At the end of Chapter 2, Lily wants her "comfort object," a stuffed elephant. Jonas had a stuffed bear when he was little. He dismisses them as imaginary creatures...and he's talking about the real animals, not the stuffed animals.
Where are the animals in this society?.
What would be your comfort object? A bear? A cat? A dog? A Pillow Pet?
Read your classmates' responses and reply to at least two of your classmates.
Please include your first name last initial at the bottom of the post.
Lauryn B.
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I believe that they don't have any animals in the society because some people are allergic to some animals. I believe my comfort object would be a bear 'cause I was give a bear when I was born so yeah.
I think you brought up a good point with the health concerns that the people may have with the animals. Animals can spread disease, people have allergies,and they can just be a burden in general.
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I think that the animals are outside the Community, in the wild. Since the only time these people go out into the wild is when your released, and nobody comes back after they've been released. My comfort object would probably be a stuffed fox, or something kind of weird like that.
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I agree with you I thought the same thing that they are outside of the community.
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Ya, I agree that the animals are probably in the wild and if Jonas gets 'released' he may meet some!
I think you're right. Just like in books like The Giver and Divergent, people in a seemingly "perfect" society, they are not let out of the world. So, in order to create that "perfect" world illusion, they got rid of the animals just as they did with the imperfect humans.
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Peyton T.
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I think that the animals in this society are unidentified because of restrictions. I think that maybe the people are not allowed to be in certain places where the animals are for either safety reasons or some other reason for why the society can not see any animals but I think it is probably because they are afraid of the animals. I think that my comfort object would be a stuffed animal Labrador because I own one and she is my best friend.
Eve H.
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I agree with you that the people are unaware of the animals in the society because of safety reasons and the animals are located in an area where the people are not allowed to go.
Sedona F.
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I agree but I also think that animals are banned because in this book people don't really feel emotion so when you have a pet it would change that.
Naya A.
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I do not think there would be animals in this type of society. There may be some tamed animals in labs and occasionally running free but none in a house hold with children. I think that maybe after the children grow old and move out then the parents might get a pet, maybe a cat or a dog but nothing else.
If I were to live in this type of utopia my comfort object would be a mere stuffed animal, pillow pet type thing. If I had an actual animal like a cat or dog or bear I would go to attached to it and not want to give it up when I am older.
Emily Chan
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I agree with you that the society seems like the type to eliminate animals however, the animals could just be kept somewhere else.
April Platt
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I agree with what you said about there not being any real "wild" animals. They probably just have caged animals. Your comfort object sounds cute
Joseph L
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I don't think there are any animals in the society because we haven't seen any animals in the book and people can be allergic so they are removing them from the society. I believe that my comfort object would be a dog because my favorite animal is a dog.
I agree with you because I thought they got ride of the animals because of there health consurnes.
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I don't think that they had any animals because they might have been seen as something to disturb the peaceful community. My comfort object would be a dog.
I would definitely agree that they might have gotten rid of animals because they were not needed and could have disturbed the peace
DeleteI agree they probably are kept behind a fence, out of the community, or are extinct if it is the future.-Brian T
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I think that the real living animals are kept like in this like hiding place and they are being protected by people in the government its kind of like a secret zoo. The animals are hidden so that they wont hurt anyone or destroy property. My comfort pet would be a pug or a panda because those are my favorite animals.
Why would they take care of the animals if no one sees them, and they don't want them in the community? -Brian T
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I think that the real animals might have been “ released.” The real animals might have all been killed because the society did not think that they need animals and they were just an annoyance. I think this because Jonas said that he does not know exactly what the word “animal” means and he calls animals imaginary creatures. I would choice a giant teddy bear for my comfort object.
Patrick O'D
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I think that this may be true. The book mentioned that people can be released, and maybe that applies to animals, too. I agree with you.
Eve H.
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I agree with you that maybe the animals were "released" because the people in the book can be "released" so maybe it can also apply to animals in the society.
Patrick O'D
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I don't think that there are any animals in the society. I don't think that Jonas and Lily know what animals even are, because if they did, they probably wouldn't choose an elephant or a bear. Those two animals can be dangerous, and if they knew what those animals were capable of, they probably wouldn't have chose those animals to comfort them. If I had a comfort object, I would choose a monkey because monkeys are my favorite animal. If I had to ever get rid of that animal that became such a good friend to me, I would not be happy.
Kate P.
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I think all the animals either migrated where there is no people, are extinct, or got killed. I think this because they clearly don’t have a clue what an animal is, and they say in the book “This is called a bear…” or something like that, as if they didn’t know what a bear was. My comfort object is a mini moose pillow pet that I got as a gift.
I definitely agree with you on the fact that they either migrated or got killed for the exact same reasons that you explained.
DeleteI agree with you about the animals being extinct but I don't think that they migrated anywhere because where else is there to go?\
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I agree about what you said about that they don't know what an animal is because it says" this is called a bear".
DeleteI agree with you and Peyton on the fact that the animals either migrated or got killed. I also think that the society doesn't want children to cling to their comfort object, because they want the kids to become more responsible.
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Brian E
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Lily wants her stuffed elephant back because its comforts her. Jonas grew out of his stiffed bear when he was lily's age but lily doesn't want to leave he stuffed animal. s
Moises V.
DeleteMy comfort animal is a soccer ball. Where do you think the animals are?
Kelly C.
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I don't believe there are any animals in their society. It seems to be very cut off from the world. My comfort object would be a chicken because I have had a stuffed chick since I was very small.
Eve H.
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The animals in this society are unknown because of restrictions. I think the people are not allowed to see the animals for safety reasons or the animals are located in an area where the people are not allowed so the people are unaware of the animals in the society. My "comfort object" would probably be my stuffed Golden Retriever because I have had it ever since I was a little girl and I named it Ellie. I use to have a dog named Ellie and she was my best friend.
Paige A
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I agree with you but maybe animals don't even exist anymore because people don't even know what animals are.
Emily Chan
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I agree with your thinking of how the society is restricted from seeing the animals however, based on the text, it seems that they had the technology to keep citizens safe while viewing.
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I don't believe there are any animals in the book. It sounds like such a strict society so I wouldn't think there would be any animals. Also, I would only they appear to people through stuffed animals because Jonas referenced to then as I think my animal would be a cat because in my mind cats symbolise peace.
Prathik K
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I agree that they have no animals in the book. How do cat symbolize peace?
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I don't think there are any animals in the book I think that the book is focused on the characters and the society so they don't care about any animal or wildlife outside the society.My comfort object would be a bear because it reminds me of some of my favorite sport's teams. Which comfort me
Sophia S.
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I agree with you because if there were animals and wildlife they wouldn't be clueless. They are to busy with the people and rules, and don't really care about anything else like wildlife.
Sam B
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I believe that there are animals in this society because that is the food for protein. without animals we would all get sick because we need protein to keep our body's healthy. My comfort animal would be a dog. It would a dog because I have been with dogs my whole life.
Sophia S.
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I also agree that there may animals for food, but nobody knew what they were, and what they looked like, so maybe they have them for food, but your not able to look at it for fun.
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I dont think there are any animals in the book. I think that the book is so far in time that they dont allow there to be animals in the same area of the people. The people dont really know what animals are.
Patrick H.
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I agree with you I do not think there are animals in this book.
I think that the animals will appear later in the book.
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I think that the animals are somewhere hidden or locked up or they don't even exist. There are so many restrictions and rules, they didn't even now what they were. For example, when Lily's parents where telling Lily '' This is a bear. '' My favorite comfort object would be my stuffed teddy bear. I've got this bear when I was born from my parents, and it sings happy birthday to me, so its very special.
Yeah, this society is very strict, they wouldn't let animals just run around.
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I agree with you when you said that the animals could be kept somewhere else.
They probably thought that the animals didn't belong in their well-developed community. Overall, I agree with your opinions on the animals.
Sierra F.
DeleteI agree with you-- the society is really strict. Its weird that they would keep animals from people. This may be what our future is like though.
Mansi J.
DeleteI agree with you on what you said about that the animals might not even exist anymore because the book was explaining that the stuffed animal was called a bear.
Prathik K
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I don't think there are even animals in their society. Their society has too many rules. Different societies could maybe have animals, but the society Jonas is in does not. My comfort object would be a dog, because I love dogs.
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DeleteI would agree with you, because I did the same comfort object as you. Dogs would be a nice animal to have and take care of.
Omkar P.
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I agree with you about the fact that the animals are long gone in this society. My comfort animal would also be dog.
Emily Chan
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I believe that the society is merely contained in a certain region on Earth. The "imaginary" animals that Jonas mentions might be contained in another region. Somewhere very far from their society since most of the citizens do not even understand the meaning of the word "animals". My comfort object would be a stuffed animal that I had received as a gift when I was very young. It was a WebKinz that my parents had bought me and I treasured it. I had named it Snowflake and it was my favorite thing in the world.
Sierra F.
DeleteI agree with you-- it makes a lot of sense that real animals would be living somewhere else on this futuristic Earth. Maybe the government doesn't want them to be living near its citizens.
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ReplyDeleteI do not think there are animals in the society right now. Since the setting is about a place where there are strict rules, If there were animals the place would be a happier place to live. My comfort object would be a dog. Dogs would keep me happy and give me company. Although it would be my responsibility to take care of the dog, the dog would protect me from dangerous things and make my life happier.
Omkar P.
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I agree with you that the animals are not existent in this society. A dog would also be my comfort animal.
I agree, dogs, or any pet, are just a good companion to have in your life and they would always be there for you.
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I think that the animals are absent in this society. The people in this society don't really know what the word animal means. They define them as imaginary creatures because they probably haven't seen any of them. My comfort animal would probably be a dog since they are so assuring and friendly.
Prathik K
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I agree that their society hasn't seen them. Nice blog post!
Sriti D.
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I think that the animals are kept in a far-away or secretive place. I inferred this because of all the restrictions within the community. They could have put the animals somewhere else for safety reasons, or just because maybe they thought they didn't belong in the community. My "comfort object" would be a Golden Retriever. This is probably because I have always wanted a dog, but never had one. But a lot of my friends have one and I really want one.
Aliyan V
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I don't believe that the society can have animals because how strict and hoe many rules that the community has. I think when Jonas was referencing the animals he was talking about stuff animals. I would like a cat because they have many manners from when they are born.
Matthew B.
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The animals in this society are anonyomous because of the limitations within. I think that the people are not allowed to see the animals because they are either in a restricted area or a very protected area. I also think that the animals are unaware of the animals in the society. My "comfort" animal would be my stuffed animal dinosaur ralph, because he is my guardian at night while I'm asleep. When I went to the Museum of Science and Industry as a little kid, I started to like dinosaurs. I have grown out of that, but I still think they are cool.
I agree that they can't see animals, maybe they an't take care of them because of their assignments.
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The animals in this society are cats, dogs, or there might not be any! Or are all our fictional creatures like dragons and centaurs real in their world? But for me to have a “comfort object” I would have a dinosaur, like a brontosaurus, dinos are cool.
Xavier L.
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I dont think there are any animals in the story because their society out there are somewhat bad so they really dont care about animals and also because the story isnt really about animals (aniamal characters) its just about the giver and the character Jona
Cam C
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I will agree because they could think animals are dangerous.
I agree with you I don't think their will be any animals in *Jonas* society
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Angelina R
I don’t think there's any real life animals in this book.Because this book sound serious and it don’t sound like the environment Jonas lives in there will be any animals.If I would have a comfort object I think it would probably be a...Stuffed dolphin with big blue googly eyes.Because dolphins are my favorite animals because their just so friendly and they have amazing tricks in the water.
I think there might be no animals because maybe the enviornment they live in is not fit for animals to live in. Zamin
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I think the animals are either hidden or living somewhere other than this future society. Maybe the government knows about these animals but doesn't tell it's citizens because they think they are dangerous and don't want people to worry about it. That's why Jonas referred to real animals as "imaginary". I think my comfort object would be a giant teddy bear.
Cameron C
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In this society i don't think animals are roaming around and they are just made up. This society probably wanted no one to get hurt so they are covering up that there is no animals alive. I think my animal would be a dog because they protect houses or the family.
Jack D
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I think that the animals just roam the city because in the beginning of the book Jonas' friend Asher said he was late because he was looking at men unload salmon. My comfort animal would be a dog because I used to have a Shiatsu named Shasta when I was younger.
Mansi J.
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I don't believe that there were any animals in the book. The animals were probably extinct because they didn't know what a bear was. They also called animals "creatures". "Many of the comfort objects, like Lily's, soft stuffed, imaginary creatures. Jonas's was called a bear. " My comfort object is a unicorn pillow pet that lights up.
Dunya D.
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I agree that all the animals are probably extinct or maybe if Jonas gets released he may meet some!
Moises V.
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I don't know where the animals are in the society in the book. My comfort object would be a soccer ball because I love to play soccer.
I agree that having something that you like to do is good to have as a comfort object
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DeleteI agree with you about having them locked up.
Veron Phillips
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They do not have animals in their neighbor hood. My comfort object would probably be a stuffed computer mouse because I am addicted to being online.
YAS :) GOOD REPLY I 1974239652937% AGREE
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I agree with you I also think that there isn't animals.
I agree because playing xbox is very fun in my oppinion
DeleteAlso the animals are probably extinct within the community because when Jonas was talking about his comfort object, he said that is was something called a 'bear'. This implying that he did not know what a bear was, supporting the fact that they did not have animals.
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That sounds very interesting.
This book is very interesting. I think the animals in the society are extinct or behind the gates. I think that where people get released, that is where the animals are. My comfort object is a penguin pillow pet named Billy Bob Joe. I've had him since I was 10.
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April Platt
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I agree with what you said about the animals being released. I think your comfort object sounds cool.
That;s adorable Saira! Billy Bob Joe is so cute.
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I don't think that there are any animals where Jonas lives. I believe this because they don't mention any animals, and it doesn't seem like they have zoos.
My comfort object would be a frog stuffed animal because I like frogs, and it would be fluffy and soft.
TJ T.
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I think the animals in this society are gone and don't inhabit the town because they can spread contamination. My comfort object would be an otter because otter's are adorable (like me ;) jk).
I like your answer for why the animals are gone. And yes you're adorbs. -Saira
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I do not believe there is animals in this book. I think this because they did not some of the animals. They did not know what some of the animals names which makes me think there is no animals. My comfort object would be basketball because I like to play basketball.
Very nice Patrick. Good Job!
DeleteThat is a very good idea. Also, very interesting.
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The comfort objects were an elephants for lily and a bear for Jonas. I would say my blanket my mom wrapped me in when I was born would be my comfort object. Usually when I'm sad!
I do not think their are animals in the society either.
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I do not think that there are any animals in this book because Jonas doesn't have any pets and maybe people can't take care of people because they already have assignments. My comfort object would be a basketball because I love to play it.
Good answer! I totally agree that maybe the society can't take care of pets because they have assignments
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I think that the animals are roaming around the society some where just doing whatever they want. The comfort object that I would have would be a stuffed animal dolphin. I would choose this because I got a dolphin when I was little and it would just make me feel safe.
Brianna S.
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I don’t think there are animals there because it didn’t mention anything about animals except the “imaginary” ones that are a bear or an elephant. I think that they don’t have animals in their society because it would put more of their people in danger. My comfort object would be a monkey because I love monkeys and they are really soft.
Maren P.
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The animals are not in the society, the kids don't know about real animals. My comfort object would be a my stuffed bunny/blanket I got when I was born.
I agree with you Maren. Since kids do not know about animals, they do not know that they are dangerous.
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Sylwia S
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I agree with Maren because the kids in this society just believe that nothing else exists.
Sylwia S
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The Giver
The animals are not in the society, they were taken away into extinction because the society wanted the world be more civilized with comfort objects. My comfort animal would be my stuffed giraffe that i got when I was born.
Maddie Kiss
DeleteI agree with your statement. I also think that it is so cool that you still have the same animal that you got as a baby!
I agree with you Sylwia because if people knew that animals were dangerous, there would be no comfort with animals.
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Maren P.
DeleteI like giraffes too my second favorite animal
Maddie Kiss
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I do not think that there is no natural wild life where Jonas lives. I think that my animal would be a dolphin because I love to swim. It was 40 degrees in Lake Michigan and I went swimming anyway and did not get sick. I love the beach and the water, if I could be there all day, I would be in the water all of the time. Also, I think tat dolphins are the coolest animals because they were one of the first stuffed animals I ever got as a kid.
Maddie Kiss
but they do not talk about any animals being alive. so therefore there aren't any REAL animal
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There seems to be an absence of animals in their neighborhood and possibly there whole society.
My Comfort object would be a Saxophone because I love playing it.
Brianna S.
DeleteI agree with having an absence with the animals.
Maddie Kiss
DeleteI love that you chose your instrument!
So far in the book, animals are not in the society. But, they just use the animals as stuffed animals. My comfort object in that society would be a bear because in that society you do not know about dangerous animals and you would not know that a bear is dangerous, and bears are very soft because of their fur. So, I would pick a bear.
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Maria Pritchett
Deletethink that they would think disrupt society too.
Good job!
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I think that they think animals are illogical and are not important in a society. My comfort object would be a fish pillow pet. I love fish and I am a swimmer and I like sleeping so I could sleep on it.
I think it is very funny that you would like to sleep on a fish... I like your idea of why animals aren't in that society. -Saira
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I think that in this book there are no animals. All of the animals in our world now are fictional creatures like unicorns or dinosaurs in this world, of the book. If I lived in this world my comfort object would probably be a dog, I don’t have an exact reason why but I love dog now, so I am guessing that I would love them still in this world.
I totally agree!
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DeleteReally good support and I loved how you chose a dog as your comfort animal
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ReplyDeleteI think the animals in the society are like normal earth animals. My comfort animal would be a TURTLE!!!! YAY!!!! The turtle is my favorite animal because it is so cute and slow but fast they live a long time and are like a living green butter blob with a shell.
Kaitlyn H.
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In the book The Giver I believe that there are no animals. All the animals are made up or not real. Just like unicorns and dragons. If i lived in that society my comfort item would be a dog. I dont really know why but I think this would be my comfort item because I love dogs and i'm guessing that everyone in that society would too.
I completely agree with this. And mine is also a dog! How do they live with out animals?!? It's so crazy.
DeleteI agree compleately and my comfort animal is the same as your I feel like a dog is a really smart choice
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My comfort object would be a stuffed Batman. Because I love Batman and he has always been a hero for me. The stuffed would also have camera on him to autospy on people and keep safe.
Autospy! Cameron why not choose a animal why a batman\
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ReplyDeleteThe animals in this society are gone because they are to dangerous, and I believe that they might also take up to much space. Since they say that the animals are dangerous they are now gone. If I had a comfort I would have no idea what I would have because they are assigned randomly to you, but if I had to choose it would be a bear. I would choose a bear because they are the easiest to hold.
I guess that there are no animals in their society because when they refer to "animals" they are referring to insane people, not like living creatures. I think my comfort thing would be a horse.
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What if the people living near Jonas have never seen an animal before, therefore, they think that there is nothing in reality called an animal.
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Why would you say they are insane people.
I think that the animals are being kept in a secret place, in the wild, or just kept away from the other humans. I think my comfort object would be a snake because, first of all, my animal in the Chinese Zodiac is the snake. Another thing is that snakes don’t scare me as much as other so. In most definitions of the snake, I think represents me well.
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DeleteI agree with you because children and adults had never seen animals, so the society must have had placed them somewhere or possibly killed them.
Danny O.
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I agree with you when you said that the animals being kept in a secret place. My comfort object is also based on the zodiac
In the book “The Giver” by Lois Lowry, I think that the animals may not exist or just be hidden or locked away. The animals may be gone because of restrictions. For example a safety reason. Like they would be gone and locked away so humans don’t have any interference with them. My “Comfort Object” would probably be a dog. It would be a dog because dogs are really protective, sweet, and cuddly. Also dogs don’t usually harm anyone unless they feel threatened.
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The animals in this society are either extinct or removed from the public area. I know this because Jonas had never even seen an animal his entire life and dismissed them as imaginary creatures. I would not have a preference for a comfort object.
I agree with you, Steven, however, do you think that the government had purposely killed the animals or experimented on the animals?
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DeleteI would have a Chocolate Labrador because I love puppies and they are so cute! XD
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Robert T. The animals are probably extinct or moved away because of the society.
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I think that the animals are being kept away from humans maybe in a secret facility. Also, the animals might be kept away from the humans because they could be too dangerous. I would want my comfort object to be a tiger because that is my favorite animal and it symbolizes courage and strength. I would want to sleep with this object during a thunderstorm.
Steven Z
DeleteI never thought of that! I think that you might be right about the animals being dangerous. Also, bringing them back into the society will make everyone feel uncomfortable because they had never seen them before.
I agree I also think that the animals may be too dangerous for the humans.
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I would never think that very creative
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In the book The Giver By:Lois Lowry I believe that there are no animals. I think that all the animals are either not real or they make up the animals. I think that all the animals might have been killed because the society doesn’t believe that animals can be used for any good reason and they are just a nuisance. I think this because Jonas said he didn't even know what the word “animal” even meant. My comfort would most likely be a dog. The reason that I would choose a dog would be because dogs are very loving but also very protective. Also I would choose a dog because they usually never harm anybody unless they feel threatened.Finally I would pick a dog because dogs are my favorite animal.
I think that the animals are taken away because they be bad for the community or because some animals are dangerous and will hurt the people and the community -Zamin
DeleteI think the animals have been taken away from their living area because it isn’t safe for them to have animals around. If I had to choose a comfort object then I would choose a pillow pet so I can lay on it too.
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ReplyDeleteAnimals in society were not understood to be a animal. Lily did and her peers did not know what an elephant was neither do they know what any animal is. I do not have a comfort toy but i have things I do that comfort.
I believe this is true they don't know what a real animal is like, but what do you think they did with the animals so no one would see them.
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I think there are no animals in her society because in the book, it said that the people have been released so maybe the animals were released or killed. Also On page 6, the people did not know what an animal was so I can infer that they have not seen or heard about an animal at all in their life. Last my comfort object would be like a teddy bear. Justyn Maroon Period 8
ReplyDeleteI totally agree! I wanted my comfort object to be a teddy bear as well!!!
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The animals are maybe like in “Noah and the Ark” and instead of dying because of flooding, they were taken away so that the people could not have any feelings about animals and have less of a responsibility and work on their group.
ReplyDeleteMy comfort animal would be a monkey because my favorite animal is a monkey and my nickname in my family is monkey. For when I was sick in the hospital as a newborn, I got a little stuffed animal monkey. If I lost my family and I was not by them, I would always have a monkey with me to remind me of them.
-Ashley M.
In the society in the Giver I don't think there is animals. The second chapter of the Giver didn't say anything about animals and Lily did not seem to know what a animal was, Nor did the other people. What surprised me the most was that Jonas never even seen an animal. I think the society got rid of animals because they were not needed in their world. Something I can infer is that they might be vegetarians and not eat meat because if they knew what meat was then they would know what an animal is. If I chose a comfort toy I would choose a pillow pet.
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Sedona F
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I agree that there are no need for animals. I think the reason is that because pets show and give you emotion and in their world people don't show that much expresion or emotion
Anna S
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I don’t think that these animals were in their society because the boy didn’t really know what a bear was. Jonas knew it was called a bear but I don’t think he really understood what that is, and if he doesn’t fully know what a bear is, then Lilly probably doesn’t know what an elephant is. I think my comfort object would be a turtle because I love turtles and I think they're funny in a cute and weird way.
Sedona F.
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There are no pets in their society. Many household pets make you feel better and make you feel real emotion. There is no need for pets because the people in Jonas’s world feel no emotion. A pet will just change that. Something that comforts me is an angel wing necklace that my grandma gave me to represent her. I wear it everyday and I know it isn’t like a pillow or blanket that I have had for a long time but it is something I will keep forever.
Arha C.
DeleteI agree with you, I don't think that they had pets in their society because Jonas seemed like he didn't understand what a bear was in the book. And the necklace that you have isn't something like a blanket or pet, but it's still something you cherish.
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DeleteI agree with you with the whole emotion thing. In Jonas's world they even have to express and share there emotions with everyone and have to solve or find a solution for that feeling. Pets just add more emotion and I think that the leaders don't allow people to own or see pets.
Max Pluta
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I don't think there are any animals in society because they were unsure what it was and nobody could describe the aspects of the bear. I think they are keeping the animals away in a facility because they are risk for health or something like that. Also, they didn't mention a lot about animals in the book. Lastly my comfort object is a basketball.
Halie W.
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In the world that Jonas and Lily live in, there doesn't seem to be animals maybe because this book takes place in the future like Divergent, and animals extinct and don't live in their world anymore. My comfort object would be my dog, Millie because she always makes me feel better when I am sad, and she is like a human best friend.
Dunya D.
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In the beginning of the book the characters used the word animals, but they didn’t know what it means. So, either all the animals have gone extinct or the head leaders of the society don’t want them knowing about animals for some purpose (maybe evil). The animals may have all been killed of or as they say ‘released’.
My comfort object maybe could have been a stuffed snake (toy!). Ever since I was little I had been fascinated by snakes for some odd reasons. I would try to find as much information about the species!
Arha C.
DeleteThe characters did use the word animals, but I wasn't thinking that the animals could've gone extinct. And I think that you being fascinated by snakes isn't odd, it's something you like.
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DeleteI just realized that they used the word animal and they didn't know what it meant. So I have to agree with you that either the animals have gone extinct or the leaders of the community don't want the people knowing about the animals.
Julia G.
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I think that the community Jonas lives in doesn't allow/have animals. I believe that they are not extinct but they are inky nit aloud because they cause too much emotion and responsibility. If i had to choose my comfort object I would choose a stuffed animal that looks like a wolf because when I was born I was given a wolf and I loved it when I was little and I still love it today
Arha C.
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I think that Jonas' society doesn't have any sort of pet/animal. In the book, it mentioned a bear and I think that Jonas knew of a bear, but doesn't actually know what a bear is. My comfort object would be a dog because ever since I was really little, I would visit farms and there were so many animals like dogs, cats, horses...etc. and I got along with all of them, but mostly the dogs so I love dogs today because of this experience,
Patty Lidbury
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I think that they have taken all the animals away so that they can focus on there government and be perfect people with barely any emotions. I would want to have a dog as my concert animal because they are my favorite and they are adorable (Especially puppies).
I think that the animals in the society were taken out/ released from the new world. The whole idea of the society is about perfection and, believe it or not, animals are not perfect. They are messy, noisy, and uncivilized. I don't really need to make up my comfort object. I think it would be my pink teddy bear Anna. She has a giant white heart on her stomach and a pink heart on her foot. She is old and tattered, being tossed around and stained for 8 years. But, no matter how pathetic this sounds, she’s always been there for me. If the government took away Anna, I would probably be very depressed and have a lot of anxiety.
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In this society, I don't think there are animals. It even seems as if Lily and Jonas don't know what animals are. Jonas even mentions an imaginary creature (real creature), and doesn't know where they are. If I were to choose a comfort object, I would choose a teddy bear, so when I am feeling uncomfortable, I could just curl up with my teddy bear.
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In this society they strive for obedience and organization and as we all know animals are not known for organization and obedience so I infer that the leaders of the society annihilated the existence of any and all animals. My comfort object would be a horse due to the fact that horses represent a strong and free a spirit.
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ReplyDeleteI do not think there are any animals in this book. Sure, they did mention in the book a couple times about animals and comfort animals. But because of the Society's strict restrictions and limitations, I can infer that the heads of the society eliminated the existence of animals in this book because the society in this novel is strict. But I myself like the children in this book have a comfort animal. Well kind off. My comfort animal would be the horse quilt my grandma made for me when I was little because at the time I was obsessed with horses I do not know why. But it meant a lot to me that she cared about me that much so she took her time for me and made me a horse quilt. It still means alot to me and that is my comfort animal.
Eli F.
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I think that the "animals" in the community are not the animals we know today because on page 6 at the top of the page it says that an animal describes a person that is not educated. I also think that my comfort object would probably be a dog like mine, because I love my dog so much!
Brandon Uchacz
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I put a dog for my comfort object.
Melvin M.
ReplyDeleteI think that ''Animals'' in there community are not animals we know of because it said that animals describe a person that's not educated. My comfort object would be a dog because mostly my whole life all my pet's were dogs and i like.
Brandon Uchacz
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I think their might be animals in this book because of where the guy on the front is and in the little corner it has a like a mountain view. My comfort object would be a dog just because I love dogs and I want one.
do you think that since they don't have animals, they don't have meat?
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think he didn’t know of them because they are probably kept out of the community. I can infer it is for the people’s safety, because their community is all about safety and animals are not very safe. Maybe there is a fence around the community, like in the hunger games. I would have a stuffed penguin, because they are my favorite animal, and I love them.
Bella G.
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I do not think that they had animals in their society. Jonas probably didn't know much about his bear because he has never seen one before because their society protects people by these animals. Since people in the society have never seen these animals before they figure they are imaginary and just be grateful that they have a stuffed creature. I would have a stuffed sloth because sloths are my favorite animal.
Jesenia L.
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They might have animals but there not yet introduced i the story. My comfort item is my purple blanket that my grandma gave me when I was born
Jacobo S
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I think they killed all the animals because the animals weren't much use, they might have been keeping farm animals that may be about it. If I was there my comfort object would have been a stuffed bird