Jonas was Selected as The Recipient of Memory .

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3.2 Jonas was Selected as The Recipient of Memory .

On December, the ceremony 12 for the community has been held in an auditorium building. Throughout the compulsory community residents attended the ceremony. Some of the celebrations which will be held on the ceremony of the 12 are: First, a celebration for the release to Elsewhere respecting the elderly that they have dedicated their lives to the beauty and harmony of the community. Second, the celebration of the new children that are the result of team work and community pride genetic generated by expectant mothers. Third, a celebration of children aged 9 years, that a child should receive the symbols of the development of self-reliance and responsibility. And last is the celebration of the day of the graduation ceremony, namely 12 where in the ceremony that every child aged 12 will get the assignment or placement for the future in the community. To determine a persons job, has been determined by character factors, energy level, and ability to interact perfectly. Jonas hopes that he gets a jobassignment of importance in the community in celebration of graduation. When the Chairman announces about the assignment for a child of twelve, Chairman missed Jonas ’s number 19. Chiefs continues from 18 to 20. Jonas is dizzy and couldnt focus his attention. He thought that he had done a mistake so that the Chairman missed it. Jonas bends shoulder and trying his on the Chair collapses. Hes embarrassed and wanting to disappear on the event. He didnt dare turn around and looked at his parents in the middle of the crowd and are not able to see the face they turn dark because of the Universitas Sumatera Utara 16 shame that he feels has no assignment. Jonas was trying hard to think what fault he already did. He skipped me, Jonas though, stunned. Had he hear wrong? It is not. There was a sudden silence in the audience, and he knew that the entire community realize that the Chairman has continued from eighteen to twenty, missed one number. Jonas looked down and thought hard. Error what is he do? ... Lois Lawry,2014:74-75 But moments later the community Chairman said to Jonas that he apologized for having made his suffer and his citizens anxious. Chairman embraces Jonas and says to the whole society that Jonas is already selected as the next recipient of the memory. In their community, they have only one Receiver memory. Then the Chief Elders continue. Jonas already elected. With a voice firm and authoritative, elder Chief announced, Jonas became the recipient of our memory the next. Lois Lawry,2014:77 Jonas was elected as one of the Recipients of Memory . It can occur because Jonas has the ability and quality in him. Some qualities possessed intelligence, integrity, courage, wisdom, and tremendous capabilities i.e. the ability to see further the capability which could not be explained, but the Chairman credences on Jonas that he could understand it. Then, the Chairman and his community confident that Jonas is able to undergo the training to be provided by a giver of memory. ... the intelligence, integrity, courage, important quality that the province is wisdom, said the elder. The final recipient must have one quality again, and this quality can only be mentioned but not described. I dont understand it. Maybe the jonas can understand, because the recipient is now telling us that jonas has already has the quality. Lois Lawry,2014:81 Universitas Sumatera Utara 17 In addition, as a recipient of the memories he had to comply with some of the tasks list that already made by the Chair of the community. The task list they are every day after school hours end, Jonas should immediately go to the entrance of the Pavilion behind the House of the elderly and to meet officials there, immediately went to his home after the end of the training hours per day. From now on Jonas are exempt from the rules governing the irreverence, Jonas could ask any question to any citizen and he would get an answer, is not allowed to discuss the training with other members of the community including parents and the elders, from now on he is forbidden recounts his dream, except for illness or injuries that are not related to the training, do not ask for any treatment, jonas should not apply for a waiver jonas is allowed lying. “ Jonas Receiver Memory. ... Immediately go to your after hours training end up every day, from now on youre exempt from rules governing the irreverence ... youre allowed to lie, Lois lowry, 2014:88 From the statement above, it can be inferred that the ceremony of the 12 is the most important ceremony in the community where in a ceremony that every child aged 12 will get the assignment or placement for the future. In the ceremony of 12 there are several celebrations have been held, including the celebration for releasing to Elsewhere, children recently born, a celebration of children aged 9 years, and the celebration of the graduation day that is ceremony 12. Based on the quality Jonas has he was selected as the recipient of the memory. The memory recipient is a great honour that jonas must run in his life. Universitas Sumatera Utara 18

3.3 The Effort of Jonas in The Real World