The Giver Chapters 5-8

Dreams. We all have them, some more often than others, but we all have them. Jonas rarely dreamed, but this one night he dreamed about his friend, Fionna. He liked her; there was no doubt about it. In fact, it went so war he had stirrings. When he told his mother, she gave him a pill that stopped the stirrings. In his community it was not permitted to like someone.  If the whole stirrings thing wasn´t enough the ceremony of Twelve was approaching. It was time Jonas will be assigned a job. This ceremony was a big one, it lasted two days. When Jonas and his family arrived at the auditorium, Lily was more than excited, Jonas was not so much. His father was with the newborn about to be given to the new families. Gabe wasn’t there. He will be in the Nurture Center for one more year. The ceremony went by, the Ones, the Twos, the Threes and so on. On the ceremony of Eight Lily became one. Time passed and Jonas was about to get his job assigned. When his turn came, the Chief Elder skipped Jonas´s job. Something was happening. After the ceremony ended, the Chief Elder explains that Jonas was selected to be the next Receiver of Memory. 

This book has a lot of secrets hidden. I found one extremely interesting.  “(…) When he had taken his seat again, the Chief Elder looked down at him and said the words that she had had said four times, and would say to each new Twelve. Somehow she gave it special meaning for each of them. “Asher,” she said, “Thank you for your childhood.” (pg. 56) What the author is trying to tell us is that, on this community, the Committee records every single kid`s childhood and its memories. And what it is trying to say implicitly is that, every child should live their childhood to the very best because it’s a wonderful time. Live every moment to your best. In the case of the book, you stop being a kid at age twelve, but, thankfully, we don’t live in the terrible dystopia. On The Giver your childhood is completly ruined because they just not let you enjoy it with all the rules and all the order. I decided to keep enjoying my childhood a little bit more.

The last few chapters of The Giver have been incredible. They are both interesting and nerve breaking. I just want to know what happens next! I have no idea what will Jonas do with this HUGE responsibility he has now. Being the next Receiver of Memory is just a big deal. Now, while reading this book I feel apprehensive.