The Giver
what ritual does the family go through together during chapter one
things that makes it hard
things that makes it hard
After dinner, Jonas's family holds the customary ritual of the telling of feelings. Jonas feels awkward sharing his intimate feelings with his whole family. His younger sister Lily goes first by explaining the anger that she felt today when someone from a visiting group of Sevens, or seven-year-olds, did not obey the rules about waiting in line. She compares the boy to an animal, but she is not exactly sure what an animal is, and she recalls that she made a fist at him. Lily's parents remind her of a past experience when she was a Six and had felt out of place while visiting a different community of Sixes, and Lily decides that she now feels sorry for the Seven, who must have felt like a stranger, rather than angry at him.