Literature circles #4 Freedom

The quotes relate to the themes of freedom because Jonas says he feels guilty about giving Gabe memories, but he is doing it all the same he is not obeying the rules but he is free and he does not have to obey the rules, this basically says that he has found freedom because he does things because they are nice, not because he is obeying the rules (which he is NOT!). He also says "there could be love." This relates to the themes of freedom because he is actually talking about something that is forbidden but he is making his own decisions and saying what he means. The last part of the quote says that Jonas decided to stop taking the pill. This is really freedom from the restraint from feelings. Those pills numb your feelings and by not taking them Jonas is freeing himself from the restraint of his feelings.

I also think that these quotes relate to the themes of freedom because they are all something Jonas is doing by choice, and not because he is being told to by someone or something. I think that Jonas is a little weird for wanting those dreams back because after reading about the first one I cannot believe Jonas wants more of those disgusting dreams, but since it is his own free will, I won't say anything else. I also think that talking to Gabe in the middle of the night shows that Jonas can do what he wants and he is free.

Malaysia Week (KKB)

Yeah!!! KKB!! My name is Johanna and I am 11 years old. I am from a whole bunch of places, Canada England Germany and Iraq. I have never been on any Malaysia weeks because I am in 6th grade, but my teacher in 5th grade told me a lot of great stories about malaysia week and how fun it would be. I am most excited about absailing down a waterfall. I think it will be a lot of fun because you will get your feet wet and then I am guessing that when you get to the bottom you will get soaked!!! One thing I am afraid of is leeches because they suck your blood and then they inject something so that the blood doesn't scab, it just bleeds, ugh!

To be environmentally friendly on malaysia week so that future generations can enjoy it too we will only use biodegradable things to wash anything and we will not use paper plates and if we do one time we will dispose of it in a good way. We could also add an activity which is planting more trees in the rainforest or we could brainstorm some other ideas for extra activities that will help the rainforest survive.

I think that we should do a skit after malaysia week. Our skit should be about the activities we do and what our favorite parts were and why. For an example we show if people were scared and how they overcame their fears on malaysia week. For instance, so and so was too scared to absail down the water fall, but they did it and actually had a lot of fun. We would react that and then show how much fun people really had. I think that every person should choose one thing that challenged them and then we will all re act it.

The giver

I chose the second choice for this blogpost. What do you think about thge practices and rituals in the community". I think that taking pills just because you have weird dreams is dumb. What is the point of taking pills because you felt something in a dream and you liked it. I also think that being released is not useful unless you apply for it. I think this because if you are sent out from the community as a baby because you are to weak to be useful how can you survive? If you are released because of a crime why dont they just put you in prison??? And if you are not strong enough for one particular job then you should be able to change your job not be banished ! I also don't think that kids should be given jobs and hard work to do at the age of 12!!! They should get jobs when they are older like 15 or something. I also think they should be able to choose their jobs so that they would be happy. Then again if the community did not release there would be chaos, so my idea for a soloution is that they make training centers for the weak and extra care centers to make babies grow strong and also prisons for the people who disobey the rules. Is that not a better way to resolve the situation than releasing people?