Blog 15

The world is the best part. Their own words that have different meanings from what they do in our world.  I like how they call children by their age so if they are eight years old they are referred to as eights if they are in a group and an eight alone. I also like the whole concept of release. In reality it is murder but no one understands what killing is so they unknowingly kill people and the community is none the wiser.

In Lockdown, the best part was seeing the main character, Reese, grow as a character. Reese is a smart person but has just made stupid choices. In the beginning of the book, he was just staying out of trouble but didn't have a strong relationship with anyone in progress. Towards the end he had became friends with an old man at a hospital he worked at and with officers at progress. He doesn't know it but that is a big advantage. I can also relate to him.

I think the part where Jonas was angry because he saw what release meant was annoying and out of character for Jonas. He was kind of mocking the giver's assistant in a way I perceived as annoying and childish for such a mature and intelligent character. 

The only thing that annoys me about lockdown is this one character named toon. He is so irritating. He is weak and always getting beat up but Reese tries to save him. I don't like how him and Reese are friends. He even tried to kill himself once because he was depressed and personally I can't stand depressed people. They ruin good moods and are not fun to be around. He really just gets on my nerves because he can't even thank Reese or help him when he gets in trouble. And he gets out of progress before Reese's closer friend, Play, so he hangs out with Reese after they got out. Plus he tries to hard to be Reese's friend. I dislike toon.