What Chapters 1 of The Giver about?

• Jonas is in his "elevens."

• He is anticipating the "Ceremony of Twelve.

• Jonas recalls the same feeling of being frightened last year when a jet flew over the community.

• Jonas watched a single-pilot jet make a mistake and fly over the community. The pilot was released.

• Jonas is part of a family: two males and two females.

• There is Mother, Father, and sister Lily who is in her "sevens."

• The family participates in the evening meal where the ritual telling of feelings is shared.

• Jonas shares his feelings of apprehension for the "Ceremony of Twelves."