Polished+Journal

Journal Entry #1 Some rules in life can not be broken; for instance, you can’t steal or murder because you will be put in jail. Some rules can be broken; for example if your mom said you can’t watch TV and you do your breaking the rules. Rules can be bent in some cases although it is not the best choice. In the book, Jonas’ world has many strict laws. When someone breaks the law that person is released from the town and that is bad. When Jonas’ sister, Lily, becomes nine years old she gives in her hair ribbons and receives her new bike. Kids under the age of nine are not allowed to ride a bike. Jonas and all the 12 year olds bend the rules and privately teach their little siblings how to ride bikes. Jonas goes somewhere, where no one will see him and teaches Lily. This rule can be bent a little because it isn’t such a bad crime, but it is still breaks the rules. Jonas’s dad is a nurturer and works at the nurturing center. His assignment is to take care of a baby boy that needs care until he is assigned to his family unit. The baby is not growing fast enough and isn’t sleeping well at night. Jonas’ dad was depressed that the baby may be released at such a young age and he wouldn’t be able to grow up and see the world. The committee of elders printed a list of names that the kids will be given at the ceremony at which kids celebrate becoming a new age. His father goes against the rules and looks at the list to find his kid’s name. He thought it would be better for the kid to be called by his name. So in private he calls the kid by his name, Gabriel. Jonas has a dream that make him feel diseurs. In his world they call it stirrings. As a ritual the family units share their dreams every morning. When Jonas shares his dream with his parents, they give him a pill that will control his desiring feelings. His mother said he would have to take this pill until he is an elder.