The Purpose for Pets

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

Even though the purpose fir the lets was not explained, I believe there isn't much to know. Except that, usually, pets give human a sort of comfort and sense of security and they usually stay closer than a brother.

I think you are spot on! The comfort a pet can provide is important - especially if you are stuck in an orphanage and unable to get back to a home you once belonged

It was an interesting way for the pets to be helpful to the children, to give them something to care for and hopefully help them forget the home they can never return to.

[KendraRobinson]

it was not explained why they were given a pet (just to have a companion since the children there have been cast away from their families?). I think it was a way to tie in Damian and Dea - the wolf and falcon at the beginning of the book, but I mean Will choosing Wolfea really wasn't that significant to the plot. Wolfea's story was getting adopted by Will, but that not the point...

I agree! I think pets were just for companionship. And I think he chose wolfea because she reminded him of Dea

Pets were indeed used for companionship and to centre the children in the opharnage, but Will chose Wolfèa not only because of Dea but also because he recognized and liked her wild spirit.

I feel like I would have been terrified of her wild nature! She came running in there ready to bite someone's head off! No thank you! Lol

[KendraRobinson]

Maybe the echo is more in the sense that the personalities are amplified by the pets they chose? I'm thinking more along the lines of yelling into a cavernous space and your voice coming back to you repeatedly (still just speculating for discussion purposes).

So sort of like their personalities feed off each other and grow together? Like theyreflect one another and bounce backeven bigger?

No, more like pets ae originally wild and free while children grew up in structure and order which is somewhat domestic. The pets would learn this domestcated lifestyle while the children would find themselves not only with a companion but also find themselves mimicking some of their pets initial wildness.

But the original discussion by the original poster was that now it was realized that the pets “echo” the personality of the characters they are matched with. Not the other way around. I'm just seeing if I understand the OP correctly

[KendraRobinson]

Even though the purpose fir the lets was not explained, I believe there isn't much to know. Except that, usually, pets give human a sort of comfort and sense of security and they usually stay closer than a brother.

I think you are spot on! The comfort a pet can provide is important - especially if you are stuck in an orphanage and unable to get back to a home you once belonged

It was an interesting way for the pets to be helpful to the children, to give them something to care for and hopefully help them forget the home they can never return to.

I dont think home is something you can ever forget - unless of course you are taken away at a very young age

[KendraRobinson]

Even though the purpose fir the lets was not explained, I believe there isn't much to know. Except that, usually, pets give human a sort of comfort and sense of security and they usually stay closer than a brother.

This was the basic need for pets in the opharnage, but there is so much more that I don't think the author needed to mention their purpose in the story.

I really dont think there was much more to it than the "basic needs". Besides the albatross, the other pets did nothing to help the story along (except maybe just being cute or there)

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

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I agree! I think pets were just for companionship. And I think he chose wolfea because she reminded him of Dea

Pets were indeed used for companionship and to centre the children in the opharnage, but Will chose Wolfèa not only because of Dea but also because he recognized and liked her wild spirit.

I feel like I would have been terrified of her wild nature! She came running in there ready to bite someone's head off! No thank you! Lol

This is a discussion concerning the purpose of pets, and as so I think they were used for companionship, centrering and reasponsibility, and also as a unique hostage to prevent children from running away.

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

So sort of like their personalities feed off each other and grow together? Like theyreflect one another and bounce backeven bigger?

No, more like pets ae originally wild and free while children grew up in structure and order which is somewhat domestic. The pets would learn this domestcated lifestyle while the children would find themselves not only with a companion but also find themselves mimicking some of their pets initial wildness.

But the original discussion by the original poster was that now it was realized that the pets “echo” the personality of the characters they are matched with. Not the other way around. I'm just seeing if I understand the OP correctly

It works both ways, in order to domesticate a wild animal you would have to understand it and in a sense gain some of its wild nature.

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

I think you are spot on! The comfort a pet can provide is important - especially if you are stuck in an orphanage and unable to get back to a home you once belonged

It was an interesting way for the pets to be helpful to the children, to give them something to care for and hopefully help them forget the home they can never return to.

I dont think home is something you can ever forget - unless of course you are taken away at a very young age

Many children Will's age got pets and made a home in Echoland with them, thus ensuring they let go of their homes in the Sound Realm.

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

Even though the purpose fir the lets was not explained, I believe there isn't much to know. Except that, usually, pets give human a sort of comfort and sense of security and they usually stay closer than a brother.

This was the basic need for pets in the opharnage, but there is so much more that I don't think the author needed to mention their purpose in the story.

I really dont think there was much more to it than the "basic needs". Besides the albatross, the other pets did nothing to help the story along (except maybe just being cute or there)

Being cute or there never factors to an author when they're writing and Wolfèa and Puodini went a long way in helping the story along. Get your facts straight, please!

[Aditi Sapate]

I don't know about the choosing factor, but having pets can teach one a lot. And as the author made it very clear that he wants to educate the readers about a lot of things, I didn't find this very odd.

[juliusotieno02]

Well, although it is not brought out clearly, I think it was used to bring out Will's characters (character development) such as caring and loving.

[KendraRobinson]

This was the basic need for pets in the opharnage, but there is so much more that I don't think the author needed to mention their purpose in the story.

I really dont think there was much more to it than the "basic needs". Besides the albatross, the other pets did nothing to help the story along (except maybe just being cute or there)

Being cute or there never factors to an author when they're writing and Wolfèa and Puodini went a long way in helping the story along. Get your facts straight, please!

You keep saying that wolfea and poudini helped the story along, but you fail to mention HOW in any of your responses! Please, enlighten me on how they helped in the story beyond being cute companions

[Hester3]

I like that the pets were given, but I have to agree that saying it was a tradition did create the expectation that there will be something more behind the story. I don't think the pets should necessarily have been more heroic, but maybe more comforting and protective?

[Hester3]

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Pets were indeed used for companionship and to centre the children in the opharnage, but Will chose Wolfèa not only because of Dea but also because he recognized and liked her wild spirit.

I feel like I would have been terrified of her wild nature! She came running in there ready to bite someone's head off! No thank you! Lol

This is a discussion concerning the purpose of pets, and as so I think they were used for companionship, centrering and reasponsibility, and also as a unique hostage to prevent children from running away.

Children do get very attached to pets so to say that the pets will help prevent the children from running away makes a lot of sense.

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

I like that the pets were given, but I have to agree that saying it was a tradition did create the expectation that there will be something more behind the story. I don't think the pets should necessarily have been more heroic, but maybe more comforting and protective?

I don't understand this assessment because the pets had just met their potential owners and had yet to develop such a unique bond to be protective, but they were naturally comforting.