is there any place where I
could settle for the
night?” Jonas said. “Well, son I know Mrs.
Caroline the responsible
of the youth center of this town, you
will find a room there.
She is really nice and I’m sure that she
will want you to stay as
long as you want. After the old man’s
advice, Jonas and Gabriel
went to the youth center.
In the morning Jonas was
excited to learn from this new
community, living Gabriel
in his bed with the attention of Mrs.
Caroline. This world was full
with big objects on four wheels
that where running in the
streets. He was used to seeing the
people going to work,
students going to school, but he liked the
difference. Jonas felt
freedom, “these people have the chance”
he was thinking. Everyone
was doing their own thing. All the
sounds; everything was
perfect to him at first. It is only later on,
when he saw all the hate
between this people, ruled by those
giants machines that Jonas
will say “We are not that different
we just have our way in
our community.”
Jonas went home crying and
believed that this was the most
difficult thing to see. He
was confused : “How, in a community
where the people are free,
can there be that much violence,
anger, hates, hunger ,but
also happiness and great
feelings?” He was not going back he
kept on telling himself.
Ø CHAPTER 25
While Jonas was in the new
community, the Giver was in
trouble with his. The
people where lost again, just like they had
felt a long time ago when
Rosemary left. The Giver was ready,
but more tired than ever.
The community was in chaos. “Who is
going to be the next
receiver?”, the community was
complaining about.
Jonas decided to talk to
people about his community, how they
were different and alike at
the same time. The people never
believed him they told him
that the only elsewhere they knew
was planet Mars where rich
people actually live on but they are
stuck here because of
financial difficulties. Jonas did not give
up!
One day he decided to ask a
friend to help him get to talk on
international television.
Jonas invited the people as visitors to
his community. People didn’t believe him, but some of them
joined him to show how
crazy he was and to make fun of him.
Jonas was in his mid-twenties
and Gabe was about twelve just
like Jonas when he was
assigned to be a receiver. The people
from different countries
followed Jonas on a long journey to his
community. When they arrived
there was nothing to do, the
chief Elder couldn’t do anything
about it, they were too many.
The people in the
community did not realize that it was Jonas
because their memory was
erased. The people were told that
the visitors were all
scientists working on a big project and that
they are not to be
distracted nor bothered. The Giver was
happy to see Jonas but he
had to keep the secret from the
people in the community, orders
made by the chief Elder. He
could only stay as a
visitor; but Jonas knew that his duty was to
change this belief that
the community was better with their
eyes close.
Ø Chapter 26
The Giver
decided to give his memories by taking his own life,
so he could
make a change. The Giver told Jonas before he
died: “I
should have done this a long time ago, the community
shall see,
feel no matter how harsh it will get, there will be ups
and downs in
life, memories are wonderful and you learn from
them, they
are experiences. that would be my message for
them and “suck
it up” he said smiling. He told Jonas “you are
kind, you
are smart, you are brave and you are important! Then
he looked at
Jonas and Gabriel, gave them a kiss good bye and
was gone by
eleven o’clock at night.
In the morning, Jonas gave a great speech: “the giver is gone
now; before
you go crazy, think about this morning, to the
moment when
you first woke up, how did you feel about the
person next
to you? You probably all felt something call LOVE it
is just a
matter of learning from all those fillings to face life but
always think
back to that first hour when your eyes were open.
We all play
a roll in this world: big, small, yellow, black or white.
From all
that you know now it is up to you, every single one of
you to get
the best out of it and make a change in our
community. I
have been on a long journey and I learned that it
is not a
matter of how much freedom you have, I was in a
community no
different than ours, people were killing but the
only
difference is they knew that it was not a good action and
we do it
because this choice was made by someone else we
thought it
was a good thing. They have feelings we
don’t. Let
us all make
this community a better place for the new
generations
coming in honor of Smoy Kenish the Giver, who was
brave enough
to give his life and provide us a new
one. Just
like he would say at this very moment: “YOU are
IMPORTANT!”
The
community approved Jonas ideas and named him the new Elder.
Beep, Beep, Beep!!!
An alarm went on, “Jonas wake up! Jonas!”
his mother said, “come on Jonas, time to go to school now.”
Jonas got up
and got ready for school. He sat at the table for his
breakfast;
he was totally confused this time. He looked at Lily,
his dad and
mother and said: “do we still have to tell our
dreams?”
Lily looked at him like he had seven heads. His father
said:
“Another bad dream son? Poor little boy”. _Jonas: “the
community
changed now?” what community you freak?” lily
said, “you
are crazy”. “No I just had a bad dream that’s all,
nothing to
worry about.” After a kiss good bye, he heard his
mother say
those words: “love you son, be safe”. He smiled
looked
around and was on his way to school.
Ø The
end
