Unwind Character Analysis

In the novel Unwind, by Neal Shusterman, many kids are subject to a government controlled practice called “unwinding”. When your child turns 13, there is a time gap, until you turn 18, in which you can choose your child to be sent to the government to be well, murdered. If that doesn’t seem crazy enough, it gets worse. The kids whom are unwound, have to get their body parts sent to a hospital to be used for surgeries. When a few more kids are signed up to be unwound, chaos erupts. One of the kids, Risa Ward, chooses to run away from all her problems and escape. Doing this, it proves that Risa is snappy, motherly, and smart.

The structure in Unwind by Neal Shusterman is different than any other I have seen before. This books starts out with giving a little bit of background focusing on the three main characters until they all meet up. Connor is first introduced as a crazy sixteen year-old boy who discovered that he was to be Unwound. He runs away and hides in a cargo truck until he was found by his dad and the police. He ultimately has to make quick decisions to run across the interstate and pull another Unwind out of a car. Secondly, Risa is shown playing the piano in her State Home. The person in charge or whatever finds her inadequate and has her sent to be Unwound. While on a bus to her new Harvest Camp, a commotion occurs in the street causing the bus to flip

The book Beyond The Pale is about Two ordinary people (Travis Wilder and Grace Beckett) who get transported to this new and magic filled world that resembles earths medieval times. With there new found powers they hope to save this new world from its impending doom. (The pale king and his iron heart followers). I choose to write about Grace for my character analysis because I admire her intelligence, her cleverness, and her independent nature. Grace is intelligent because she always had a plan.

This describes the impulsive attitude Connor has in times of difficulty, but also shows the beginning of his development to intelligence. He evidently understands life is what is most important, unlike getting involved in a fight. Subsequently, after Roland almost rapes Risa, Connor finally expresses his fully advanced character. To Risa, he explains why defending her is a terrible move to make because he realizes that Roland “‘wanted [Connor] to catch him’” and “‘make [Connor] crazy’”, consequently proving his intellect when he “‘didn’t take the bait’” (Shusterman, 152). In this moment, it is clear to see how Connor is maturing from impulsive and bold, to calculating and clever. Evidently, even in the various circumstances he faces, Connor’s motive towards his development from impulse to rationality remains the same; to protect his and other Unwind’s lives, who are being unfairly taken by the government. Thus, it is clear to see that Shusterman’s character development further enhances the novel’s theme in the value of surviving. Although this adaptation takes place, the development that Connor experiences, or that any of the other characters experience, all stem from their conflicts.

While Connor and Risa are talking, they do not realize that Lev has left. Lev took this as the perfect time to escape and he went straight to the office. He told the principal that he is a hostage and that there are two unwinds and a baby in the school. After turning Connor and Risa in, Lev sits and thinks then he realizes that unwinding is bad and that Connor and Risa were trying to help him. Lev pulls the fire alarm trying to help Connor and Risa

Connor knows he has stopped being chased when the shots have stopped being fired but unfortunately Connor knows that he will not be safe for much longer. Connor knows for now that he has gotten far enough away since the cops are distracted by the crashes Connor caused on the way. The author teaches us that sometimes, even though we care about a lot of people, we have to put ourselves first and cause other messes in able for us to survive. Connor also shows his significance as a character when he is running through the forest, with Lev, away from the Juvey Cops. After having rescued Lev from being unwound Connor runs through the forest with Lev trying to get ahead and away from the Juvey Cops.

Connor is an independent, impulsive sixteen year old. His tendency to act without thinking gives him a rugged charm but also gets him into a lot of trouble. His parents have decided to have him unwound. Connor chooses to flee and even manages to shoot a cop with his own tranquilizer pistol, which earns him a measure of anonymous fame as the Akron AWOL.

In the book, Shusterman evaluated the future generation from the point of view of 3 young children who have been trying to survive on their own due to their parents giving up on them. All 3 kids define how it is in the world and how it feels to know that your parents signed a confirmation paper to unwind them. The whole point of unwinding was to all the process of abortion to happen. This is a dependable source because the author tries to argue about how why aborting a child is terrible. My topic is about abortions and bad parenting of how anyone could give up their child and that bonds together into Shangu Mandanna’s The lost girl. I tend to use this source to associate how the Eva in The Lost Girl and how Connor, Risa and Lev (Main characters of Unwind) survived on their own. My studies will discuss the pros and cons these 4 went through. The book Unwind is also useful, because it showed me the type of

Famous American author and political activist Helen Keller once said, “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” In the biography Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, Louis lives these words by showing his courage when he was stranded at sea and harshly treated in a POW camp. Along with two other men, he survived a dangerous WWII plane crash and managed to survive on a small life raft for many weeks. Throughout his ordeal, Louis managed to keep his head and stay strong.

In Unwind the reader notices how ignoring what’s happening around you, or accepting the things that have become typical in the world isn’t always the right thing to do. Connor, Risa and Lev all have certain skills that set them apart from the others, allowing the reader to connect to different characters on different levels. Each character in the story served a specific purpose in showing the importance of teamwork, observance, protecting oneself, and being kind to others, to show the reader how one's life is all dependent on the small decisions we

One of the biggest motivational parts of any child's life is their family. Family should be the first place a person should rely for help. They are usually easy to come by and more than willing to help, but family can ruin a childhood. There are many reasons why animals and people all rely on family. In the book, Speak, Melinda is a struggling teenager that has a rather difficult life at home. Throughout the book she faces some difficulties with her parents that majorly affect her. She was a victim of rape the summer before her freshman year. She never told anyone. Her family was looking at her differently because this changed how she had carried herself, how she looked, and how she communicated with her parents.

Has there ever been a situation where you did not have the ability to come to terms with reality and gave in to the pressure. Well, the ability not being able to cope with a situation is something that can greatly vary from person to person. Some people have had the discipline in life to withstand great amounts of emotional, physical, and/or mental pressure. Where others can crack with the slightest amount of pressure placed on them. What truly decides a person’s ability to cope and deal with a situation comes from their upbringing and who they are as a person.

The main characters, Connor and Risa, are shuffled from place to place until eventually they reach freedom from the inevitable fate that is unwinding. “For three weeks she, Connor, and a mixed bag of Unwinds have been shuttled from one safe house to another. It’s maddening, for there seems to be no end in sight to this relentless underground railroad of refugees.” (Shusterman 141). This statement discusses the alikeness between what the kids are experiencing and an underground railroad. The children experience the same things a slave in the 1800’s would experience when being shuffled from house to house to keep safe and escape the malevolent people wanting to enslave (and in the case of Unwind, harvest the organs of) innocent, undeserving people without a twinge of remorse. From a philosophical standpoint, the people capturing Unwinds and Slaves only considered themselves and what would benefit them the most, they treated the refugees (Unwinds and Slaves) as a means to an end rather than an end in themselves, they failed to recognize the intrinsic value of the ones they were capturing and just wanted them for their instrumental value, making these actions morally and ethically

There is really not good or bad for Connor and Roland they both just want to survive. Roland is just worried about him and himself only, while Connor is worried about Risa, Lev, and so many others. While it would be said that Connor is the good guy and Roland is the bad guy, I would say that they

After being diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob, the protagonist Cameron Smith begins to become jealous of those around him, who get to continue living and experiencing moments that he will never get to. While in the hospital, his sister’s boyfriend Chet comes to apologize. While apologizing, Cameron thinks to himself, “I should let him off the hook, tell him not to sweat it, but I can’t help it. I really hate that Chet King gets to keep living and I don’t” (Smith 88-89). Cameron becomes bitter and jealous of Chet, and his beliefs. He feels that it is unfair that a