Discussing Chapter through Chapter

|The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a boy named Jonas that lives in a society different from our society. Jonas is worried because of the ceremony of twelve, this is a ceremony in witch the committee of elders choose where are the kids of 12 years going to  work the rest of their lives. He is worried because he does not know in what assignment he is going to fit in. The elders choose according to what they like to do but Jonas likes many things.When he was having dinner with his family he had to share their feelings because they did it every night. That night he didn't want to share because he was frustrated about the choosing of the ceremony.After Lily her sister talked he expressed his feelings about the day. His father told him the story about when he was 12 and he was assigned to a work. He is a nurturer and he released babies. The society in witch Jonas live is full of rules and apologizes.An example of when you have to apologize is when you go in late to somewhere. Asher, Jonas best friend was late to school and he had to apologize to everyone in the class. If you don't follow the rules you can get released or punished. Jonas went to do his volunteer hours because to be assigned for a work you need to do certain hours of volunteer. When he entered in he saw the girl he liked, Fiona. They both saw each other with a smile on their face. In the volunteer hours he had to help. He went to help a old man to take a shower. He was having a conversation with someone who helped in the center. They were talking about a meaningful life and how they celebrated when a baby or an older person was released. The people didn't know what released meant and where do people go after they got released.


"This morning we celebrated the release of Roberto," " It was wonderful" pg# 31 this quote makes me wonder what does release means. Is something good or bad. The comment of Larissa makes me think is a wonderful thing. The people in the society celebrate if old or newborn people get released. Before someone is released they make the celebration and tell about their life and say good bye to everyone. No one now exactly were they go. With what Larissa said releasing sound like a meaningful way of going somewhere else. But in the other side when Jonas was playing with Asher and he dropped the apple Jonas said "You are going to get released" that sounded like releasing is something bad for people. It is something bad to use the word release in public so Jonas had to apologize.  If release is something good why would the word be forbidden. I am wondering what does releasing exactly means and what happens to people after they get to be released or where do they go.


I predict that the word release means that the person is going to be killed. I think this way because why would the committee of elders hide something if its a good thing. Also why just if a newborn or a old person is released is a good thing. I think this is that newborn kids are released because they are not the same as the other persons, they had something different. The weight the size their skin color or the eyes color. If they are released and is a good thing its because they never had the chance to live a meaningful life or to have a family. Having old people released is good for them because they had live the meaningful life and have have a complete life. I think they are killed because they are to old and cannot help in anything on their society. I think that if you do not follow the rules and break them you are released. Its a bad thing because they have committed a crime and  you have to get killed because for them is a threat. I hope my prediction is write because for me it make sense. I want to keep reading and find out what the word release means.

This picture reminds me of when Jonas made the comment of the release to Jonas. Also when Jonas toke the apple to his house because he saw the apple change in some sort of way.