Chapters 9, 10 & 11

Every single twelve gets a folder with instructions of how their trainings will be. Jonas also has one but it is thinner than the other kid's folders, which have lots and lots of pages. When Jonas gets to his dwelling he opens his folder and sees that there is only one page that has 8 instructions which are:

1. Go immediately at the end of school hours each day to the Annex entrance behind the house of the Old and present yourself to the attendant.
2.  Go immediately to tour dwelling at the conclusion of Training Hours each day
3. From this moment you are exempted from rules governing rudeness. You may ask any question of any citizen an you will receive answers.
4. Do not discuss your training with any other member of the community, including parents and Elders
5. From this moment you are prohibited from dream-telling
6. Except for illness or injury unrelated to your training, do not apply for any medication
7. You are not permitted to apply for release
8. You may lie

The last rule puzzled Jonas. He started thinking that if other assignments also permitted lying, if his father or mother lied. He wanted to ask them but he was worried that they would lie about it. Jonas also receives his first day of training. He goes as his directions tell him. When he gets there the doors are locked, and that is something unusual because nothing is locked in the community. When he enters to the room he notices that there are lots of books and that is also something unusual because he only has 3 books In his house. The current Receiver welcomes him to lay on a bed and explains what his job will be like. It consist in having all of the memories of the world. So the Receiver gives Jonas the memory of what snow and what a sled ride is like since he has never experienced it before. He also gets a sunburn because he was in the sun which was also something that he hadn't seen or experienced before.


''I was pleased, though, when you were selected. It took them a long time. The failure of the previous selection was ten years ago and my energy is starting to diminish.''

I am wondering what was so disastrous about the previous selection. Was the pain to painful? Probably Jonas will also be a failure but the Receiver isn't supposed to make mistakes. He is supposed to be the example of the community. Did he make the pain to painful for her?  I hope that somewhere in the book it is mentioned of what happened to her and why?


This book is making me feel very apprehensive. It makes me get nervous but excited. It also draws a lot of suspense. This book is really good so far and I hope that it ends in a good way because it is one of the only books that I've loved in my whole life.