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This chapter is talking about Jonas went to the House of Old, during his volunteer hour. It’s a place where people live when they became old. He saw Fiona and Asher’s bike parked aside the House of Old as usual. He signed up for his volunteer hour.

Jonas helped Larissa to bath. It’s against the rules to look at another’s nakedness; this rule did not apply to new children or the Old. Larissa had started to talk about the release of Roberto and Edna. Roberto had a meaningful life; his live is full of successful events. But comparing to Edna’s life, they had a contrast. Edna is a birthmother, her states in this Jonas’s society is very low.