skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Questions and Comments
Use this space to ask about anything you don't understand, or to pose a question for discussion with the rest of the group. Feel free to comment on anything that has happened so far that we may not have covered in our other blogs.
40 comments:
Why do you think that the people in Jonas's society mostly all have dark eyes?
I don't really think that it would be significant but it sounds a little weird.
Emma M.
I have a question regarding being released. When you are released from the community are you just let go into the wilderness, or does something even worse happen? Jonas describes being released as the worst possible thing that could happen, but does he even know what it is, or is he drawing conclusions based on rumors he has heard? What do you guys think?
- Ashley S. =]
Cody S.
In the book they mention that everyone wears a tunic, aren't tunics usually worn in a dry or desert like place. They also say that cargo planes drop off supplies. Is Jonas' society seperate from the world or has some devastation occured that the world had to be re created so that nothing bad would happen again?
Joe G
I don't understand why Jonas's eyes are a light color and mostly everyone elses are a dark color. Why is Jonas not in with the lie and why is he the center of attention. How come there are so many rules in the society that really have no reason to be a rule.
~ Megan M.
I think it's stupid for the children to have their futures and names picked out for them. What if they don't like it? I don't fully understand why they have to have both of those things picked out for them. How do the parents get their newchild? Is it like a huge raffle? If you get a certain number do you get that child? I want to know what you think!!!
why aren't the parents allowed to have their own kids??
Beverly Carroll<3<333 =]
In response to Ashley S.
I think you would get kicked out into the plain wilderness, but perhaps you could join another community??? Or maybe being released means that you get sent to some mega tough jail like community. I don't think that Jonas actually knows what being released is, I just think that everyone told him it was bad, and he believed them.
Elena Q
♥~Bryce~♥
I would like to know why it takes so long to change the rules? It is such a small community that I would think it would be a quick and easy change. Also, have their ever been any other rules changed? What do you think?
Alex B.
Why do a lot of the people who live in his society have dark eyes?
-personally I dont think it matters that much, but that would be a big "coincidence".
Is there any situation where a family unit could have more than 1 girl, 1 guy child?
Can "randomn" people just be able to live here, or do you have to be accepted? (kind of like Twin Oaks)
Hannah C.
My question is that what is the society's attuide toward differences? I assume they think it's weird and they don't respect the people with the differences. The book doesn't really come out and say it and I don't really understand the answer to this question.
Aly k.
My question is why do most all people have dark eyes but Jonas' are light?
Another big question is why cant parents have their own children?
My comment is on Releasing. I think that Realeasing is sort of a publically-accepted execution. They mention in chapter four that the old and sometimes newchildren are Released. I think that they mean that the elderly's lives are over, and so that is their time to die. It seems a bit harsh, though, that the pilot from the first chapter would be released, simply for flying over the community. Perhaps it is similar to the occurances in Unwind (a book about children being dismembered to donate organs and tissues, or to rid the environment of problem adolescents). Reading about the Release in chapter four made me think about the book Unwind, because it's kind of like the public is accepting that this person's life is over and that it's their time to pass on. I have to wonder if it's right that a community should be all right with the murder of these people for sometimes (in the pilot's case) silly reasons.
That's my two cents on the matter.
Lydia J
Why does no one really know what happens when you get released? It's interesting because when you are old it's a happy experience however when you break the rules and are released it's a bad thing. Does this make the releasing process good or horrible?
- Ellie G.
To: Elena Q.
From: Ashley S. =]
I thought that being released was bad too, but after reading chapter 4, im not so sure anymore. Larissa tells Jonas that before Roberto went to the release room, he was smiling and happy. Is there maybe two types of release, one for old people, and one for bad people? It just doesn't make sense, old people like release, but other people are afraid of it. Do the old people really know what release is, but they're not telling? Hmmmmmm, I wonder....
Carly. R
I think that ashley brought up a good point on the whole relese thing. I also noticted that when you are released as an elder it is a celebration. many elders can't wait untill they are relesed. So what is the difference? I would like to know if there are two types of relese, One for the people that broke rules and another for the elders. Or if they are the same. Which makes me come back to ashleys question, what is relese? I think that question will be answered in the chapters to come.
To: Hannah C.
From: Sydney J.
I had the same question, and almost the same response. I think the book should come out a bit more and talk more about the different types of differences (wow that sounds weird) but maybe they will talk more about it later. I think the community does except some differences, like the lighter eyes, but maybe bigger or more noticable differences aren't tolerated.
To Joe G.
From Cody S.
I think they did this one because it makes a good story and two to show how he does everything everyone else does and still some how is prominent and it seems better than others.
In response to Megan M.
For the parents to get their newchild they have to apply for it. Then someone has to approve their application, but after that I think that it is more of a first come, first serve basis. (Each family can only have two children; one boy and one girl)
I also think that the parents should get to pick out the children's names. It is all part of the, having a child, experience.
Emma M
~Sydney J.~
I think the book should explain releasing more, because right now, it's all confusing and we know nothing about it. Maybe laater in the book they will tell us more. The thing I can't figure out is if releasing is a good or bad thing. Jonas says it's the worst thing and it can't be used in joking around. But they have a celebration if an elder gets released. I wonder if the do releasing in two different ways, one is bad, for the rule breakers, and one is good, for the elders. I have no idea.
To: Lydia
From: Joe G
You have some great comments, cause releasing is something that is publically-acceptable cause it is an amazing thing in there society, and because you only get released if you are really old or are really young that you can't say mommy, or something like that.
I also thought that you had a great connection with the book Unwind you stated.
TO:Megan
From:Caitlen
I think it is stupid to have the childrens future picked out for them. What if they don't like living in the society and having their future chosen for them.
To Megan M.
From Aly K.
I agree that it is stupid that their futures a practically picked out for them, but in chapter 6 it talks about how someone can put in an appeal if they do not like their job. Lily was talking about how if Jonas was a pilot he could take her flying but Jonas said he would put in an appeal.
To: Emma M.
From: Hannah C.
Most people in the society might have dark eyes because of their genes and dark eyes are dominent. Also the birthmothers that get picked might have to have dark eyes so that the kids will get the gene. The father might have to have dark eyes too, to meet the requirement to be the father.
To: Ellie G.
From: Alex B. love yaaa
I also think its kind of strange that being released is interpreted in two different ways. What I think though is that they have different types of releasing. I predict that people who HAVE to be released get sort of a tortured releasement. This meaning that they get released in a bad maybe painful way. Though people who have led a good life and arent being forced to be released, go in a better way. What do you think? do you agree, why or why not?
Tori B.
I have a question on something that the others seem to have forgotten. Why do the children in the community not know what an animal is? Don't they learn about them in school? I find this odd because even my sister, who is 3, knows what an elephant is. Maybe this will be talked about later on in the book.
To:whomever wants to respond
From: Alex B.
A lot of people are discussing the confusing issue of being released. I am coming to the conclusion that most likely being released, means that you get killed/die. What I also thought was that there are 2 different types of releasement. This is for the people who HAVE to be released and people who have the choice of being released. What do you guys think?
In response to Lydia J
Elena Q
I agree with you, however, I don't believe that everyone knows about it, if that's the way it is.
To Emma M.
From Virginia D.
I think that the reason most people have dark eyes is because they want everyone to fit in. Weither they have all dark or light eyes i think is just a random desicion made by the city.
~Bryce~
I just read chapter 5 and I was wondering... Do people get their spouses chosen for them????????? If so, that would be really sad. The reason I think their spouse gets picked for them is because when the father was talking about the night watch and how the unskilled people only get those jobs, it was said that they are not GIVEN spouses. That is a really sad and horrible rule! What if the parents fight? I wonder if there are divorses.
Mrs Meyers
From: Hannah c.
I still don't really understand the difference between a loss and a release. Can you please explained it a little more maybe in class. Thanks
To Hannah C.
From Mrs. Meyers
We don't really know what Release is yet (I don't want to give anything away), but I wanted you to take a look at the different attitudes the society has toward both of them, and the different feelings that seem to go with each. Read through what your classmates wrote for Chapter 6, and then we can talk if you still have some questions.
To: Alex B
From: Ellie G.
That's an interesting thought Alex, I always that releasing was the same thing for each type but that does seem like an option. The people in the community seemed so "against violence" so I don't know if they would ever torture someone like that when the release them for stupid rules like they have in the community. Do you think the people of Jonas' community would ever do such a thing?
To: Tori B.
From: Ashley S. =]
I also think that it's weird how children don't know about animals. Maybe they don't have any in or near the community, becuase they have gone extinct. Or maybe the community feels animals are a threat and have decicded not to teach people about them, in hopes that everyone eventually forgets about them. I'm sure there is some reason, however strange it my be, as to why the children don't know anything about animals. I guess we'll have to read on and find out.
To: Emma M.
From: Carly R.
I think that most of the people in Jonas's community have dark eyes because they want everyone to be the same. Based on this I think that only the special people in the community have the lighter eyes. I think if you have lighter eyes you can see more than others. (I got this from the back of the book)
To everyone
From Cody S.
They use release as a punishment for crime and as a reward for life. In the book they briefly mention that someone applied for release and the next day they vanished. Now their name can never be spoken or used again. What does this mean, that release is also looked down upon?
To: Everyone
From: Joe G
They use release as a penalty for people who commit crime. It is also a reward because the way they describe it in the book is that it is a beautiful thing for old and very young people. Even though Jonas doesn't believe in it people around him think it's acceptable. I personally don't like it but others might like it.
To: Lydia
From: Ashley S. =]
I have also read the book Unwind, and until reading your comment, never thought about how these two things could be alike. If it is true that the released people are killed, then I don't think that it's right that the community accepts that. I think that you should only be killed if you commit a large crime (like the death penalty), otherwise, being released should mean exactly what you think it should, leaving the community. People should be given a chance to at least correct their mistakes before they recieve a punishment that harsh. Do you agree?
To: Megan
From: Beverly
Supposedly, every one has their things like jobs and children picked out for them based on observations and what happens when they are children, like their jobs are based on where they volunteer when they are elevens
To: Emma M.
From: Gillette
I think that people there have dark eyes there because it's genetic. Most people have dark eyes, so most of the childten would have dark eyes....or it could be for any other reason....
To: Everyone who replied my comment
From: Lydia J
Joe: The thing is, I'm not sure it is an amazing thing in their society; at least, it shouldn't be. If I'm right, then Release, death, shouldn't be something they loook forward to. Isn't it the subconscious wish of mankind to live as long as they wish, perhaps all eternity?
Elena: I agree, that not many people know of what happens during a Release. I think that they should know, so that they can make an educated choice, not a blind leap into whatever is waiting for them at the end of the decision.
Ashley: Wasn't Unwind good, but also disturbing? I find the Unwinding a lot like Release. I agree with you that people should only be Released if they have murdered. I also agree that for less serious crimes, they should have the opprotunity to make up for their mistakes. I have to add that in our society, a Release can be identified as assisted suicide. Is that really humane? Is it really OK for our consciences?
Post a Comment