Epilogue To The Giver

Jonas and Fiona biked to the House of Old together and waved to each other as they were both heading their own ways for their training. He entered the Annex, greeted the Attendant and went inside The Giver’s room. He walked toward The Giver who was sitting on the chair waiting for Jonas. As he was walking the books caught his attention again, and he suddenly stopped and just stared in awe with the memory of his first time seeing all these books playing like a movie in his head. He looked in awe as he saw all the walls covered with so many books that they reached all the way up to the ceiling. He still wondered if there were so many rules in the community. The Giver then stood up, walked up to Jonas and quietly said, “I think I know what your …show more content…
At first, it felt like nothing was happening because his hands felt wrinkly and uneven. After a while it was as if a light brush of heat was radiating through his hands and the touch of his hands faded away. Jonas then realized that he was no longer on the bed but considerably a massive room standing in the main aisle on a wide, velvet red carpet. Jonas gasped as he was astonished by this strange place. He looked up and saw the ceiling was made of dark wooden arches and it stretched so high it almost looked as if it’d go on forever. On each corner, there were tall, antique spiral staircases that stretched to the ceiling. Everywhere Jonas looked he saw bookcases filled with thousands of books. The feeling of being overwhelmed flushed him as he stared in disbelief. The silence filled his ears and the smell of old books prickled his nose. Jonas walked around the big room exploring this unusual …show more content…
Some books were old, and others were new. The old books felt rough with splinters popping out and the newer books felt a little smoother. Some books were thick with hundreds of pages and others were thin with fewer pages. If he only looked at the shelves, he could see the dust shimmering in the light coming through the large windows. It felt as if he’d been walking for hours but he knew only five minutes had passed by. He went down to the first floor and saw a pile of books laid on a small wooden table and beside it was a chair with dark wooden legs and a black leather seat. He walked there and took a seat on the chair and picked up the first book to read. He was fascinated! He never read anything other than the book of community volume. What he had read hadn’t been any rules in the community but a fantasy book about mythical creatures with fairies, elves and unicorns. When he was done he could barely think properly. Thousands of thoughts raced through his head all at once for he has never experienced this before. He then decided to read the rest of the books and even though a few minutes passed by it was as if he’d been reading for hours. While he was reading Jonas felt like he was in another world where he was living the stories and the outside world didn’t exist. He was so caught up in reading that he forgot that this was simply a memory until he was done reading the pile of books. He’d been