Summary:
Jonas lives in a world where there is no fear,
war, or pain, but everything about this place in not perfect. This kid is about
to turn twelve years old, and on his community, this is a big deal. Becoming a
Twelve, on his community, means that your job will be assigned and there is no
possible way you can change it. Jonas feels apprehensive. He is not scared nor
nervous, just apprehensive. His father is a nurturer of the community, which
means he takes care of the new born babies about to be given to the families of
this place. Jonas also has a mother and little sister, Lily, who is an Eight.
Asher, Jonas best friend is also about to turn twelve and he is doing most of
his volunteer hours with him. The volunteer hours are hours that all Elevens
need to do in order to get a job; the thing is, do your volunteer hours where
ever you want to work for the rest of your life. Jonas does the volunteer work
every where so, he has no idea where he will be working. Now, that the Ceremony
of Twelve is approaching, Jonas’s life is about to change forever.
“(…)
you know the rules. Two children—one male, one female—to each family unit. It
was written very clearly in the rules.” Pg. 8
I find it interesting how strict this community
is with the rules and how they should be followed. The Committee regulates each
and every single family of this community. Every rule, no matter how small,
needs to be followed just how is asked to, otherwise there are going to be
consequences. To keep the whole community fully controlled there needs to be a
very specific system. My concern is if all rules have consequences, how is the
committee controlling the small rules?
To sum up, Jonas is facing a very difficult
situation, The Ceremony of Twelve. These four words may seem like a nightmare
to most of the Elevens, but not so much to Jonas. He is apprehensive about it.
Everything about his perfect community is going to change; all of his friends
are not going to be friends with him anymore. His family, are going to change
as well. Jonas’s world is going to take unexpected twist. After the Ceremony of
Twelve, The Giver is going to be the only person Jonas is going trust.
