English, 12.12.2020 22:50, travyse

EXCERPT 1 "But the aircraft a year ago had been different. It was not a squat, fat-bellied cargo plane but a
needle nosed single pilot jet. Jonas, looking around anxiously, had seen others.- adults as well
as children -- stop what they were doing and wait confused, for an explanation of the
frightening event
Then all of the citizens had been ordered to go into the nearest building and stay there.
Instantly, obediently, Jonas had dropped his bike on its side on the path behind his family's
dwelling,
The Giver by Lois Lowry
EXCERPT 2
"Why do you think the visitors didn't obey the rules?" Mother asked.
Lily considered, and shook her head. "I don't know. They acted like...like...
"Animals?" Jonas suggested. He laughed. "That's right." Lily said, laughing too. "Like animals.
Neither child knew what the word meant exactly, but it was often used to describe someone
uneducated or clumsy, someone who didn't fit in."
The Giver by Lois Lowry
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