Chapter Three

Chapter Three is when things begin to get a whole lot more interesting. Jonas' father has secretly taken a child named Gabriel into nursing because he believes that the child will be released if his condition does not improve. So he takes the baby into his home to nurse him. The baby is given a "comfort object". Lily, Jonas' little sister, thinks that his "comfort object",which is called a hippo, has a funny name. See this people have never seen real animals before. They have lived in the safety of this community for their whole lives and hearing the name "Hippo" makes them laugh. Lily, out of nowhere, says that she wanted to become a birthmother, but her mother told her with a sharp tone. "Lily!" Mother spoke very sharply. "Don't say that. There's very little honor in that assignment." Now I would hate to be in Lily's place right now. The last thing I would want is my mother getting angry at me. Would you feel that way as well? Also Jonas is beginning to see things. As Jonas talks about how one time he was playing with his best friend Asher. They were throwing an apple and then in the middle of the air the apple changed color. Jonas had taken the apple home that day then the loud speaker had made an announcement "ATTENTION. THIS IS A REMINDER TO MALE ELEVENS THAT OBJECTS ARE NOT TO REMOVED FROM THE RECREATION AREA AND THEY ARE TO BE EATEN,NOT HOARDED." How embarrassing, I would blush so red like the color of the apple if I were in Jonas' situation. What would do or how would you feel if that announcement was made for you.