In The Giver what was wrong with Gabriel?

Answer 1

In reality: He was not developing as fast as the other children and rules stated he should have been. He is underweight and does not sleep through the night.

In symbolism: Symbolically, the reason he couldn't sleep soundly, was because he was deprived of love.

Answer 2

In The Giver, Gabriel was a baby who was not developing properly and struggled to sleep through the night. He was deemed to have low birth weight and was not meeting his growth milestones, leading the society to label him as unhealthy and subsequently assign him a bleak future. Jonas eventually saves Gabriel by escaping with him from the community.

Answer 3

In the fourth book of the series, The Son, it tells of how there was birth problems with Gabriel. There are two ways to look at what was wrong with Gabriel.

1. Reality: In reality he was most likely born underweight and couldn't sleep at night.

2. Symbolically: With the way the community was made, symbolically he couldn't sleep because he didn't have love.

Answer 4

The problem was that Jonas' infant brother would be "relased" or killed because he was not triving. The community did not want to waste resources on sickly children. Jonas realized he had to leave with his brother to save him.

Answer 5

R u MAD! Read the flipin book Destiny, ur an idiot

Answer 6

he wasn't ready to become a one because he wasn't growing enough and going to sleep soundly.

Answer 7

Gabriel was supposed to be released (killed)

but Jonas takes Gabriel with him when he escapes from the community.

Answer 8

Gabriel was fussy and had troubles sleeping through the night, and he was also small for his age.

Answer 9

Gabriel is considered a new hold in danger of being marked as Failure to Thrive. Jonas's family takes him in at night, and when Jonas leaves the Community he takes Gabriel with him.

Answer 10

He didn’t sleep well at night