Unwind Reaction

Reaction to Unwind What if your parents could kill you? This is the, at times ridiculous, premise of Unwind by Neal Shusterman. The book is set in a future world where a war was fought over abortion rights and the compromise they reached was instead of abortion, parents could get rid of their children as teens. They do this by having them unwound, which is harvesting every part of their body for donation. This concept is the main focus of Unwind. The story follows three characters, Connor, Risa, and Lev, who are on the run from being Unwound. The book had good characters and relationships, but lacked in plot believability and tried too hard to bring up its point about unwinding; I saw many connections between this and modern life, so I would
This is a good thing, because connecting to the literature makes a reading far more thought provoking and enjoyable. The first connection I made was when Connor and Risa realize the power politics that Roland is using to take control of the other unwinds in the Hangar and Graveyard. I relate to this because I see the same kinds of things happening around the school. With kids doing anything they can, using many of the same tactics are Roland, to get to “the top”. Another connection I saw with this novel is the connection between Abortion and Unwinding. Unwinding is supposed to be the solution to the Abortion debate, with the Heartland War fought to reach unwinding as a compromise. While I don’t see Unwinding as a sound solution, it did get me to think about my opinions on abortion. Lastly, I connected this book to another book I am reading; Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. This book’s both tell versions of the future where things have changed, and the reader is left to examine where our world is heading, and how we feel about it. In Unwind it makes you question where abortion is heading, and Brave New World makes you ponder the direction of all progress. Unwind had many connections to the real world and other