Comparing 'Examination Day And Unwind'

Unwind presents a controversial topic in their dystopian society-storking. In the simplest terms storking allows the mother of a child to leave it on a porch in hopes of that family providing it with a better life. While, Safe Haven Laws have the same aspect yet the child is left at a safe institute, such as a police station.

In The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau, the society uses a test to classify the strong smart people and to separate the weak. The main character is chosen for the testing, but the testing is much different then expected. It is more dangerous and she ends up in the middle of a fallen city. During this test she has many quarrels, and issues with trust and fear.

Adolf Hitler once said, “The best way to take control over a people and control them utterly is to take a little of their freedom at a time…until past the point at which these changes cannot be reversed.” The motif of governmental control manipulates the individuals in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Society within Brave New World is conditioned to follow specific guidelines and to possess the same beliefs. The bureaucracy dominates the population of the New World socially, mentally, and physically. The motif of executive authority and domination assists in establishing characters, mood and atmosphere, and the additional theme of using technology to manipulate characters.

As Thomas Jefferson once said, “Most bad government has grown out of too much government.” This meaning that with too much government control bad things will follow. With this being said, there are several books in the world that have plots with too much government control. For instance, 1984 and Anthem both contain a plot that focuses on countless examples of government control.

As soon as you begin to read the book you are introduced to the first form of control, conditioning. As an infant, the citizens in Brave New World are conditioned. The government controls what the children will like and what they dislike. They go through different conditioning methods to have their learnings

Unwind is a book filled with three main characters who are escaping their “fate” of being unwound. Unwinding is a process in which every part of a child between the ages thirteen to eighteen is removed and donated to others in need of a healthy limb or organ. Connor is one of the main characters, he found out that he was going to be unwound because he found a bill his parent’s paid to go to the Bahamas, without him. He decides to rebel against his destiny and runs away from home, encountering some other characters and conflicts along the way.

Science fiction is a way for an author to express their concerns in the world while using fiction to bring up controversial ideas. In Unwind , Neal Shusterman is able to incorporate science fiction in a way to not only get his points across but to also make the reader think, and adjust the message to relate to one's own life. Unwind takes place in the future where it is an option for parents to choose to have their child unwound, meaning they would be taken from their family and taken apart. Their body parts would then be given to someone who is sick or injured. The reader is introduced to the main characters: three teenagers who have relatable backgrounds to teenage readers in order to help one connect and feel a part of the story. As readers start learning about these characters, Lev, Connor and Risa, new issues develop which create life or death situations that these adolescence have to deal with alone. While this story is science fictional the plot of these kids struggling to find who they are and what their purpose is, while their parents have given up on them, is something most readers can relate to in one way or another, whether it’s being unsure about the future, having family problems, or being told something can’t be done. In Unwind, the author, Neal Shusterman,

The dystopian novel Unwholly, the second book in the Unwind series by Neal Shusterman, is a twisted story of a futuristic world where life is not valued in the same way as it is today. When government advertises and pays citizens to make bad choices, it makes the society corrupt and inhumane. One corrupt thing about this society is that parents can choose to ‘Unwind’ their children. Unwinding is when parents can turn their kids over to the government and the government takes the children apart and uses their body parts for different purposes. A possible theme for Unwholly is that by following a corrupt society, people begin to develop selfish behavior.

Unwinding is not mandatory but an option. An option that parents can take and never return from. As soon as the order gets signed , the teenager is sent to a harvest camp where he/she is unwound. Parents must feel some type of pain. Maternal love is strong, especially since that person was once a part of them. Although children are the worst behaved their parents still love them deep inside.Regret of the parent could end with depression and guilt. One character in the book that was full of regret was the Admiral. An urban legend about a so called “Humphrey Dunfee” is first mentioned in Chapter 7. The legend says that humphrey dunfee’s parents regret unwinding their son, so they try to put him back together again. This legend was actually

Very rarely do two unconnected works of fiction have a similar message. The messages of two very different works, Unwind and A Modest Proposal, have the same grotesque meaning. A Modest Proposal is a description of a plan that would fix the population and poverty problem by means of selective cannibalism of children. Unwind is a story about a future dystopia where selected teenagers are unwound for their body parts to control population and make the most out of the unwound teens. The message transpires time in the two utterly different stories while maintaining the same meaning.

Someone once said; “When we acknowledge the value in every human life and witness such, we thrive and succeed and protect one another”. The value in life is a prospect that should not be suppressed, even in times of hardship. Conveying this message through literary elements can be tough at times, consequently leaving the message unclear. Neal Shusterman’s “Unwind” demonstrates the opposite and conveys the theme thoroughly, leaving no room for uncertainty. His characters, one of the most important elements of an amazing story, all adapt realistically to a situation where the safety of their life comes first. Additionally, the conflict in “Unwind” is a central point of interest and engages the reader in the motives behind the battle faced by the characters. Finally, the narrative perspective further expresses a sense of meaningfulness when dealing with the topic of life significance. Evidently, Shusterman emphasizes the worth in human life through his character development, the conflicts and the theme.

Unwind begins as three characters, Connor, Risa, and Lev, who should be unwound for some reason, manage to escape and fleeing from the authorities. Their plan goes well until Lev, a depressed guy who actually wanted to be unwound would contact the police to turn them in.

Critical Analysis “In a perfect world everything would be either black or white, right or wrong, and everyone would know the difference. But this isn’t a perfect world. The problem is people who think it it (Shusterman 75).” Many problems are faced throughout the novel Unwind that deal with individuals doing what nowadays would be considered wrong and cruel.

In light of current events, society is more concerned than ever about just how much power the government has over people. Individuals are concerned that those in charge might implement policies that could deteriorate certain groups’ quality of living. To some, this may be foolish, but as is shown in some novels, this could happen, and when it does, it is hard to combat. In both George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World authors depict societies under strict government control. These instances display to readers the issues that arise when governments lead through excessive limitation and by demanding conformity.

Likewise, both stories have their similarities, but they also have their differences in the way they survived the Holocaust.