The Giver Chapters 5-8

                In this community they made a ritual were they shared their feelings with their families. Every one had to share their dream, Jonas usually didn’t dream of anything but this time he did. He had his first stirrings, he felt good about it, but he wasn’t able to do so because they had to take pills in order for them to do not have stirrings, he liked that felling, he felt pleasure and slowly the feeling went away. December finally came, and the ceremony too, Jonas was really nervous of what his assignment will be. The ceremony began and it was time of the name ceremony, in here baby’s got their name and their family unit. Finally it was the ceremony of twelve, the moment that Jonas had waited. Jonas and the rest of the twelve’s by their birth number, the chief elder started top assign their professions. Jonas was 20 and when the chief elder got to his number he skipped him, Jonas felt ashamed because he didn’t knew what he had done wrong, he felt a lot of anguish. He was introduces to his new job and was told that he will be receiving memories from the receiver after school every day in an isolated place.

One of the parts that stood out to me in this few chapters was when Jonas talked about Caleb, a baby that had been lost in the river because he was wandering around. This was really rare in the community because they all took care of children and old people. “This new Caleb was a replacement child. The couple had lost their first Caleb, a cheerful little four. Loss of a child was very, very rare. The community was extraordinary safe, each citizen watchful and protective of all children”(44). This quote shows that even though the community was protective they also made mistakes because everyone does. They all build up a safe environment even though they had failed this time.  In conclusion, Jonas community is a safe environment for children but sometimes they made mistakes that led to the loss of a child.

What I can conclude about these chapters is that everything in Jonas community is made for them. They all have to follow the same rules, and do everything the group of elders say, I also think that Jonas got a job that will be really important for his future knowledge, this way he will be able to learn more about his community and what is behind all the rules with the help of the receiver. For more updates on the Giver keep reading this blog.