Unwind Questions Part 4 (Destination)

1. This section opens with Lev in a pawnbroker's. What does this tell you about how his character is changing? He is not brain washed anymore and he is starting to get more aggressive so that he can survive.
2. While being transported to possible safety, some of the kids on the run wonder, "Would it be better to die or be unwound?" If given the choice, which would you choose? Why? This response requires more than one or two sentences! Put forward at least three reasons why you think what you do. I woudl rather die then be unwound because for the first reaons it just feels weird to know that all of your body parts would go to other people. Another reaons is because you can die at any age usally from old age but if you get unwwound you die between 14 and 18.
3. Another question the kids in the book discuss is, "If every part of you is still alive but inside someone else, are you alive or are you dead?" They also wonder if consciousness can exist even if it's spread out, and if the soul remains intact. What do you think? Read Thomas Hobbes' Ship of Theseus puzzle to help you make a decision. Be sure to reference it in your answer!http://metaphysicist.com/puzzles/ship_theseus/ I do not think that you are still alive because in my opinion to be alive you need to have all of your organs together and you need to have a heart and brain. But when your body parts are in someone else they are not really connected to you anymore.  
4. This section of the novel sees Lev and Cy-Fi finally make it to Joplin. As they get closer, Cy-Fi's behaviour becomes increasingly erratic. What are some of the things he does, or things he likes, that are not his own behaviours or memories? He likes anything that is shiny and if he sees something shiny he will take it. this is because of the part of his brain that he was given so this tells me that the brain he got must of stolen stuff.
5. What was Cy-Ty hiding in his backyard? Pg 185-194 He was hiding in his backyard because he was not sure if his parents were going to just hand him in or if they were going to be nice to him and let him stay with them. 
6. The section ends with Cy-Ty reaching his destination. What do you think of his parents' behaviour? What does Lev's support show you about his character? Its shows that lev is changing a lot ever since pastor Dan told him that he does not want him to get unwound. He has became a lot more aggressive and we were shown that when he was threatening the parents to tell Cy-Ty that they would not unwind him.

Unwind Questions Part 3 (Transit)

1. In the course of the book, Connor and Risa get separated from Lev, who travels for a time with another character. Why do you think Shusterman chose to split the narrative into two distinct threads? What do you think this achieves? How does this affect the evolution of the characters? It affects the other because since they are both thinking how the others are doing they will be getting distracted and think if the other have been caught and unwound or if they are fine.  
2. On p125 & 129  the novel touches on same-sex relationships. Has the attitude toward same-sex couples changed (for better or worse) in this futuristic society? Explain your response. Lev says that he has heard of it before but in his head all of that stuff is a part of a different universe. So in this world im not sure if it has changed for better or worse I guess it could be better because it could be better because people don't mind same sex couples.  
3. P130 begins our journey into understanding a little more about Cy-Fi. Through his character, what do you learn about the effects of unwinding on both the donor and receiver? If you get a part of someone elses body mostly the brain they are still there and tell people what to do depending what part of the brain or part of the body it is. Cy-Fi says that someone is telling him to take anything that is shinny so he does. He also said that he got a peace of someone who had been unwound.  
4. What is the real reason Cy-Fi need to get to Joplin, Mo? Pg 131. It does not really say the reason why he is leaving and going to Joplin all that we are told is that they are going there but we don't have a reason yet.  
5. What is the significance of Connor holding in his anger around Roland? Pg 147. It shows that he is listening to Risa and taking her advice to not take the bait. Which is good because Roland is starting to think that Conner really does not care. 
6. Connor's anger and lack of impulse control is often a problem for him, until he learns to control and channel his emotions. Do you ever feel like your impulses are stronger than your will? What strategies do you use to control your feelings? Do they work? Some ways that I change the way that I am feeling is I try to think about something else or something that makes me happy. I also can just go and talk to some of my Friends or family if I need help with anything. 

Unwind Questions Part 2 (Storked)

1. What is the story based on a nursery rhyme that circulates among the youth? Humphrey Dumfee (Humpty Dumpty)
2. Risa overhears two nurses debating law and human nature. Which argument do you think is the stronger? Why do you think this? Write a paragraph explaining your thoughts on law and human nature. I think that you can not change human nature with out first changing the law. I think this because it would be annoying if you were about to do something and then you find out that there is now a law that you cant do it which is not fair because they have not told anyone.
3. This section opens with a mother abandoning her newborn infant on the doorstep of a house in a good neighbourhood. As she leaves, she thinks "How wonderful it is that she can get a second chance. How wonderful it is that she can dismiss her responsibility so easily." I think that this is not write because she will grow up not knowing who her mother or father is and if those people don't want the baby then it might just get passed from step to step so it is not a second chance at all.  
4. In your opinion, by allowing new mothers to give up their children so readily, does it take away from the value of a child? I think it does because that child will grow up and not know who there mother or fathers is which could then effect there learning because they might always be distracted and then if they get bad grades they will get unwound.  
5. What is the role of a mother? Do you think the title of mother is something that should be earned, or a natural right of the woman who gave birth? I think that it is something that should be earned because as we see in the book there are lots of mothers that are not ready and they just sit the babies on peoples doorsteps for others to take care of.  
6. What skills or attributes do Connor and Risa have that work well together? Risa was good with babies because she had to take care of some sometimes and Conner is good because he is pretty smart and he is also athletic.  
7. Connor and Lev have very different experiences with storking. How has this helped shape each of their attitudes toward the society they live in? Conner thinks that it is not right to stork babies which is why he went up to the baby on the step but then lev thinks it is ok. 
8. Connor is concerned the baby won't be loved, and ultimately will die, so he takes it. What does this show us about him as a person? He is very caring and he does not want the baby to just get passed around like the baby that was stroked on his street.  
9. What makes Lev realise he doesn't want to be unwound? When he calls pastor Dan he tells him that he was not telling him to run from Conner he was saying to run from them and thats when he realised that he did not wanted to be unwound. 
10. Each of the other characters on the run has a tragic background story. Why were Hayden, Roland and Mai set to be unwound? Which, do you think, is the most tragic? Explain your response. (Mai was getting unwound because her parents wanted a boy but they kept getting females so when they finally got a male they got rid of a lot of the females that they had.) (Hayden was sent to be unwound because his mother and father got divorced and they kept going to court over who had custody but it never got settled so they just divided to send him off.) (Roland got unwound because his stepfather abused his mum so one day he beat up his step father but then his mother took her husbands side and sent him off to be unwound.) I think that the most tragic one is Roland because he was trying to stick up for his mum but then she sent him off and the husband might still be treating her like that and there is no body to stick up for her.
11. What tattoo does Roland have? He has a tattoo of a tiger shark on his wrist.

English Unwind Questions Part 1 (Triplicate)

Name three Synonyms in dystopia
1. Anti-utopia
2. Apocalypse
3. Dystopy

What is a antonym for dystopia?
1. Utopia

Which dystopian novels have I read?
The only book I can think of that I have read is the Hunger Games.

How many others can I name?
Like I said before I can not think of any other dystopian books.

Examining The Cover

How Do You Think The Story Will Be Written? I think it will be written from a third person perspective.

Why do I think the story is as entitled as it is. I get the idea that there is DNA on the front because when they get unwound they get DNA taken out.

Where do you think the story will take place? I thought ti would take place in a big city im not sure why it is just in my head it sounds like the unwinding factory would be big.

What time period do I think this was based around? I think think that it is based around the two thousands because it does not sound like there is much futuristic stuff there.

Exploring The Blurb

1. What do you already know about pro-life and pro-choice groups? What do these terms mean? Is it an issue you have thought about? Pro-Life: When someone thinks that women should not have the choice to keep or abort the baby. Pro-Choice: Is when abortion is a moral choice.
2. What do you know about organ donation? Organ donation is when someone who has Volunteered to give someone else on of there organs.
3. Teenagers to be unwound are sent to Harvest Camps. Can you make a connection between the language used to describe this place, and other places people have been sent historically? One thing that I can link is that when they go to the Harvest Camp none of the kids will leave the place alive because they are used there and they get there organs taken. 
4. What religious connotation does the word 'harvest' evoke? To em the word harvest reminds me of going and collecting something that has grown.
5. The term "living in a divided state" here is really a euphemism for what? Can you think of other, common euphemisms? Why do people use euphemisms? Living in a divided state is an euphemisms for being killed and your organs used for someone else.
6. What is the definition of legal? When something has been approved by the law. 
7. What about ethical? Something that is morally right.
8. Do you believe that because something is legal, it is also ethical, or morally right? No I don't a lot of laws might not be right.
9. Can things that are ethically sound ever be illegal? Provide examples. They could because someone could finally see the other side of it. 
10. Can you think of examples in history to support your ideas? Provide examples. I could not think of anything for this.

Part One-Triplicate

1.  How much brainwashing do you think has happened for teenagers to make this sort of claim as they’re being led to their "death"? From when they are born they are told that if you are getting unwound it is for a good cause and that they will be helping people.  
2. Why, do you think, has Shusterman chosen to have three characters tell their story? I think that it is good that they have told each persons story because we find out where they come from and what there back story is. 
3. Lev is a tithe. This means that he is the 10% that his family will give back to the church as an offering. What are your thoughts on this? I think that it is not right because his family have been telling him that he is doing something for god and they threw him a big party but I don't think he knows that he wont come back. 
4. Rita is a state home kid - she was unwanted at birth, and now the state have decided she is no longer useful. Do you think that the state should ever be able to determine if one life is more useful than another? No it is not fair because everyone should have a chance to do well in life. 
5. Connor's parents have chosen to unwind him due to his difficult behaviour. They have then booked a ticket to the Bahamas. In your opinion, how do parents view their children? Why do you think this? I think that they view the children as if they cant change once they make a mistake and once they have ordered the unwind they just try to forget about him. 
6. Pastor Dan presents as being conflicted. What reasons might he have to encourage Lev in his journey as a tithe? Why does he encourage him to run? Because pastor Dan understands what is really going to happen to him.
7. What is the story based on a nursery rhyme that circulates among the youth? Humphrey