...he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo. p.255 depends on version i think (last page)
Was the giver giving him the memory of music?
Aren't you supposed to transmit memories by touch?
The music that Jonas hears is really up to speculation. The final paragraphs of the novel gain an increasingly magical quality, as Jonas suddenly feels joyful while also Hearing Beyond and perceiving music for the first time. Simultaneously, he finds the familiar sled of his first transmitted memory, which promises to take him beyond the hill to a place that he has only sensed in his dreams. It is unlikely that the sled is real, so it is doubtful (but a possible interpretation) that Jonas survives his ordeal and finds the Elsewhere that he has always hoped would exist. More likely, he is succumbing to hallucinations and eventually to death.
