Complex sentence: Jonas is initially confused because the president of this "utopian" nation, the Chief Elder, skipped over him, however, she tells him, at the closing of the ceremony, that he was selected for an important job, the Receiver of Memory.
Split into simpler sentences: Jonas is initially confused because the president of this "utopian" nation, the Chief Elder, skipped over him. At the closing of the ceremony, however, he is informed that he was selected for an important job, the Receiver of Memory.