Three details of the story
- The main focus of the book is on one "family unit." A Father, a Mother, Lily (a seven), and Jonas (an eleven) make up this family.
- Jonas is feeling "apprehensive" about The Ceremony of Twelve that is coming up in December.
- Everything in this "community has order. There are rules that must be followed. Each "family unit" is only allowed one daughter and one son. Children are assigned to a family unit. Aside from these, there are many other rules. If any of these rules are broken, that person will be "released" from the "community."
- The words that the author uses to portray this community, add a sense of mystery. This is definitely not an ordinary town.
- The family unit discussed their feelings at their dinner table. It is alnnmost as if they are only allowed to feel certain feelings. They have to be honest about the feelings that they felt throughout the day, and as a family unit they work to fix them
- Father is a Nurturer and Mother is a worker at the Department of Justice. I am wondering what other jobs are in the "community."
