Jonas' Society

A Society with No Space for Mistakes

     Jonas society has the idea of forming people who are perfect. Building a society with no space for mistakes. Kids are being pressured to follow certain rules which according to their society makes them better persons and prepares them better for facing future. In Jonas society a big part of who you are, depends on the job you have. Since kids don't choose their job, they are obligated to do what the committee of elders elects for them. What’s really going on in Jonas dystopia is that he starts getting nervous about the ceremony of 12. Since he is 11, the same it’s about to come. He is asking his father a bunch of things he is worried about so her parents are trying to make the adaptation easier for him. Jonas might seem more nervous than the other kids because all the labor hours he has his spending in various places. Such as The House of the Old, where he encounters Fiona, she’s the girl Jonas might have a crush in. In The House of the Old he also meets Larissa which is an old lady that receives help from Jonas in the tub. Finally, he doesn’t know what is the committee of elders going to do with their election for his job.

Try to identify yourself with this quote...     
       
“There was only one other child’s bicycle there, that of a female Eleven named Fiona. Jonas liked Fiona. She was a good student, quiet and polite, but she had a sense of fun as well, and it didn’t surprise him that she was working with Asher today. He parked his bicycle neatly in the port beside theirs and entered to the building.” ( Lowry 28 )
Mysteriously, this quote made me think and analyze a lot. First, it took me to an INFERENCE. I inferred because of this part: “There was only one other child’s bicycle there, that of a female Eleven named Fiona. Jonas liked Fiona. What I took into this part of the quote, was that maybe Jonas has a crush on Fiona. The second thing I inferred was that Fiona has a good and responsible reputation. I inferred that because of this: She was a good student, quiet and polite, but she had a sense of fun as well, and it didn’t surprise him that she was working with Asher today. When I finished inferring, I started QUESTIONING myself.

1.      When did Jonas meet Fiona?

2.      Are they good friends?

3.      Do Fiona has a crush in Jonas too?

Many things came to my mind, so I just start writing QUESTIONS about what I wanted to get clarified. When I stopped questioning the book, I start PREDICTING. With all the questions I wrote, it took me to having many visions about what might happen next, so I just PREDICTED. As you might see, I really enjoy and use this three: INFERENCE, QUESTIONING and PREDICTING.

Finally, I think that this book is going to be full of surprises and interesting things, that’s why we all want to KEEP READING!! 

Why might an apple be so 
interesting?  …

Is Jonas trying to pop out that differences are always noticed by people in his community ?¿ ...