The book I am reading is Unwind by Neal Shusterman. I read pages 1-50 for my first part. In the book there are three main characters Connor, Risa and Lev. All of the characters are signed up to be unwound in the near future. Being Unwound is when your parents or guardian don't think that you are good enough to live a full life so they send you to a harvest camp where you are killed and every part of your body is donated. Unwinding is supposed to be be a way for parents to kill there kids and have a way to justify the terrible thing they have done. Connor is a sixteen year old boy that gets bad grades and get in trouble a lot his parent feel that he is no good for society that is why they have decided he is to be unwound. Risa is a good student and musician that lives in an Ohio State home. They have run out of room that is needed for the better students, they have decided that Risa has reached her full potential and is one of the girls that must be unwound to make room. Lev is a thirteen year old boy that has lived his whole life knowing that he was to be unwound. from birth his parents determined that he was a tithe. A tithe is a person "knowing all there life they will be a sacrifice"(Unwind, 44). All of these kids end up in the woods running away from the cops because of a traffic build up on the way to the harvest camp. They all bond together with the common goal to stay alive and not get caught. by working together they are able to do thing that they wouldn't be able to do alone. The theme of the first part of the book is that there is more to life than being perfect. I think that this is the theme because these kids are not perfect but yet they are trying there hardest to stay alive and live another day. I think that there decision to run away and try to live a full life was the right thing to do. A person should have the right to decide whether or not they want to live. the writer has a different style of writing this book, every chapter it changes the view point on what is happening. So in one chapter you be seeing it through Connors eyes and in the next it will be through the personality of Risa. I like this because you are able to see what every character is thinking and you are able to relate to each character differently. This has been a great book so far and I am very interested to see what will happen next.
Mac Blankenship (Blankenater)
I really like your blog post. It describes the authors strange writing style which I think can change a book very much. Also I am glad that you gave a theme which helps someone who hasnt real this book understand it better i.e. me. This book sounds very interesting and thought provoking. I look forward to see how this book unfolds.
ReplyDeleteGood job Mac. I like the theme being thrown in because it further shows how the characters became part of the group in their own specific way. Hopefully you will like the book even more when you keep reading. What do you think about Lev? Did he leave his parents too early, too late or at the perfect time?
ReplyDeleteThis is a very nice post, Mac. You have a great balance of details from the text and your own thoughts and analysis.
ReplyDeleteI particularly like the theme you identified: There is more to life than being perfect. I think we could all stand to be reminded of that from time to time.