The Lost Thing

The Lost Thing shows perfectly how if you are lost or if you think you are lost, and you do not fit in anywhere that is completely incorrect. This story shows that everyone has a place where they belong you just have to find it. I love how the boy creates a nice friendship with the thing and cares for it till they find the right place for it. The thing that caught my attention from the start is how he stayed and played with the thing waiting for someone to claim it towards the end of the day. However, when no one came to take the thing home he did. He did not care whether it had a disease or if it was filthy. All he really cared about was whether or not the thing had someone to take care of it. This story is about a connection between humans and things. It honestly shows how attached we can get to things. For example, someone can be walking down the street and they might stumble upon a dog or cat that does not have a home. They would take whatever it is home and take care of it till they found the right place for it just like the boy did. 

This story was told in this way to really grab the readers attention and to show how much people care about random things. Honestly, we do not really know what the thing it. I feel like it is a mixture of a robot and an octopus or squid. Also, the way that the thing was drawn makes it cute and makes you feel like you would take it home if you came across it one day. The illustrations throughout this story are incredible. There is very little reading to this story, but it tells the whole story perfectly. It comes off clearer with not a lot of details within the writing of the story. Watching the short video of the story as well pulls you in and makes you feel sorry for the thing. You can also feel the emotions that are happening during the story. When the boy takes the thing to the gray building with no windows to leave him there and he hears how he should not leave the thing there and he went looking everywhere to find the right place for the thing.