Why Some People Attracted To Jonas's World

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Some people are very attracted to Jonas’s world because Jonas’s world is very put together and simple and there jobs are picked for them and so are there life mate so they don't really have to do anything. People are attracted to jonas’s world because there is not very much for them to do and it is not as complicated as the real world.There is not as many responsibility because there life is basically just picked for them. Let's not let jonas’s perfect world fool you because there are a lot of challenges in his world as well.For example some people have to get released.Which means they have to get a needle injected in their body some where which makes them no longer able to live .They also have to take medicine so they can’t remember

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