The Giver Point Of View

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My Point of view is that Jonas and Gabriel Froze And Starved, Fell Into A dream Like A Coma. I chose that Point of View because Jonas and Gabe ran out of food and it was very rare to find any water. Which meant that Jonas and Gabe were starving with the lack of food they could find and have. Jonas and Gabriel also didn’t have the proper clothing to stay warm in all the new weather that they were experiencing. Without the proper clothing that we have now Jonas and Gabe were freezing and shivering with cold and there was nothing except the fading memories of warmth the giver had given. Jonas and Gabe were in weather that they wouldn’t have expected to be in so the came unprepared. My second piece of evidence is that on Page 178, Lois lowry

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