Here, the novel briefly summarizes events from
Messenger and from
The Giver.
The Giver ends with Jonas arriving here with baby Gabe on the red sled; in
Messenger, people became selfish and bigoted, and Matty died a Jesus-like death to help return the village to its former “sanctuary” state. Gabe’s embarrassment at having his arrival memorialized at the museum is, perhaps, normal teenage embarrassment: he doesn’t want to be known for something that happened to him as a baby. But it also suggests that Gabe feels unsettled and like he doesn’t fit in here, even though he’s a refugee like so many others who live here.