Chapter 6-8

Chapter 6-8 is when Jonas finally becomes a twelve. He and the rest of the elevens have been assigned a number and they have to sit in that order when it is time for them to receive their assignments. Jonas has to endure the rest of the newborns, the ones, the twos, the threes, the fours, the fives, the sixes the sevens, the eights, the nines, and the tens. Then it is time for Jonas and the other elevens to step up onto the stage. This ceremony takes about two days to perform. " Now Jonas and his friends had taken a new place in the Auditorium, trading with the new elevens, so that they sat in the very front, immediately before the stage. They were arranged by their original numbers, the numbers they had been given at birth. The numbers were rarely used after the Naming. But each child knew his number, of course. Sometimes parents used them in irritation at a child's misbehavior, indicting that mischief made one unworthy of a name." This is what I would want to avoid. Being called my original number after a Naming. The naming, if you didn't know, is when a newborn gets its name and is given to its own parents. Now Jonas is ready to be given his assignment. He is number nineteen whereas Asher is number four. Big difference. Anyway, it is time for Jonas to receive his assignments when... The Chief Elder skips him!!!!! "Jonas prepared himself to walk to the stage when the applause ended and the Chief Elder picked up the next folder and looked down to the group to call forward the next new Twelve.

"Twenty" he heard the vioce say clearly. " Pierre."
Jonas has been skipped. What do you think might happen next? Anyway, Jonas believes that the chief elder has decided that he was not ready to become a twelve. But then... Jonas realized that the Chief Elder and the commity of elders has selected him to become the next Reciever!!!! Being the reciever is a great honor in the community.