The Giver, Chapters 20 to 23

It really works, for me, the end of The Giver. I’ve been a little on the fence about the book on a reread, but Lowry saves the best for last, and I think the ending is sad, real, and a little haunting. The decision to have Jonas and the Giver develop a plausible plan for Jonas’s escape, and then for that plan to go terribly awry, both makes sense given …