Question

Please Help me ~

Answer 1

Summary

We are introduced to Jonas, the eleven-year-old protagonist of the story, as he struggles to find the right word to describe his feelings as he approaches an important milestone. He rejects “frightened” as too strong a word, recalling a time when he had really been frightened: a year ago, an unidentified aircraft flew over his community—it was a strange and unprecedented event, since Pilots were not allowed to fly over the community. As Jonas remembers the community reaction to the event, we learn more about the society in which he lives. It is extremely structured, with official orders transmitted through loudspeakers planted all around the community. As a punishment, the pilot was “released” from the community—the worst fate that can befall a citizen. Jonas decides he is apprehensive, not frightened, about the important thing that is going to happen in December. Jonas and his society value the use of precise and accurate language.


At dinner that night, Jonas’s family—his father, mother, and seven-year-old sister Lily—participate in a nightly ritual called “the telling of feelings.” Each person describes an emotion that he or she experienced during the day and discusses it with the others. Lily says she was angry at a child visiting from a nearby community who did not observe her childcare group’s play area rules. Her parents help her to understand that the boy probably felt out of place, and she becomes less angry. Jonas’s father, who is a Nurturer (he takes care of the community’s babies, or newchildren), describes his struggles with a slowly developing baby whose weakness makes it a candidate for release. The family considers taking care of the baby for a while, though they are not allowed to adopt him—every household is allowed only one male and one female child. We also learn that spouses are assigned by the government. Jonas explains his apprehensiveness about the coming Ceremony of Twelve—the time when he will be assigned a career and begin life as an adult. We learn that every December, all of the children in the community are promoted to the next age group—all four-year-old children become Fives, regardless of the time of year when they were actually born. We also learn that fifty children are born every year. The ceremonies are different for each age group. At the Ceremony of One newchildren, who have spent their first year at the Nurturing Center, are assigned to family units and given a name to use in addition to the number they were given at birth. Jonas’s father confesses to his family that he has peeked at the struggling newchild’s name—Gabriel—in the hopes that calling him a name will help the child develop more quickly. Jonas is surprised that his father would break any kind of rule, though the members of the community seem to bend rules once in a while. For instance, older siblings often teach younger siblings to ride bicycles before the Ceremony of Nine, when they receive their first official bicycles.

Jonas’s parents reassure him that the Committee of Elders, the ruling group of the community, will choose a career for him that will suit him. The Committee members observe the Elevens all year, at school and play and at the volunteer work they are required to do after school, and consider each child’s abilities and interests when they make their selection. Jonas’s father tells him that when he was eleven, he knew he would be assigned the role of Nurturer, because it was clear that he loved newchildren and he spent all his volunteer hours in the Nurturing Center. When Jonas expresses concern about his friend Asher’s Assignment—he worries that Asher does not have any serious interests—his parents tell him not to worry, but remind him that after Twelve, he might lose touch with many of his childhood friends, since he will be spending his time with a new group, training for his job. Then Jonas’s sister Lily appears, asking for her “comfort object”—a community-issued stuffed elephant. The narrator refers to the comfort objects as “imaginary creatures. Jonas’s had been called a bear.”

Answer 2

@bngaure

Answer 3

wow chica you werent kidding, um condense the first and second paragraph and ill do the third (:

Answer 4

But the second is sooo long lol

Answer 5

ok first and third then ill do second

Answer 6

k :)

Answer 7

what??

Answer 8

Omggggg @bngaure im soooo bad at summarizing -_- :(

Answer 9

ok i just started on it give me like 3 minutes

Answer 10

me too LMFAO {=

Answer 11

ok.... thanks @bngaure I really appreciate it!!!!

Answer 12

Ok i summarized mainly in the first part since the last sentences are kind of vital.
At dinner that night, the family participates in a nightly ritual called “the telling of feelings.” where each person describes an emotion that he or she experienced during the day and discusses it with the others. Lily talks about how she was was angry
at a child visiting from a nearby community who didn't observe her childcare group’s play area rules. Then Jonas’s father, who is a Nurturer talks about his struggles with a slowly developing baby whose weakness makes it a candidate for release.
Then the family considers taking care of the baby for a while, since they are not allowed to adopt him. The rule is every household is allowed only one male
and one female child. We also learn that spouses are assigned by the government. Jonas explains his apprehensiveness about the coming
Ceremony of Twelve—the time when he will be assigned a career and begin life as an adult. Every December, all of the children in the community
are promoted to the next age group—all four-year-old children become Fives, regardless of the time of year when they were actually born. We also learn that
fifty children are born every year. The ceremonies are different for each age group. At the Ceremony of One newchildren, who have spent their first year at
the Nurturing Center, are assigned to family units and given a name to use in addition to the number they were given at birth. Jonas’s father confesses to his
family that he has peeked at the struggling newchild’s name—Gabriel—in the hopes that calling him a name will help the child develop more quickly. Jonas is
surprised that his father would break any kind of rule, though the members of the community seem to bend rules once in a while. For instance, older siblings
often teach younger siblings to ride bicycles before the Ceremony of Nine, when they receive their first official bicycles.

Answer 13

Excuse the spacing btw i did it on notepad so its not really well written.

Answer 14

How do i summarize the 1st and third.... ?? idk how to summarize

Answer 15

@Gabylovesyou please give @bngaure a medal for that :)

Answer 16

i did :)

Answer 17

=) spiffy

Answer 18

Just take the sentences and shorten them to your own words like for example I say "The dog ran down the street, bit a little kid, jumped on an old lady and then was captured." You can say, "The dog was captured by the dog catcher after getting loose." Or something like that.

Answer 19

@bngaure for the first paragraph is this ok?? Jonas is narrating the most frightened day of his life when some flying object flew over his community.

Answer 20

Yeah, you aren't going to get any more in depth? But thats good.

Answer 21

well what else can i put??

Answer 22

maybe describe the society and how its structured

Answer 23

mmmmm ill just leave it like that lol im soo lazy..... for the last paragraph can you help??? i read it a million times but i dont get it

Answer 24

Its saying that his parents are reassuring him that wiss find a suitable career and that he is worrying about his friend too

Answer 25

*woah i have no idea what i meant by wiss lol the committee of elders will find a suitable career

Answer 26

so what should i put ??

Answer 27

You can say what i just said just give it more umph

Answer 28

Can you type it again ????? i got confused cuz since you messed up, idk what is right or wrong lol

Answer 29

Mention how his parents are reassuring Jonas that the Elders will find an appropriate career.

Answer 30

His parents reassure him that the committee will find a suitable career

Answer 31

Yeah but go a little more in depth like how he is stressing on that and his friend. I have to go ill be back on later.

Answer 32

OMG!!!! UR LEAVING!?!?!?!?!?!?! what time will u be back?????????????????

Answer 33

who knows lol

Answer 34

lol I have to write a personal response

Answer 35

good night i got to go to bed =)

Answer 36

nighty night night

Answer 37

did you still need help?

Answer 38

i already submitted it...... thanks soooo much :)

Answer 39

ok yw (: good luck!

Answer 40

thanks :)