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What do we learn about the Ceremony of Twelve?

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What do we learn about the Ceremony of Twelve?

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The soon to be Twelve sit at the very front and are arranged by their numbers. The Ceremony begins with the initial speech which is held by the Chief Elder. This Ceremony honors the differences. Then she began to describe this year´s group and it´s variety of personalities without naming one out and paid tribute to the hard work of the committee. Therefor the committee of Elder stands up. The Chief Elder started to announce the old Elevens on by one to the stage. Every announcement is lengthly, the Chief Elder tells a speech to each new Twelve, praises their childhood, says what assignment they got and put the badge of their assignment on them. The new Twelve goes off stage and take their seat as the Chief Elder look at them and thanks them for their childhood.

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It´s after the Ceremony of Twelve and Jonas seeks for his family unit and Asher. As he finds and talks to Asher, Jonas notices the hesitation of Asher towards him, that there is something diffrent now. Jonas sees his family as well and then he ride right to his dwelling with Asher. By the evening meal Lily first tells her plans about her volunteer hours and after that Jonas and his parents talk about his selected assignment and about the previous selection. In his sleeproom Jonas reads his Instructions for the Receiver of Memory. To some rules he has "good" reaction and because of other rules he feels startled and shocked. This rules will make a diffrence in his daily life time.

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In this document you find a table for each assignment. There it says what traits and qualities each assignment have and what this assignment includes.

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The characters

Our first impression:

· The parents are very strict with the rules

· They are a very communicative family. / They talk a lot with each other.

· Jonas doesn´t really know how to express his feelings.

But he tries to explain his feeling: not frightened, but eager

What we learn about the setting

setting = time, location, and environment in which it takes place

Our first impression:

· The communities have very strict rules.

· They don´t know what animals are.

Our questions:

· Is it a dystopic world?

- have strict rules

- no real freedom

· What does “to be released” mean? What happens to the people being released?

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Jonas struggles to decribe his feelings. Jonas and his family do the ritual "the evening tellings of feelings". At the end his parents want to talk with him privately because he feels apprehensive about the Ceremony of The Twelve.

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Dear Mr. XX

My name is Fiona and I want to work at your place. I saw your advertisement for the Nurturer on your home page.

I am a friendly, creative and patience person. I have experiences with children and babies. For example, I take care of my little brother in my free time and I had a job as a babysitter by my neighbors. I like to spend my time with kids. I know how-to put-on diapers, feed and hold babies and much more.

I am looking forward to your reply and hope I get the job.

Best regards

Fiona, 18

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Jonas´ dad, mom and Jonas talk about the several Ceremonies, what they think and feel about them and a little bit about Lily and Jonas´ dads´ sister. Jonas concerns if his assignment fits to him and what assignment Asher would get. But his parents ensure him that the committee will give everyone the right assignment that will fit them. Lily come in the room and her dad put her to bed. Jonas is reassured by the talk even though he don´t know what will come by the Ceremony of the Twelve.

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One evening Jonas’s dad and Gabriel arrive at their home and Lily point out that Gabriel has pale eyes just as Jonas has. Lily wants to be a Birthmother but her mother explains her it isn´t a good assignment. Her parents think Lily would like the Nurturer assignment and Jonas thinks Speaker would fit her. Jonas remembers an odd incident in which he and Asher throws an apple back and forth and for Jonas the apple changes several times its nondescript shade.

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Jonas looks for Asher and he finds his bicycle at the House of the Old therefore Asher is there. Their friend Fiona is also there. The three Elevens do their volunteer hours here together. They wash some Olds in the bathing room. Jonas baths the Old Larissa and they talk about the Celebration of the Release.

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Jonas and his family unit do the morning ritual where everyone tell their dream they had had. First Lily, then mom, dad hadn´t had a dream and now it is Jonas´ turn. He had dreamed about wanting to wash Fiona with his bare hands, they both are naked. Lily and dad goes outside and Jonas´ mom informs him that his dream is his first Stirring and he has to take a pill every morning from now on until he enters the House of the Old. He swallows the pill and bikes to school thinking about the dream and how the Stirrings had felt good.

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Today is the day where the Ceremonies of The Ones to the Eights is. The whole Community attends every Ceremony. Lily becomes an Eight. The next day it starts with the Ceremony of the Nines, then the Ceremonies of the Tens and Elevens. At the break for midday meal Asher and Jonas chat about their worries indirectly. But Jonas is sure he and Asher get fitting assignments. The break ends and everyone goes inside so the Ceremony of the Twelve can start.

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The Ceremony of the Twelve begins and the new Twelves receive their assignments. As it is Jonas’ turn, he is not called to the stage but the person after him. Every new Twelve gets their assignment expect Jonas. He first thinks that the Chief Elder make a mistake but he knows this isn´t it. He can´t pay attention to the rest of the Ceremony because he feels ashamed. He thinks he had done something wrong.

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Everyone had received their assignment and the audience applauds with murmurs of confusion. Jonas just feels humiliation and terror. But then the Chief Elder calls Jonas to the stage and says that Jonas has been selected to be the new Receiver of Memory. While she talks about the essential attributes the Receiver must have, Jonas feels fear and despair. Then it happens again the nondescript shape of the crowd changes and because of it he feels sureness. The Chief Elders thanks him for his childhood and lefts the stage. The audience starts to whisper and after some time yell his name as a sign that they accept him. He is full of fear about his future.

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In this file you can find a characterization of Jonas (Chapter 1-8) shown through pictures and a conclousion to this.

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Jonas goes with Fiona to her assignment place, she goes inside and he ride with his bike to the Annex, his assignment place. He is let inside by the attendant to the room of the old Receiver. The Old Receiver and Jonas chat with each other. First they talk about how old the man looks and then about what will happen in this training: the man will transmit his memories of the whole world to Jonas. They start with the memory of snow. Jonas has to lie down shirtlessly on his stomach and the man put his bare hands on Jonas´ back for the transmitting.

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The first memory Jonas receive is about snow and sliding down a hill on a sled. He has fun and doesn´t want it to end. Jonas opens his eyes and he is still in the Annex room on the bed. The old Receiver and Jonas talk a little about what happens when the old Receiver transmittes the memories to Jonas and why they don´t have the things of the memory anymore. Jonas wishes to have this things still in the world. The next memory is about sunshine. Snow and sunshine aren´t here anymore because of Climate Control and Sameness. Jonas wants to know about what pain he will receive so The old Receiver gives him one memory about sunburn. Jonas says it hurt a lot and now he understands about what pain will come but The Giver doesn´t say anything to it. The old Receiver end the training for today and before goes out of the room he asks what he should call the old Receiver. The old Receivers answer he should call him The Giver.

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At the dream-telling Jonas doesn´t say anything about his dreams. He has dreamed about sliding down a hill on a sled. In his dreams Jonas have felt something pulling him to a destination.
At the school in th recreation time Joans feel left out because everyone talks about their first training but he can´t describe it.
After school Jonas and Fiona ride again to the House of the Old. She goes inside the House. While that Jonas see Fionas hair in color. He is startled by it.
At the Annex Jonas talks with The Giver about the changing incidents. After a test The Giver says to Jonas that he starts to see the color red. They keep talking about red and colors. Jonas thinks people shouldn´t have had giving up on color.

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After some weeks and many memories with colors Jonas starts to see all colors but it doesn´t lasts. The Giver and Jonas talk about this and making choices or rather making wrong choices. Jonas feels recently a incomprehensible frustation and angry. He feels angry because everone is happy with this dull life and he tries to transmitte memories to some of his felas, without success.
One day Jonas receives a memory about a killing of an elephant for his tusks. Jonas is weightend by it. At that night Jonas tries to explain Lily that elephants have been real and tries to give the memory to Lilly but also without success.
Jonas and The Giver about having a spouse and the difficulties with having one as The Receiver. Then they chat about why The Receiver is important for the community.
The Giver sometimes sent Jonas away because of the pain he feels from the memories. By this time Jonas look at landscapes and tries to hold the colors so long as possible. At one training The Giver agree to give Jonas a memory of hard pain.

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In the memory Jonas is again on a hill sitting in a sled. This time he slides down the hill but at the end of it he can´t control the sled. From that accident he breaks his leg. It´s an agonied pain that he never have felt before. He cries, vomites and screams. Back at the Annex he lays there in bed with tears rolling down his cheeks.
In his room Jonas start to feel very lonely because he is the only one (expect for The Giver) that have felt such pain.
Now Jonas gets painful memories. After a memory of hunger The Receiver asks The Giver why they have to get these memories. The answer is it gives them wisdom. They talk some more about being the Receiver and giving advices to The Elders.
At one evening Jonas suggests his parents to put Gabriel in his room so they can sleep soundly. Middle in the night Gabriel starts to trash and whimper. Jonas goes to him, pattes his back and without noticing Jonas transmittes a memory to Gabriel. Gabriel becomes quiet. Jonas does that one more time that night.

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Jonas goes in the Annex room and sees that the Giver is in pain. He asks him if he could help with anything and the Giver says he could take some pain. So Jonas lays down and he starts to see a memory about warfare: there he gives a boy some water and shortly after that that boy dies before Joans´ eyes. For Jonas it feels like he lays there in fear for hours. He even starts to welcome death herself.
In the bed at the Annex again The Giver can´t look Jonas in the eyes as he wants Jonas to forgive him.

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Jonas doesn´t want the memories, he wants his childhood back. The Giver reminds him of the good, happy memories. And so Jonas asks the Giver to transmite his favourite memory to him. This memory is about a christmas family get together. Jonas fells instantly joy and happiness. The Giver and Jonas chat a little bit about family structure in the community. Jonas learns a new word "love". He talks with the Giver about it.
At the evening meal Jonas asks his parents if they love him. They are startled and say it´s a meaningless and not precise word so they don´t use it anymore. Jonas doesn´t think love as something meaningless. By the question if Jonas understands why the word "love" is inappropriated, Jonas agrees. That´s a lie.
In his dwelling Jonas talks to Gabriel that things could change and there could be colors, granparents, love.
The next morning Jonas doesn´t take his pills.

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It´s four weeks after Jonas has started to no take his pills. Today is an unschedulded holiday so everyone (except the Laborers) are free.  Because of not taking the pills anymore Jonas unserstands and feels feeling more deeply. Jonas looks out for Asher and he finds his bicycle. Some kids get out of their hidding spots and imaginary shoot at each other. It´s a game of good guys and bad guys. It´s a game of war. Jonas goes slowly in the middly of the field and is hit by several players. He has no reaction to it. He is on the verge of tears. The other kids ride away on their bicycles. Just Fiona and Asher are here and asks what´s wrong. Jonas tries to convince them to stop playing this game but they (more Asher than Fiona) don´t understand. Being alone Jonas feels the lonliness and sadness overwhelming him.
Back in his dwelling that evening his family and he talk about the twins that will be born tomorrow and the release of one of them by Jonas´ father.

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The talk today of the Giver and Jonas is about the topic release/to be released and the failure ten years ago. Her name has been Rosemary. The Giver has loved her and he loves Jonas too. The Giver has transmitted emotional pain to Rosmary and she couldn´t bear it so she has asked for release. The Receiver asks The Giver what would happended if he would die. The people will get his memories. The whole community had been overwhelmed by her memories. Jonas is not overwhelmed of these new experiences because the Giver is there for him. And so the Giver could help the Community if Jonas will ever be lost in a river. But he doesn´t want that.

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You can find the list of Rules in Chapter 9 page 58.

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In this document you can find a table about Jonas´ reactions and my analyze to it to each rule for the new Receiver.

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In the document I wrote his reaction to the rule for being the Receiver of Memories and an analyze from it.

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In this file you can find a table about the impact on Jonas of the memories and why they where abolished or comments to it.

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In this file you can find two monolouges of Jonas to two memories.

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Jonas has asked about release because his father has released today a baby. He wanted to watch it. And he can, the Giver says through the speaker he wants to see this release and its shown on a monitor. Jonas is excited about this and he talks in between but the Giver silences him. At first the newchildren are brought in, weighs and brings one of them outside the room. Jonas watches as his father puts a needle inside the forhead of the baby and it starts to go limp. The realation hits Jonas that his father has killed the baby. Jonas feels numb. He keeps watching how his father puts the baby in a cardboard and shove it in a chute. The Giver reveals he has watched the release of Rosemary.

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At this point I heard that we don´t need to summaries the Chapters so I didn´t continued it.

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The novel at all is okay but I don´t like the ending. Because after I read it to the end, I asked myself: does the action of Jonas has some impact on the community or did Jonas die without a purpose. I also don´t like open endings and this novel has one. It´s so unsatisfying. The whole dystopic world and the communities are interesting. Why did they start to live like this? What other rules do they have? Do people live in Elsewhere? In my opinion it is acceptable to use it in the school for students. The language is easy and therefore you can do exercises to it. At the beginning I also was confused what was happening because I didn´t know anything about the society. It would have been easier if we knewsome aspects about the community before starting to read the novel. In some situations, I wished the author described Jonas’ feelings towards some things more.

In conclusion it´s okay but I would just read it for school and not in private.

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! not all differences are in here !
- Jonas and so look like 16 years old
- morning injections instead of pills
- Fiona, Jonas and Asher are in the nurturing Center not in the House of the Old
- Fionas, Jonas and Asher have a secret place
- Jonas is anxious instead apprehensive about his assignment by the feeling telling
- "Ceremony of Growth" not Ceremony of Twelve
- Asher is a drone pilot
- Fiona is a Nurturer
- 5 Rules for Jonas (not 8)
- The Annex is a house that stands alone/away from from other houses
- the memories are transmitted through the arms (the mark on the wrist)
- the Giver and Jonas don´t talk about snow and so before transmitting the memories
- the house of the favourite memory from The Giver was in the memory of snow and sled
- The Giver and Jonas go on a walk
- the mark on the wrist is a sign for being the Receiver (not pale eyes)
- just from one colorful memory Jonas starts to see all colors
- aircrafts fly over the community
- Jonas and Fiona slide down a stair (like on a sled)

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We wrote a dairy entry of Jonas to the Chapters 19 and 20.