I predict that Jonas and Gabriel are dead. And I have all the facts to prove this theory.

When Jonas is on the hill, and he so happens to find the sled from the memory the giver showed him in the exact same spot… Does that even make any sense? No it does not. And why? Because it’s snowing and the sled is on the very top of the hill, how is it not covered in snow? But the thing is it should be so he must be mourning for that happy, happy memory and because he is so hungry he is actually hallucinating that he is there. And there are several reasons why it is possible for his hallucinations:

A: When he had fallen off of his bike, he scraped his knees and twisted his ankle. So he could be hallucinating that he is in the memory because of the pain

B: He could also be hallucinating from his open knees falling on the hill. It’s possible because if there was dirt in the snow, and it got in his open flesh knees, the could’ve gotten dirt in his bloodstream and infected which could cause hallucination.

C: When Jonas ran out of food and they ate fish and river water, they also ate berries. And who’s saying that they weren’t poisonous berries? No one is. And connecting to The Hunger Games, they had poisonous berries called Nightlock which can kill you in an instant, so maybe the berries that Jonas ate were like those berries but a less instantaneous way to kill and less poisonous that only mess with your mind.

Hallucination can happen in any of these ways, but the visions that show up are trying to block the image of the angels taking them to heaven. And they block them by taking advantage of the visions of the sled and houses and singing as they are going to The Final Destination as it said in the book.

Another fact is that because Jonas gave up on caring about himself, and only cared for Gabe, Gabriel wanted to give back to Jonas with memories of joy and happiness before they died and went to Elsewhere (Heaven). And this is possible because Gabriel’s name means “God/Angels are my strength” and “God’s/angels gift” maybe the angels are pulling back the gift and strength and Gabriel is trying to give Jonas a happy joyous memory to relieve him as they die because of all Jonas did for him.

The reason Jonas even went to elsewhere in the first place is because the giver and him both wanted everyone to feel the whirlwind of emotions and tornado of heartfelt moments they had experienced. So when the giver had sent Jonas to go to elsewhere to release the memories, Jonas nor did the giver know that the only way for the memories to be released is for Jonas to die. It was the only way, (like when Rosemary was released) and when Jonas found out that it was time for his death, it was too late.