Unwind Character Analysis

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

Connor believes everyone should have a right to their own life and he is helping the other teens have a say in what they want in life. Overall, the author teaches us that we should be able to have a right to our own lives and that sometimes this may not happen but we have to fight for what we think is right. Connor becomes a leader once he takes over from The Admiral at the graveyard. Connor speaks up about the problem of unwinding, “We deserve a world where both those things are possible and it’s our job to help make that world.” Connor wants the teens who have been ordered to be unwound to feel wanted and safe in the world but the unwinding process has stopped them from feeling this.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

However, from the age of thirteen to eighteen, a parent can “abort” their child on one circumstance that their life does not “technically” end. The process by which a child is both aborted yet still technically alive is called unwinding. The main characters are three teenagers who are unwinds, Connor, Risa, and Lev. Connor Lassiter is

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.

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

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