The Giver chapters 6-8

The Giver Chapters 6-8

On The Giver book, chapters 6-8, Jonas is attending the ceremony of becoming of the different ages. On the firs day of the ceremony the Nines where given their bikes and the Newborns where given out to their designated families. On the second day of the ceremony, the Elevens, becoming Twelves, are finally given there assignments. The Chief Elder gives a little speech of how they are becoming a bigger part of the community and starts giving the assignments.  Right when it was Jonas’ turn to get his assignment, the Chief Elder skips his number and continues all the way to the end. At the end she apologizes for skipping Jonas turn, she continues and says that Jonas has not been assigned a job but he has been selected. Jonas had been selected to be the receiver of memories.

While I was reading chapter 6 this quote stood up to me. “This new Caleb was a replacement child. The couple had lost their first Caleb…”.  This made me think that both of our communities are different in many ways. First, in our community we don't name a new child after the one we lost ( just if you want to make it as a symbol of tribute). Second, on Jonas' community they are just replacing one kid with another, without having any sentimental value or fillings for the lost child. Lastly, in our community we take a loss of a child as a tragedy and on Jonas' community it is an error that should be corrected/replaced. 

This chapter is all about the ceremonies of becoming of age and introducing Jonas' assignment as a receiver of memories. After reading this short chapters I think that Jonas will have struggles adjusting his normal life to his new job. I also think that he will share his job with someone else that is probably going to get him in trouble. Finally, Jonas is experiencing a new fear. He is afraid of his new assignment and he is making questions about why was he selected, and how come is he so special.