At this time they follow their ritual of sharing their problems to resolve them. Next, we see Jonas with his family at dinner table. However, his friend Asher is not always careful with his use of words and is always getting in trouble for it. Apparently, everyone in his community is careful about their language and use of words. Shortly, after the incident, the speaker for the community announced over the loud speakers that the pilot had been punished by being “released” a word which means getting voted off the Island. It was when a strange plane flew over the community the year before. He remembers a time when he was frightened. Jonas thought frightened was the wrong word to describe his feelings. ![]() At the starting of the novel, we meet 11-year-old Jonas who is nervous and frightened about the upcoming ceremony of Twelve in December.
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