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Advantages And Disadvantages Of Unwind

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Recommended: Critical analysis of dystopian literature

Novel choice: Unwind
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1. What catastrophe or apocalypse has caused changes to life, culture, and community in this dystopia?
The Heartland War is the catastrophe that changed life, culture and community in Unwind. The Heartland War was a bloody second civil war in America that was fought over the issue of abortion and caused a split in the nation between pro-choice and pro-life people. Both sides reached an agreement when a law was passed that allowed parents to send their children to be unwound-the process of harvesting a person's entire body so that they were still technically alive satisfying both sides in the war.

2. What details about the setting and the characters prove that this is a fantasy set in …show more content…

What are some advances in science, medicine, or technology that are part of the setting? What are the benefits and the disadvantages of these technological advances? The main advancement of science, medicine, and technology is the process of being unwound. A benefit of this process is the fact that someone could get say a heart transplant or a lung transplant whenever they needed it. A disadvantage is that some kids are being unnecessarily unwound.

4. Why are some people dissatisfied in this dystopia? Do they seek ways to change or alter the system or the government? If so, how do they take action to affect or change the system?
People are dissatisfied with the dystopia in Unwind because children are literally getting murdered. Most of the people that are dissatisfied with this dystopia are the kids that are scheduled to be unwound and a few adults who don’t agree with sending children to their death. Some adults form political groups to oppose the laws of unwinding, but some adults like the Admiral and Sonia will go as far as actively helping runaways.

5. What is the mission of the protagonist? How successful is he or she?
Connor is the main protagonist and his mission is to dodge his horrible fate of being unwound. He is successful in the end as he doesn’t get …show more content…

Connor is affected by this death not because his is sympathetic towards Roland, but he receives Roland’s arm after his is crushed.

8. What allusions are used by the author such as quotations from famous books, poems or people or references to other stories, myths or legends? What other books or stories does this novel remind you? Explain any connections. An allusion used by the author is Humphrey Dunfee, a story told among the runaways about a kid who was unwound, but his parents decided that they want him back and take his parts back from the people who received them. This story is similar to the story about Humpty Dumpty, in both stories someone gets “broken” and is now trying to get put back together. This book didn’t remind me of any other books or novels.

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