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Giver Journal #3: Chapter 5-6

__**Things Missing from Jonah's World **__  -Television/internet- We have not yet heard anything about television or internet, so we dont know how the people from this community get information or news.

- Animals- We have not heard about any animals so far in this story, only about comfort objects which are named thing like hippo, or bear.

-Cars- We haven't heard about cars yet, instead when they were going to the ceremonies they all got on their bikes.

__**//A-#1-Pick one or two items from your list you made in the reading strategy. Why did Lois Lowry leave them out? What is she saying about the society by leaving out that item? //**__ Television/internet: I think Lois Lowry left these things out to make the society seem even more different. If the society was to much like our it would be very boring, so we wouldnt want to read the book. We also dont know if the story is supposed to take place in the past, present, or future, so maybe during the time period it takes place there isnt any of these thing invented or know about.
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Cars- In the story there hasn't been any talk about cars or any other vehicles. I think these things were left out by the author for the same reason I said for the internet and television situation. Maybe in the society it's a rule that you are not aloud to have cars. The community might know about them from other communities, but in theirs they are only allowed riding bicycles. That would be very difficult if both your children were not nines yet and you had to carry them around with you. It would also be very difficult and tireing to go long distances.

Animals- In the story they talk about comfort objects. They say they are made up creatures, such as a bear, hipp, or elephant, but in our society they are regular animals. I think the author left these out so the city would seem way more different then ours. She doesnt mention there are no animals probably to keep us guessing about the situation. I think thats really cool that she did that so I can try to think of a solution for it myself. Maybe they dont have animal because they all got realeased because they were causing chaos in the community.

__**Connection: **__ I can connect to how they have to ride bikes everywhere because I have a bike that I like to ride a lot. It would be fun to ride a bike everywhere, and also better for the environment. It would also save gas money, which you could use for other things.