Mary Dalton

It's December now, time for the Ceramony Of Twelve.  We watch all the twelves, as they are lined up in neat rows.  I watch my brother as he fidgets in his seat.  We all know what he is going to be assigned, but he is still very nervous.  He is seated next to a small female, with big smile strung across her face. And a male, about his hight, with short, curly hair.  They start with number one.  She stumbles up on to the stage, nurvously clasping, and unclasping her hands.  When they announce her as a engineer, her unsure face, breaks into a smile.  Then they start going through the list.  Twos, threes, fours. Till they get to 14.  Thats my brothers number.  He slowly walks up on the stage.  His eyes flick nervously through the crowd, trying to find where we are seated.  Finally, as the long speech comes to an end, they announce his assignment.  "CARE TAKER". Thank you for your childhood.  He smiles, and steps off the stage.  The strangest thing happened, when they were calling the names, they skipped number 19!  The boys name was Jonas, a friend of  Ivan's.  He looked like he was sick.  The crowd hushed.  Had the speaker made a mistake?  Finally, at the end of the ceremony, the speaker made an apology.  Jonas had been selected to become the new Receiver.  I had no idea what that was.  The speaker said that the Receiver could see beyond. Jonas looked relived, but also a look of uncertainty, as he slowly stepped up on to the stage.  

Mary Dalton

Hi! My name is Mary Dalton. I am a 10. I have one older brother named Ivan,he's a 12. My parents are both a 40. Their names are Adeline, and Roy. We live on Summer St.  My mom was assigned as a nurturer, and my dad as an Engineer. My brother will be assigned a job in a couple days, at the ceremony of twelve.  He is very nervous, but we all know what he is going to be. He always volunteers at the house of the old, so we suspect that he will be a care taker.  I however,  have no idea what I am going to be assigned.  But I am only a 10, so I have a long time before I am assigned.

The Ceremony

Hi, my name is Anna Gordo. If you read my pervious post you would know me and my family quite well. Don't worry I won't talk about my family again, I am here to talk to you about The Ceremony of Twelve. Today is The Ceremony of Twelve and my daughter, Sarah Gordo is going to The Ceremony of Twelve to find out her job. Today is Sarah's big day, the day she has been waiting for years, she finally gets to find out her job. Yesterday was the day Tomas got his bike! Sarah has been really helpful teaching him how to ride it, today Tomas has almost mastered riding his bike, for me it took at least 2 weeks. 

The day went quickly enough, Sarah has been stressed the past couple of weeks but I think tomorrow will pay off. The next day I think was going to be the hardest for Sarah because of all the Ceremonies and she finds out her job. Finally they called up number 5. The time Sarah has been waiting for, this depends on her future. As they called her number, I looked into Sarah's eyes and said "Go, it's your turn." My hand were as wet as a have just rinsed them in the sink, it felt like 2 hours she was standing up there until the Chief final,to said "NURTURER." I looked at Sarah, I could tell the by the look on her face right away I knew that was the job she really wanted.

Ceremony of 12-Daniel Gordon

I sat there, in the organized seats right before the stage gulping down the fear that was forming inside me. It was finally here. I was number seven so I would be the seventh person of the twelves to get their assignment. I glanced around and saw mother me father sitting side by side in the audience looking happily at me. I waved and they waved back reassuringly. I breathed heavily and looked back to the stage where the elders were all waiting for everything be ready. I cocked my head to the left to where number six sat. His name was Lukas. He was a nice but sly boy who would always secretly break minor rules. Like take home a small bit of food. When he  got caught he sincerely apologized and all of the elders loved him for it. On my right was a grim girl named Molly. She was always serious and following the rules. Molly was always the one to ask if anything was alright with the elders. Once we were all settled in, the chief elder stepped up to the podium.  I sat up straight in my seat. The elder lady started the ceremony with a long speech about responsibility in adulthood and the  preparation of being in the community. She moved on and cleared her throat. The Ceremony of 12 had begun.

Chapter 7-8 reaction

      Hello everyone I know we have met before but I'm Jay. I live with my family unit Taylor my wife and Stacy, our female. I have exciting news, we got a male! His name is Bill. Everyone in my family unit is so excited about Bill but I think Stacy was the happiest. I'm getting off topic so I'm going to start talking about what I'm here to talk about, the ceremony of twelve.
       The ceremony of twelve has always been my favorite out of all of the ceremonies. It's so exciting for the new twelves to be assigned the job. I remember when I was on that stage, the Cheif Eleder made a very long speech about me and I almost screamed, "Hurry up! What's my job?!" but when I was assigned caretaker of the old it was worth it.
       After our mid-day meal everyone gathered into the auditorium for the ceremony of twelve. All of the new twelves arranged themselfs in there original numbers. Then, it started the Cheif elder gave her speech about the ceremony of twelve. Next was the exciting part, when they get there jobs. One is a fish hatchery attendent. Next was two she lives in the dwelling next to ours she was assigned a birth mother. I saw her parents wince at what she was assigned to. It all seemed normal until nineteen it was weird because the was no nineteen! I don't know the nineteen was but he was hiding in his seat fearing he had done something wrong. It went on in order except for nineteen. At the end of the twelves assignments the Cheif elder said, "I know that you are concerned. That you feel I have made a mistake." She countinued, "I have caused you anxiety. I apologize to my community." "We accept your apology." We all said. Next came a shocker the nineteen had been assigned to be the next receiver of memory! We all started chanting his name soft at first but it grew louder into a cheer.

Sarah Gordo and her reaction

Hi! My name is Sarah Gordo. You probably know me from my previous posts so I won't say anything about that. Instead, I'm here to tell you about the Ceremony. It was incredible. On the first day, the naming happened, which was amazing. It was the best I has ever heard. The names this year were great and they even had another little Caleb for the family that lost their child. My little brother, Tomas, got his bike yesterday. He was so proud when he walked up there, I could tell. He stumbled a bit but at least he didn't bump into the stand like the other kid. We then had lunch and watched the rest. The ceremony ended quickly enough and I went to bed feeling stressed. No, anxious is a better word for it.

  Today couldn't be more different then yesterday. All of the Ceremonies went so slow, I thought I would fall asleep. Finally, the time came. I was number 5. On one side was Asher, and on the other was Alex.

They called out my number and I froze. I couldn't move. This was what my future would be. I forced myself to take a deep and slowly made my way up to the stadium. Now, looking back on it, I don't remember why I was so nervous. I don't remember much of it, except the Chief yelling out                   "NURTURER". I was so happy there were tears in my eyes. When I finally paid attention to the others they were at number 18. I liked Fiona, she was a nice female. After 18 they went straight to 20. At first I was confused but then I felt angry. Somebody in our group had to be not assigned. Of course. After I thought this, I felt ashamed. He was a nice kid and he deserved a job.

       At the end of the ceremony I was prepared to go home but then she called number 19. She told all of us about how he was selected but all I felt during this was relief. Relief that he got a job. Relief that I would not go through pain like that. Relief that it wasn't me. 

Bryn Wight- Post 2

It's December now and today was the last day of the ceremony's, and  during the ceremony of 12 something strange happened. I was watching carefully since one of the children -Grace- often volunteered as a speaker and I was hoping she would be assigned as one. So I was very startled when the Chief Elder skipped right from 18 to 20! Number 19- I believe his name was Jack or maybe Jonas? Yes I think it's Jonas. Well Jonas, looked so worried I thought he might have a heart attack! When the Chief Elder got through the rest of the numbers I almost thought she had made a mistake. Finally though Jonas made his way to the stage.
       Jonas was selected to be the receiver. I'm not entirely sure what it means but I remember when the last selection failed. I was only a sixteen back then, I didn't really know what was going on- all I knew was that something terrible had happened. I hope Jonas won't fail, but I have a feeling he won't- and maybe he will find something, something about outside the fence and about what the comfort objects are. I had pushed those thoughts away though, I shouldn't be thinking about outside.