In the Giver Jonas had to make a decision and that was whether he stays in the community or not.He has to make this choice because he is unsure if he wants to live a bland life in the community or runaway.Jonas decided to take Gabe because he saw what happened at the releases and his father said that ''gabriel was to be released'' and Jonas didn't want that to happen.

He choose to leave the community and bring gabriel with him but soon into their journey 

they run out of food and begin to experience snow and starvation.But at the end they found the hill that jonas had gone sledding on and he could see the homes and he could hear the people singing and he knew that they were safe and could be happy.