War+of+1812+Story+SS

 [Z1]  [Z2]  [Z3]  [Z4]  [Z5]  [Z6]  [  War of 1812 Story SS]   Shamsi 3/2/08 Emerald  [Z8]  [Z9]  [Z10]  [Z11]  [Z12]  [Z13]
 * __Jonas Hits Twelve __**
 *  The ceremony of twelve is where the committee of elders assigns a lifelong lesson to each child who is turning 12. This event is being taken place in the auditorium. When Jonas goes to the auditorium he must sit with all the number elevens in order from the number of baby he was born on that day. This ceremony is held to give people there jobs in life. When the ceremony begins the chief elders give a speech to begin the ceremony. In the speech the elders say that you elevens have spent all your years trying to fit in. Jonas feels like he had made a [Z10] [Z11]   or done something wrong when chief elders skip over his name. after all the elevens except Jonas have been given there jobs the chief elderly apologizes to everyone and then explains why they can’t give him a job because he has been chosen to be the receiver of   . The receiver of memory is a job that only one person in the community can have. This ceremony is held every year for the number elevens on December. After the ceremony was over Jonas meets the current receiver and realizes that she is a girl and also has pale eyes like him. The old receiver tells Jonas that the receivers’ job is to transmit all the memories of the world to himself. **