While-Reading-tasks // Chapter 1-2 Summary

In the first two chapters we get to know Jonas,the protagonist, and his other familymembers.
His dad who is a Nurturer (he takes care of the community’s babies, or newchildren) and his mum is employed at court and is little sister Lily is Sevener,because she is 7 years old.besides we get to know that there are strict-community rules and if you break the rules you will be released from the community.
In every everning the families have a nightly ritual called “the telling of feelings.” Every  person describes an emotion that he or she experienced during the day and the other familymembers will talk about the problems and worries they have with the experience.So Lily told them that a sevenergroup from another community has visited her severnerchildgroup and one boy who did not observe her childcare group’s play area rules.Lily was very angry with him but her parents help her to understand that the boy doesn't know the rules from her group.So she becomes less angry with the boy.Jonas' dad told something about the worries about one child in the Nurturing Center.
Finally Jonas told his parents his worries but before he had difficulties to find the right word for his feelings.He had come to the conclusion that he feels apprehensive because the very important ceremony , the "ceremony of twelve" is getting closer for Jonas.Also Jonas tells his worries about he new assignment of his best friend Asher because Asher hasn't really interests for something but his parents told jonas that the Committee of Elders will find a assignment which fits good to Asher and of course they will find a good asingnment for everybody because the "Elders" observed the "Elevens" the all year and everywhere.