Part Two-Storked II Novel Study II English

"You can't change laws without first changing human nature." - Nurse Greta"
"You can't change human nature without first changing the law." - Nurse Young


1 What is the story based on a nursery rhyme that circulates among the youth?
The Nursery rhyme that's going around children is the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme of the egg that fell off a wall and couldn't be put back together again, however, in Unwind it's a different case. In Unwind It's Humphrey Dunfee, and the Dunfee's are a family, who started out a bit crazy but became even crazier after unwinding their child. It was said the father worked for the government, so he got into the national unwind database and got a printout of every single person who had received a piece of Humphrey, they did that so they could go to those people and get back the parts of their son so they could put him back together.

2 Risa overhears two nurses debating law and human nature. Which argument do you think is stronger? Why do you think this? Write a paragraph explaining your thoughts on law and human nature.
I pick Nuse Young because it's something that we all go through today. and Honestly, I think it's better to get the law out to everyone because then they'll change themselves to adapt to this new law, Changing human nature first would be so confusing. So let's say you're going shopping and buy the same amount as usual but for some reason at the check out there's someone standing next to the person who's checking out your food and they say "Sorry, unfortunately, you'll have to put some things back, because of this new Law Bla Bla" I'd feel really confused like I'd be so used to buying the same amount of things that I have every year, but suddenly out of the blue I can't, and I didn't know this because no one told us about this law until just now.

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 don't really find this right, because you're giving up a child that could give you potential happiness in the future, and you're giving up the next line of generation to your family. But the sad thing is that the child could be possibly be passed around constantly like the child that Connor saw when he was young on their doorstep, they could pass the child around till it grew to sick to live and died without actually living a propper life.


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?
It's in the middle for me, it really depends if the child lives or dies from being passed around, however, if it does live it really counts on if the child will care that they don't know their parents and try to find out about them. or just the fact that they could care less that they didn't know about their parents because of what they did to them. But really it just depends if the child gets distracted by the fact of wanting to find their parents. Because yes if they're to distracted

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 honestly think the tittle mother should be earned and not given straight away, because how could you call yourself a mother if you give away your child or if you neglect it, a mother doesn't do that and shouldn't.

6 Whats skills or attributes do Connor and Risa have that work well together? 
Well Risa has experience with children and how to handle them, while Connor has quick thinking though sometimes it may lead to dangerous situations Risa sure to fix it, and Connor also has great reflexes and good stamina as shown when he's running away from the juvey cops.

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?
Connor finds that stroking is bad as when he was young a baby had been storked and passed from door to door, this lead to the baby dying. Lev, however, likes it as he has storked siblings and has a dislike to Connor grabbing the child.


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?
That despite what he'd done before getting the note of unwinding, Connor deep down is a very caring person for people who need it and gets guilty feelings on past mistakes when they come to life again, and decides instead of sitting back like last time, he decided that he'd take action

9 What makes Lev realise he doesn't want to be unwound P79
Lev had found out over the phone with Pastor dan, that he hadn't told Lev to run from his supposed kidnappers but to stay with them and to run away from being unwound, lev had reflected on that and what he'd experienced with Connor and Risa, and even though he had mixed feelings he realised the mistake that he'd had made.

10 Each of the other characters on the run has a tragic background story. Why were Hayden, Ronald and Mai set to be unwound? Which do you think, is the most tragic? Explain your response.
Mai was getting unwound because her family had wanted a boy, so when they had finally gotten a boy they decided to unwind her as they had no use for her, and had no desire to love her. This also included Mai's other sisters.
Hayden was getting unwound because his parents had a divorce and kept going to court to get custody over him, they, later on, couldn't take it anymore, because of all the failed court meetings and all the stress. so to solve their problems they unwound him.
Roland was getting unwound by his parents because he had to much testosterone or steroids, or a combination of both. This left him looking too scary for other peoples liking that even the Military couldn't take it, like Connor he got into fights at school. However what got him unwound was the fact that his stepfather had beat his mother, so he took action and beat his stepfather up for hurting his mother but in turn, his mother had taken his stepfathers side. His stepfather was given a warning while Roland was sent off to be unwound.

11 What tattoo does Roland have?
Roland has a tiger shark tattoo on his wrist