The Giver

Chapter 6-8

It's the time all Twelves were waiting for, their ceremony. Jonas remembers Lilly about how he get her jacket to show their independence by buttoning the jacket. When they get to the ceremony Jonas mother takes a sit, while the father has to go to name the Ones because he is a Nurturer. Little Gabe is not with the Ones bacause he is short and isnt healthy enough. But Jonas father has convinced them that he could stay one year more in the comunity and  his family will take care of him but they have to promiss that they can get emotionally attached with him because is determinated that Gabe cannot be in Jonas family for stability. Each family have to sons, a girl and a boy. They are talking about Caleb a four year old kid who diead not to long ago. He died drowned in the river bacause he went there without anyone and didnt knew how to survive. The next part in the ceremony that takes place is the bycicles that are given to the Nines and the Tens hair cut. Also is reported that if you dont like or you aren't good for your assigment you can be transfered to the Elsewhere, But the elders never make a wrong desision.

Is time fot he ceremony of the Twelves. What do they will be assigned? They order their selves in the numbers they were born. The numbers were before they get their name in their ceremony where becoming Ones. But they were used also in ceremonies. The Chief Elder says a speach in ehich she mentions that their differences have been a privilage to them, deciding whivh job they will be assigned. Asher, number four was called, things of his childhood were mentiones such as the smack error. His assigment was Director of Recreation. Others were named, then they get to Fiona, number eighteen, Jonas was next. He was number nineteen, but he wasnt named, Jonas was skipped. The audience noticed, everyone did. He wwonders what he might done wrong.

All Twelves were mentioned except Jonas. The Chief Elder apoligizes.  She explains Jonas have been selected. He has been selected to be The Reciever of Memory. Jonas notices that the current reciever has the same pale eyes. He has to be traied apart everyone else. Jonas has qualities not everyone has such as intelligence, integrity, courage and wisdom. He is telled his training requires phisical pain and thats when the wisdom will appear. Also he has the capacity of seying beyond, he has actually experience that with that apple in his childhood when he saw something, he dont know what, changed. Now Jonas has been assingned the  most elder important job, might he be able of handle this phisical pain/