In the ceremony of one, Fiona went up with her family to receive her new brother, Bruno. They take two days, which everyone receives off as holidays. Jonas somehow felt more grown up knowing he would take the pill each morning the rest of his life, the way his parents did, but he almost missed the pleasurable feeling of the stirring. Jonas remembered that Asher had already started taking his pills, but Jonas hadn't asked him about it because people aren't supposed to talk about things that aren't the same. When stirrings begin, children must commence taking a pill every morning to stop them.
She explains that his dream is the first sign of a stirring. His mom takes him aside and tells him she will write him a letter of apology for being late to school, but she needs to tell him something. He describes how he was in the House of the Old, and he was trying to convince Fiona to get into the tub. Jonas doesn't often remember his dreams, but today he has one to share. Jonas asks where exactly people go when they are released, but Fiona doesn't know.Ĭhapter five has the family sitting down the following morning and recounting their dreams. Fiona explains that at the celebration they summarize what he did with his life, make toasts, give speeches, and then Roberto is happily escorted away. Jonas remembers Roberto, an old man he had met several weeks before. Normally, the rule states that people are never allowed to see one another naked, but that rule doesn't apply to the elderly or the newborns.įiona tells Jonas about a celebration they recently held to release Roberto.
Jonas begins to assist an old woman take her bath. He goes in and finds his friends bathing an old man. That will clearly be his future job, but Jonas wonders what his will be. Jonas thinks that another eleven-year-old named Benjamin puts in almost all of his hours at the Rehabilitation Center where he has helped improve the way that they assist people who have been injured. The elevens need to put in volunteer hours at many places so that the elders can find what job suits them best. In chapter four Jonas rides his bicycle to the House of the Old where he sees the bicycles of his friend Asher and a girl named Fiona there already.
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