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Ms. Bond 9th CP English Writing Assignment for __The Giver__ by Louis Lowry 18 September 2008 **DUE DATE: MONDAY, 9/22/08** At the end of this novel, we see Jonas take Gabriel and journey through starvation and freezing conditions to reach Elsewhere—but do they ever make it? The novel ends with Jonas and Gabriel on a sled travelling towards twinkling lights and he hears singing ahead and behind him. In this paper, you must decide the fate of our protagonist. Did he rescue Gabe and reach Elsewhere to live happily ever after, or did they freeze to death while imagining warm lights and music, tiny details from Jonas’s memory? __Requirements:__ An introduction __with__ a topic sentence 3 or more body paragraphs in which you state a //minimum// of three reasons why you chose that fate //Minimum// of **2** quotes from the novel A conclusion MLA format (1-inch margins, size 12 font *if typed) //Minimum// of 3 pages in length May be hand written or typed (if it is handwritten, you must have at 8-10 words per line!) This paper does **not** require a bibliography; however, you must put the page number after any quotation you take from the novel. Be sure to choose ONE fate, either they live or they die. This paper will be worth a test grade of 100 points. As always, please include your name, date, and period on your paper or you automatically lose 10 points!