Chapter 5-9

In chapter five Jonas begins to have different dreaming. These kind of dreams he has are called stirrings. In his society everyone passes through this kind of feelings. When it was time for Jonas to tell his dream he was a little confused about it. Her mom explained everything to Jonas and that it was something normal. In our society it is called puberty, and people passes through this at different ages. Jonas had to take some kind of pills everyday so he would not feel the stirrings. In this chapter Jonas described his feeling about his dreams, the wanting. After he toke his first pill he wanted to feel again the stirrings. His friend Asher already took the pills. In chapter six it talks about Jonas sister Lily she doesn't want to put her ribbons in her head but she was lucky because in one year she doesn't had to wear them any more. The ceremony time was about to start. All kind of ceremonies started like the one of the babies, or the nines or the twelves. It was time for Jonas to be selected to a new job. He was number nineteen. Asher was already assigned to his new job and Fiona too. When it was eighteen the chief of the elders skipped Jonas. She had made a mistake. After all the twelves were assigned to a new job the Chief Elder announced that Jonas job was the most important in his community, the receiver. He was selected because he had intelligence courage and many other qualities. In his job he is going to feel pain in a different way he does now. The chief elder said that 10 years ago they had made a mistake with the old receiver. After the chief elder finished her speech she said Jonas thank you for your childhood. All the audience called Jonas, Jonas, Jonas, Jonas. This meant that  the community accepted him.

"Asher was four, and sat now in the row ahead of Jonas. He would receive his assignment fourth"(51) This part of the book when they were all seated and had numbers that was the other in witch they had to go to the stage and see their assignment reminds me of the movie or book Divergent. It remind me in the ceremony they had to choose in witch faction they had to be. Its kind of the same thing because they are choosing or assigning what are they doing the rest of their lives. The only difference is that in The Giver the committee of Elders choose and in Divergent the citizens have the power to choose. The way the President of the community calls the people out remind me of the book. They are in an auditorium and the citizens applause and the young kids are very nervous about the selection.

Here is a video about divergent it talks about the factions.

conclusion I think that Jonas is going to apply for a release. In chapter nine it says that he cannot apply for a release. When he starts learning and discovering things I think he is going to break the rules and apply for a release because he is going to be confused about his work. I also think that all of the citizens in his community older than 12 lies. In chapter nine Jonas says "what is they had been instructed: yo may lie" This comment make me think if all the citizens in his society lies. Maybe they all lie and nobody knows.