Author's Note: This is a writing piece to help me improve my vocabulary, introductions, and conclusions.
Recently in language Arts class, we started book clubs. I was assigned the book The Giver. It is mainly about a 12 year old boy named Jonas who lives with his assigned Mother, Father, and sister Lily. In his community, nobody knows true agony or joy. Jonas receives a job that will reveal him to what only a selected few have ever seen and felt.
The community that Jonas lives in is controlled by what they call Elders. Elders have the power to release someone from the community (the greatest punishment on can receive) and select their lifetime professions. I think that this is what you would call a perfect community. Pedestrians are classified as their age when they are 11 or under. For example, and eight-year-old would be considered an eight. Another unique thing about the community is the fact that everyone of your age has the same birthday. Although they are numbered in the order they are born, all the birthdays are celebrated on the same day. They are considered the ceremony of [age you are turning]. Whenever you age up, you receive something to symbolize your age. At a certain age you receive a shirt with buttons on the front, and at eight, you receive your bicycle. Bicycles are the main form of transportation in the community so that is a big deal.
As you can see, life is way different in this particular community than in ours. The celebrations of age are one of the most important parts of life in the novel because they mark you on your maturity, confidence, and individuality. Jonas will probably find himself well fit for his job and able to do it well.
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