Chapter 1-8 Character Analysis By Jessica Avilez

Chapter 1
Jonas is frightened about the upcoming ceremony of twelve, but he knows that frightened is not the best word to use in this situation so he changes it to apprehensive. Later, during the evening telling of feelings he tells his family how he feels about the ceremony.
Father is a nurture who takes care of everybody during their early stages of life. He wants to bring a child home that needs extra care and might be released if he does not get it.
Mother is angry and frustrated with her work.
Lily is angry at school because a boy consistently cuts in front of her. After her mother and father talk to her about the situation, she is not longer angry but feels sorry for the boy.
Chapter 2
Father tries to ease Jonas' feelings about the ceremony of twelve by telling him that it is exciting. Father tells Jona the story of when he went to his ceremony of twelve. Father was excited when he went to his ceremony and knew he was going to be picked to be the nurture because he worked with children during his free time. Father also, does something that he is not suppose to do he looks up the name of the boy that he is going to bring home later and it is Gabriel, or Gabe.
Jonas is worried that he will get an assignment that he does not want like a laborer. Jonas thinks about what assignment his friend Asher will get.
Chapter 3
Father bring home Gabe. Father also; suggest to Lily that she should become Nurture to if she wants to be a birthmother.
Jonas notices that Gabe has pale eyes like he does. Jonas thinks that Lily should become a Speaker. Jonas thinks back when his name was called out on the loudspeaker for taking an apple home. He was playing catch with the apple and every time he threw the apple in the sky it would change color to a different image.
Lily suggests that Gabe and Jonas have the same birthmother because they both have pale eyes. Lily states she wants to be a birthmother because a Ten told Lily that birthmothers are given good meals and only do gentle exercises.
Mother tells Lily that the birthmothers only have the easy life for three years they have to become laborers until they enter the House of the Old.
Chapter 4
Jonas is amazed at his friend Benjamin’s accomplishments, but it is hard for Jonas to tell him. Jonas goes to the House of the Old where his friend Asher and Fiona are. Jonas takes an old woman named Larissa to the bath tub. Jonas is interested in Larissa story of the Release Celebration of Roberto.
Larissa is an old woman who lives at the House of the Old. She tells Jona of a Release Celebration for Roberto.
Chapter 5
Jonas relates a dream he had the next morning at the daily Dream-telling. He was standing by a tub without his tunic. Fiona was there and he was trying to talk her into getting into the tub so that he could bathe her. Jonas felt a sense of wanting.
Mother tells Jonas that this dream was his first Stirring. Mother tells Jonas he will have to start taking a pill every day for them until he enters the House of Old.
Chapter 6
Jonas is confident that he will be given the correct assignment because he knows his community is well ordered.
Lily becomes eight.
Chapter 7
Chief Elder who is the leader of the community elected every ten years makes a speech about the times of childhood and the responsibilities of adulthood.
Asher is the Assistant Director of Recreation.
Fiona is Caretaker of the Old.
Jonas who is nineteen in the ceremony is skipped when it comes give him his assignment. He wonders what he did wrong.
Chapter 8
Jonas is humiliated and terrified because he was skipped by the Chief Elder. Jonas is selected to become the next Receiver of Memory. The Receiver has to have intelligence, integrity, courage and wisdom. Jonas does not believe he can do this and is doubtful and confused. Jonas believes this is the wrong assignment for him. He wants to tell everybody that he cannot be the next Receiver, but he sees an image again like he did with the apple. So, he now believes he can be the Receiver.