Sean's+BEST+EVAR+JOURNAL+3

__** A: WHAT JOB WOULD I GET? **__

Jonas can't stop thinking about what career the elders will choose for him. In this world, the elders choose all the occupations that people get.

I have no idea what I want to be when I grow up, I'm not saying that I don't still want to choose, but that I'm just not sure yet. In //The Giver// the people in the community don't get to choose their own occupation. If I was in a community like that and MY PARENTS had to choose, I'm guessing they would choose a job that relates to animals. Whether that be a rehabilitation center for animals, or even the SPCA, thats probobly what they would choose. They would probobly choose this because of my love for animals. It's true, I love them. I dont have any special talents towards that, and this may sound REALLY cheesy, but I have an open heart towards them. I have tried to voulenteer at the SPCA before, to walk and care for the dogs, but I never actually got the chance to do it. This would be a proffesion that me and my parents would be proud of.

This quote makes me think alot: It says here that the new Caleb was a replacement child, for the first Caleb. It seems that in this community, there is only one person of a certain name at one time. Also, while reading the chapter, I realized that they don't mention any last names, so I thought to myself, "If everybody has different first names, there's no point of last names." Chapters 5 and 6 really made me ask alot of questions and observations, now i REALLY want to read more.
 * __B: MY OBSERVATION __**
 * "took a newchild named Caleb. This new Caleb was a replacement child. The couple had lost their first Caleb, a cheerful little Four. Loss of a child was very, very rare. **