Part Seven-Consciousness
How is it that Connor was not unwound P318
Connor didn't get unwound because when the Chop Shop had exploded they had found an ID with the picture charred off. It had belonged to a nineteen-year-old guard by the name of Elvis Mullard. But with all the confusion after the blast, no one could tell who was who, and the soon agreed that letting the ID go to waste would be a shame.
Whose arm does he now have? P319
Connor has Rolands Arm because of the Tiger Shark that lays on the arm.
On P321 Risa tell Connor how she won't be unwound. Do you think her decision to not accept the spine of an Unwind was purely ethical or was she also playing the system in order to stay alive?
She was playing the system in order for survival because if she had taken the spine of the unwind and had healed later on then she would be immediately unwound. The reason why she denied the spine, to begin with, was that in the System you couldn't unwind a disabled Unwind. So Risa used that to the best of her advantage to get past the system so she could survive and live out her life. (Then again I wouldn't blame her for playing the system)
Since the explosions at Happy Jack, what have people been doing? What hs Cy-Fi's role been in this P325
Cy-Fi had made a stand against unwinding thanks to the influence that Lev had on Cy-Fi with the time they were together. The stand that Cy-Fi did also got a lot of people talking about it which resulted in people joining him on stopping unwinding.
Lev's parents disown him. Who is trying to become his guardian P328
His brother Marcus.
Why has Pastor Dan resigned? P329
Pastor Dan didn't want to belive in a god that condones human tithing
P331-332 explain what has happened to Harlan Dunfee. What do you think about the Admiral and his wife's plan? Was it what you expected?
Harlan Dunfee had been unwound as discovered in the previous chapters, and because he was unwound, it meant that his parts had gone to other children. On P330 it's announced that it is Harlan Dunfee's 26th birthday and that Harlan's Parents the Admiral and his wife had gathered all the children that held a part of their son together for his Party. They both had intended to put their son back together, with no surgeries needed but just the children that held the parts.
I found this part of the story very heartwarming, knowing that even though they didn't have their son back as a full whole they still had all the parts of him together in one space. And the fact that no surgeries were needed for the children that had the parts to be taken away just made it all the better.
Who takes over the graveyard? P331
Connor or his now legal name E. Robert Mullard had taken over the graveyard after the Admiral had left.
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Monday, July 27, 2020
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Unwind II English II Unwound
Part Six-Unwound
Connor and Risa are sent to Happy Jack Harvest Camp. Describe what it is like, and explain why it is like this. P265-266
The Harvest camp seems to go along with its name in colours Happy Jack because it's so colourful. They probably made the camp look so happy and safe to fit the name and to distract the kids for a good amount of time so they can get down all their results before the child's unwinding.
Because I feel that colours also bring a part in how you feel like dark colours may give off a bad feeling and happy bright colours may give off a happy and safe feeling.
What is the exact percentage of the Unwind that you have to keep alive? Why is it not 100% as Risa believes? P269
The exact percentage is 99.44 percentage because this also takes into account like the appendix.
What do the unwinds call the place where the unwinding occurs? P271
They call it the chop shop, because it's where you get cut up into tiny piece bit by bit.
Lev too is at Happy Jack but as a tithe. Why is this?
Because he has been registered to the system as a Tithe, because the day Connor rescued him was also the day he was on his way to the Harvest camp. Meaning he was already named a tithe in the system before he went AWOL.
On P278 Connor and Roland finally have the fight that's been brewing between them. What does each character realise during this?
Both had realised, Roland himself included that he was to afraid to really kill someone, even if his words were threatening. Roland had released this as he had almost killed Connor.
P284 - What group has Lev joined, who recruited him, and when will they follow out their plan?
He had been recruited by Mai and Blaine into a clapper group when they were recruited for the Alaskan pipeline. Blaine says that they'll carry out their plan on the day after the coming day.
Roland is called for unwinding on P286. Why is this?
He was called in first to get unwound before Connor because of his blood type which was in high demand.
Chapter 61 is arguably the most confronting chapter in the book. Here we have Roland's first-person narrative of being unwound. Do you think this chapter is necessary? Why do you think Shusterman chose to have Roland's experience detailed? Do his memories alter how you view him?
I think this chapter was necessary. Because it gives us an insight on how the unwinding process goes and what every kid that gets unwound experiences and what their likely thinking and going through at the time.
It only changes my opinion on him a bit after finding out about why he was unwound to begin with, but I also still dislike him as he thinks that he's above everyone and everyone else should be below him as well as the fact that he was stupid enough to give himself away by saying that he knew where lots of unwounds were, where he himself was also one because he would've of been registered as one. Meaning he had just given himself a one-way ticket to the harvest camp anyway just because if you bring in a lot of AWOLS you'd get a lot of money for it.
Why does Lev decide not to clap? P310Because Lev knows that if he claps he's gonna die, so he restrains himself because he himself still wants to live.
Connor and Risa are sent to Happy Jack Harvest Camp. Describe what it is like, and explain why it is like this. P265-266
The Harvest camp seems to go along with its name in colours Happy Jack because it's so colourful. They probably made the camp look so happy and safe to fit the name and to distract the kids for a good amount of time so they can get down all their results before the child's unwinding.
Because I feel that colours also bring a part in how you feel like dark colours may give off a bad feeling and happy bright colours may give off a happy and safe feeling.
What is the exact percentage of the Unwind that you have to keep alive? Why is it not 100% as Risa believes? P269
The exact percentage is 99.44 percentage because this also takes into account like the appendix.
What do the unwinds call the place where the unwinding occurs? P271
They call it the chop shop, because it's where you get cut up into tiny piece bit by bit.
Lev too is at Happy Jack but as a tithe. Why is this?
Because he has been registered to the system as a Tithe, because the day Connor rescued him was also the day he was on his way to the Harvest camp. Meaning he was already named a tithe in the system before he went AWOL.
On P278 Connor and Roland finally have the fight that's been brewing between them. What does each character realise during this?
Both had realised, Roland himself included that he was to afraid to really kill someone, even if his words were threatening. Roland had released this as he had almost killed Connor.
P284 - What group has Lev joined, who recruited him, and when will they follow out their plan?
He had been recruited by Mai and Blaine into a clapper group when they were recruited for the Alaskan pipeline. Blaine says that they'll carry out their plan on the day after the coming day.
Roland is called for unwinding on P286. Why is this?
He was called in first to get unwound before Connor because of his blood type which was in high demand.
Chapter 61 is arguably the most confronting chapter in the book. Here we have Roland's first-person narrative of being unwound. Do you think this chapter is necessary? Why do you think Shusterman chose to have Roland's experience detailed? Do his memories alter how you view him?
I think this chapter was necessary. Because it gives us an insight on how the unwinding process goes and what every kid that gets unwound experiences and what their likely thinking and going through at the time.
It only changes my opinion on him a bit after finding out about why he was unwound to begin with, but I also still dislike him as he thinks that he's above everyone and everyone else should be below him as well as the fact that he was stupid enough to give himself away by saying that he knew where lots of unwounds were, where he himself was also one because he would've of been registered as one. Meaning he had just given himself a one-way ticket to the harvest camp anyway just because if you bring in a lot of AWOLS you'd get a lot of money for it.
Why does Lev decide not to clap? P310Because Lev knows that if he claps he's gonna die, so he restrains himself because he himself still wants to live.
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Unwind II English II Graveyard
Part Five-Graveyard
Which job in the graveyard does Risa get assigned to? How does this come about? P201
Risa was first given the job as a Dishwasher as she at the time could care less about a job and still kinda doesn't, but after she got her "Job" as Dishwasher a boy caked in blood thanks to Connor comes over and Risa goes over to him and gives him "Medical instructions to stop his bleeding nose which instantly transports her from Dishwasher Duty to Medical Duty.
Why doesn't Connor volunteer for "work" P205
Connor feels that the Admiral's using the kids/them as slaves to do his dirty work because slavery is seen as the lesser evil now because of Unwinding.
Also to the fact that in P207 Connor thinks that the Admiral is sizing them up to find something on a child which would fit him, and when work calls up he thinks that instead of them actually going to work there just being sent off to get unwound, because of the fact that lots of kids disappear on work calls.
How does Roland unsettle Connor P206-207
Roland unsettles Connor in a way because he tells Connor certain things different about the Admiral that may get people thinking and to the fact that he has perfect teeth which Connor notices that, that shouldn't be the case for a war veteran which just sinks deeper into his bad gut feelings and the fact that Roland was the one that told him this.
This also adds to the fact that Connor hates Roland's guts and has no point in trusting Roland, and sometimes when people that you don't like or trust say certain things it gets you thinking if it's true or not.
P208-209 detail Lev's arrival, and Connors reaction. Make sure you fill in your character profiles for both characters.
Lev's arrival happens on the fourth week that Connor and Risa are at the Graveyard, his arrival is due to a new load of kids coming in. When Connor sees Lev in that line of kids, he can't help but feel angry due to the fact that this was the kid that swore he would never forgive him for "Kidnapping" him, but at the same, the thought of Lev being unwound would have been too much for Connor to bear, at the time going up to Lev his Thrilled and furious but manages to keep his calm as he goes over to Lev to see him again, the two get in a few words before Connor punches Lev in the eye saying "That's for what you did to us" and then instantly pulls him into a hug saying how he's glad that Lev's alive.
P214-215 Connor learns the truth about the Admiral here. How does the Admiral gain Connor's trust?
Admiral gains Connors trust by pulling out his so-called Unwinded teeth in front of Connor which were actually dentures and just look like an unwinds because they used that bots dental records to make the dentures, this also gives Connor relief to the fact that Roland wasn't right about the whole Teeth problem with the Admiral, he also gains Connor trust by telling him that the boy that he supposedly got his teeth from was actually his son, going back to the fact a few lines above when I saw that the dentist used a dental record to make the teeth which are why they look so similar to the boy's teeth in the photo and why they're so nice and perfect.
He also learns that the money that the Admiral gains, is to get the kids transported to the graveyard, to also feed the kids who remain, and also to pay off the warehouses and for bribery for people to look the other way so no one will tell the Juvey-Cops about the children, and lastly a bit of money is given to the kids who turn eighteen so they can get a start on their free life in a cruel filled world that they live in.
What, according to the Admiral, is it that Connor is becoming famous for in the graveyard P212
Connor is supposedly famous at the Graveyard for getting into fights and at the same time resolving and fixing the problem even if he losses the fight.
What happens to the goldens? P217
Connor opens a crate to find five dead children in the crate. Supposedly five Seventeen-year-olds which all of the goldens were.
How does Roland begin to assert his power in the Graveyard? (You'll need to look throughout the section)
Roland asserts his power by manipulating kids into thinking he's more powerful than everyone else. by trying to gain power Roland puts things into the kid's drinks so it looks like the Admiral is trying to poison the kids. He also messed with the air conditioning so he can blame the Admiral on the poor conditioning that he's putting them through.
P222-226 gives us an insight into how the Unwinding Bill was passed into law. Summarise what happened, then explain whether or not you think it is plausible.
The Heartland War as said was said to have two sides when really there were three. The life army, the choice army and the remains of the American military. and also when it came to the bill of life, the bill that became a law that stated that if you had a child you could not kill it off (Unwind it) until it was a certain age (13) but the truth was that was only viewed as a joke at first. The same year though a Nobel Prize went to a scientist who perfected neurografting - the technique that allows every part of a donor to be used in transplant. and with the war getting worse, the remains of the American army brokered peace by bringing both sides to the table. which was then when the American army proposed the idea of unwinding.
I think it may be plausible because as stated the American army gave out the idea, the other side wouldn't even bother of thinking of such a thing when they were neck to neck with each other on their own belief and the only way they thought of likely stopping the war and getting their way was by fighting.
The Admiral was there when the Bill of Life was signed - do you think this detracts from the believability of the commonplace nature of Unwinding? In your opinion, do you think the book should have a few more generations between those who signed the Bill, and the present state in the novel?
Honestly no, because things change in the future meaning another war could have happened by rebelling newly eighteen-year-olds and up who likely had known someone that got unwound and was rather upset or was an AWOL themself just so they could stop the Bill of life and stop children from getting unwound or killed at such a young age.
So no I don't think there should be a gap between when the Bill was signed and when the story starts, because the story gives us a good impact on the life of an AWOL and what they go through just to survive till the age of eighteen. And we also get a view on how the war went by someone who was in the war themselves.
What job does Lev volunteer to do P236
Lev volunteers to work at an oil pipeline.
Which part of Harlan Dunfree does Emby have? P240
Emby has Dunfree's lungs when it was said that he had Asthma and the Admiral's sun Dunfree also had Asthma as well.
Chapter 39 is from Roland's point of view. Why do you think Shusterman changes the narrative here? What do we learn in this short chapter?
This is so we can get to know the things that Roland is doing and also to see how he views the Graveyard in his point of view and how he interacts with items and people around the place or just in general what he does around the Graveyard.
With this short chapter, we learned that Roland had been vandalising things to get people to change their view on the Admiral and as well as stealing from the infirmary.
By the end of this section, things at he Graveyard have deteriorated, with the unwinds turning on the Admiral, and tearing the place apart. Which character is beaten to death on P250?
Cleaver is the person who gets beaten to death.
What does the Admiral refuse on P255 What is the doctor's reaction to this?
He refuses to have the heart of an unwinded child.
The doctor's reaction to this gives off that they're a bit sceptical by trying to change the Admiral and the kid's minds by saying that if he doesn't get a new heart then his chance of surviving is drastically low.
Why does Roland have the Juvey-Cops called? P259 Why doesn't his plan happen? P260-1
He called the Juvery-Cops so he could get money for turning in a bunch of AWOLS at the Graveyard. This doesn't go according to plan because the Cops had already known about the Graveyard but hadn't bothered to go and get the kids because the only thing they cared about was that the kids were off the streets and out of sight. So basically the Admiral was doing them a favour by getting the runaway kids out of their hair.
Which job in the graveyard does Risa get assigned to? How does this come about? P201
Risa was first given the job as a Dishwasher as she at the time could care less about a job and still kinda doesn't, but after she got her "Job" as Dishwasher a boy caked in blood thanks to Connor comes over and Risa goes over to him and gives him "Medical instructions to stop his bleeding nose which instantly transports her from Dishwasher Duty to Medical Duty.
Why doesn't Connor volunteer for "work" P205
Connor feels that the Admiral's using the kids/them as slaves to do his dirty work because slavery is seen as the lesser evil now because of Unwinding.
Also to the fact that in P207 Connor thinks that the Admiral is sizing them up to find something on a child which would fit him, and when work calls up he thinks that instead of them actually going to work there just being sent off to get unwound, because of the fact that lots of kids disappear on work calls.
How does Roland unsettle Connor P206-207
Roland unsettles Connor in a way because he tells Connor certain things different about the Admiral that may get people thinking and to the fact that he has perfect teeth which Connor notices that, that shouldn't be the case for a war veteran which just sinks deeper into his bad gut feelings and the fact that Roland was the one that told him this.
This also adds to the fact that Connor hates Roland's guts and has no point in trusting Roland, and sometimes when people that you don't like or trust say certain things it gets you thinking if it's true or not.
P208-209 detail Lev's arrival, and Connors reaction. Make sure you fill in your character profiles for both characters.
Lev's arrival happens on the fourth week that Connor and Risa are at the Graveyard, his arrival is due to a new load of kids coming in. When Connor sees Lev in that line of kids, he can't help but feel angry due to the fact that this was the kid that swore he would never forgive him for "Kidnapping" him, but at the same, the thought of Lev being unwound would have been too much for Connor to bear, at the time going up to Lev his Thrilled and furious but manages to keep his calm as he goes over to Lev to see him again, the two get in a few words before Connor punches Lev in the eye saying "That's for what you did to us" and then instantly pulls him into a hug saying how he's glad that Lev's alive.
P214-215 Connor learns the truth about the Admiral here. How does the Admiral gain Connor's trust?
Admiral gains Connors trust by pulling out his so-called Unwinded teeth in front of Connor which were actually dentures and just look like an unwinds because they used that bots dental records to make the dentures, this also gives Connor relief to the fact that Roland wasn't right about the whole Teeth problem with the Admiral, he also gains Connor trust by telling him that the boy that he supposedly got his teeth from was actually his son, going back to the fact a few lines above when I saw that the dentist used a dental record to make the teeth which are why they look so similar to the boy's teeth in the photo and why they're so nice and perfect.
He also learns that the money that the Admiral gains, is to get the kids transported to the graveyard, to also feed the kids who remain, and also to pay off the warehouses and for bribery for people to look the other way so no one will tell the Juvey-Cops about the children, and lastly a bit of money is given to the kids who turn eighteen so they can get a start on their free life in a cruel filled world that they live in.
What, according to the Admiral, is it that Connor is becoming famous for in the graveyard P212
Connor is supposedly famous at the Graveyard for getting into fights and at the same time resolving and fixing the problem even if he losses the fight.
What happens to the goldens? P217
Connor opens a crate to find five dead children in the crate. Supposedly five Seventeen-year-olds which all of the goldens were.
How does Roland begin to assert his power in the Graveyard? (You'll need to look throughout the section)
Roland asserts his power by manipulating kids into thinking he's more powerful than everyone else. by trying to gain power Roland puts things into the kid's drinks so it looks like the Admiral is trying to poison the kids. He also messed with the air conditioning so he can blame the Admiral on the poor conditioning that he's putting them through.
P222-226 gives us an insight into how the Unwinding Bill was passed into law. Summarise what happened, then explain whether or not you think it is plausible.
The Heartland War as said was said to have two sides when really there were three. The life army, the choice army and the remains of the American military. and also when it came to the bill of life, the bill that became a law that stated that if you had a child you could not kill it off (Unwind it) until it was a certain age (13) but the truth was that was only viewed as a joke at first. The same year though a Nobel Prize went to a scientist who perfected neurografting - the technique that allows every part of a donor to be used in transplant. and with the war getting worse, the remains of the American army brokered peace by bringing both sides to the table. which was then when the American army proposed the idea of unwinding.
I think it may be plausible because as stated the American army gave out the idea, the other side wouldn't even bother of thinking of such a thing when they were neck to neck with each other on their own belief and the only way they thought of likely stopping the war and getting their way was by fighting.
The Admiral was there when the Bill of Life was signed - do you think this detracts from the believability of the commonplace nature of Unwinding? In your opinion, do you think the book should have a few more generations between those who signed the Bill, and the present state in the novel?
Honestly no, because things change in the future meaning another war could have happened by rebelling newly eighteen-year-olds and up who likely had known someone that got unwound and was rather upset or was an AWOL themself just so they could stop the Bill of life and stop children from getting unwound or killed at such a young age.
So no I don't think there should be a gap between when the Bill was signed and when the story starts, because the story gives us a good impact on the life of an AWOL and what they go through just to survive till the age of eighteen. And we also get a view on how the war went by someone who was in the war themselves.
What job does Lev volunteer to do P236
Lev volunteers to work at an oil pipeline.
Which part of Harlan Dunfree does Emby have? P240
Emby has Dunfree's lungs when it was said that he had Asthma and the Admiral's sun Dunfree also had Asthma as well.
Chapter 39 is from Roland's point of view. Why do you think Shusterman changes the narrative here? What do we learn in this short chapter?
This is so we can get to know the things that Roland is doing and also to see how he views the Graveyard in his point of view and how he interacts with items and people around the place or just in general what he does around the Graveyard.
With this short chapter, we learned that Roland had been vandalising things to get people to change their view on the Admiral and as well as stealing from the infirmary.
By the end of this section, things at he Graveyard have deteriorated, with the unwinds turning on the Admiral, and tearing the place apart. Which character is beaten to death on P250?
Cleaver is the person who gets beaten to death.
What does the Admiral refuse on P255 What is the doctor's reaction to this?
He refuses to have the heart of an unwinded child.
The doctor's reaction to this gives off that they're a bit sceptical by trying to change the Admiral and the kid's minds by saying that if he doesn't get a new heart then his chance of surviving is drastically low.
Why does Roland have the Juvey-Cops called? P259 Why doesn't his plan happen? P260-1
He called the Juvery-Cops so he could get money for turning in a bunch of AWOLS at the Graveyard. This doesn't go according to plan because the Cops had already known about the Graveyard but hadn't bothered to go and get the kids because the only thing they cared about was that the kids were off the streets and out of sight. So basically the Admiral was doing them a favour by getting the runaway kids out of their hair.
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Unwind II English II Novel Study
This section opens with Lev in a pawnbroker's. What does this tell you about how his character is changing?
Lev character is changing in ways where he is no longer hiding behind someone and running away from a situation to get help from an adult, instead, he's fighting for someone and himself by loosening up a bit and becoming a bit more aggressive so he can get his way. and also his trust in people has gone down due to knowing that if he trusted people he would be at a higher risk of getting unwound than he was before.
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 you do.
I'm my opinion I'd rather die to be honest than die and get taken apart, Reason why is because I'd rather have every part of me still intact so I can die peacefully like others so I know that I died my own person to stay my own person and not to die and go to someone else to be apart of someone who will soon own that part of me, officially making a part of me theirs.
I also don't want to go to someone else just to cause them pain, as shown with Cy-Fi even since he got a part of Tyler's brain his life hasn't been the same and sometimes he switches out into a personality like Tylers and steals things just like Tyler did, doing that hurts Cy-Fi because he doesn't like stealing.
And lastly, I don't want anyone to have any part of me, to begin with, it's my body anyway, so why should people have something that's apart of me when they could have someone else's, I mean think about it there's already been lots of people being unwound so why not go to them to get parts. I honestly just rather die whole, I rather die intact at each end, not a single limb missing.
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.
https://metaphysicist.com/puzzles/ship_theseus/
In my opinion, based on real-world knowledge and not book knowledge where indeed if you have a certain part of a brain that functions movement or memories then it's possible to have the other person memories or for yourself to lose control because the other person believes their still alive, making it seem that the part that was given to someone else is possibly still alive and active as shown with Cy-fi and Tyler who was a boy that got unwound and found himself attached to Cy-fi but sometimes Cy-fi losses control of himself like Tyler takes control of his body and emotions and thoughts leaving Cy-fi in a panic. But apart from that no. I don't believe that in the real human world knowledge, I hardly believe that if you get a part of someone that already died and that part happens to be a brain or a leg, I doubt that you'd automatically just lose control of your thoughts and legs because even if you get something from someone else that's died, it's basically impossible for them to take control again because their already dead and gone. It's like a sentence from the Ship of Theseus - Once every part had been replaced. Hobbes offered the reassembled ship as the true original. But he may have had his tongue in his cheek about the ambiguous use of language in truth claims. ITis the true original, qua material, but not qua a functioning ship
By this, I'm saying that you can fix someone up with new parts, but it won't be the original parts of someone and the parts that once were alive will never be the same and will never function with their own muscle memory again.
This section of the novel sees Lev and Cy-Fi finally make it to Joplin. As they get closers 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?
An example of this is when Cyrus or Cy-Fi says that Tyler, the person who is now attached to him like Pumpkin Ice-Cream, where Cyrus doesn't. Another is when they're going to Joplin and they reach a certain street Cyrus walks through the street like he knows it, but he himself has never been to Joplin before.
What was Cy-Ty hiding in his backyard? Pg 185-194
In a hole in the ground in his backyard was a briefcase which consisted of different type of jewellery.
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?
Tyler's parent's act frighten around Cyrus, (Who in the book they called Tyler, due to Tyler being an evidence entity within Cyrus now) because they had thought that he would harm them. And Lev, his support in the story shows that he's not afraid to stick up for himself and other any more, and when it comes to sticking up for himself and others he tends to show a more violent forceful side that we never saw in the start of the book.
Lev character is changing in ways where he is no longer hiding behind someone and running away from a situation to get help from an adult, instead, he's fighting for someone and himself by loosening up a bit and becoming a bit more aggressive so he can get his way. and also his trust in people has gone down due to knowing that if he trusted people he would be at a higher risk of getting unwound than he was before.
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 you do.
I'm my opinion I'd rather die to be honest than die and get taken apart, Reason why is because I'd rather have every part of me still intact so I can die peacefully like others so I know that I died my own person to stay my own person and not to die and go to someone else to be apart of someone who will soon own that part of me, officially making a part of me theirs.
I also don't want to go to someone else just to cause them pain, as shown with Cy-Fi even since he got a part of Tyler's brain his life hasn't been the same and sometimes he switches out into a personality like Tylers and steals things just like Tyler did, doing that hurts Cy-Fi because he doesn't like stealing.
And lastly, I don't want anyone to have any part of me, to begin with, it's my body anyway, so why should people have something that's apart of me when they could have someone else's, I mean think about it there's already been lots of people being unwound so why not go to them to get parts. I honestly just rather die whole, I rather die intact at each end, not a single limb missing.
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.
https://metaphysicist.com/puzzles/ship_theseus/
In my opinion, based on real-world knowledge and not book knowledge where indeed if you have a certain part of a brain that functions movement or memories then it's possible to have the other person memories or for yourself to lose control because the other person believes their still alive, making it seem that the part that was given to someone else is possibly still alive and active as shown with Cy-fi and Tyler who was a boy that got unwound and found himself attached to Cy-fi but sometimes Cy-fi losses control of himself like Tyler takes control of his body and emotions and thoughts leaving Cy-fi in a panic. But apart from that no. I don't believe that in the real human world knowledge, I hardly believe that if you get a part of someone that already died and that part happens to be a brain or a leg, I doubt that you'd automatically just lose control of your thoughts and legs because even if you get something from someone else that's died, it's basically impossible for them to take control again because their already dead and gone. It's like a sentence from the Ship of Theseus - Once every part had been replaced. Hobbes offered the reassembled ship as the true original. But he may have had his tongue in his cheek about the ambiguous use of language in truth claims. ITis the true original, qua material, but not qua a functioning ship
By this, I'm saying that you can fix someone up with new parts, but it won't be the original parts of someone and the parts that once were alive will never be the same and will never function with their own muscle memory again.
This section of the novel sees Lev and Cy-Fi finally make it to Joplin. As they get closers 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?
An example of this is when Cyrus or Cy-Fi says that Tyler, the person who is now attached to him like Pumpkin Ice-Cream, where Cyrus doesn't. Another is when they're going to Joplin and they reach a certain street Cyrus walks through the street like he knows it, but he himself has never been to Joplin before.
What was Cy-Ty hiding in his backyard? Pg 185-194
In a hole in the ground in his backyard was a briefcase which consisted of different type of jewellery.
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?
Tyler's parent's act frighten around Cyrus, (Who in the book they called Tyler, due to Tyler being an evidence entity within Cyrus now) because they had thought that he would harm them. And Lev, his support in the story shows that he's not afraid to stick up for himself and other any more, and when it comes to sticking up for himself and others he tends to show a more violent forceful side that we never saw in the start of the book.
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Unwind II Transit-Workshop II English
Follow up Task
Define the following vocab - Fatigue, Kleptomaniac
Fatigue - The action to do to much in a short span and in result to become tired or exhausted
Kleptomaniac - Kleptomaniac is an Impulse-control disorder that in results leaves its user in an urge to steal something.
Define the following vocab - Fatigue, Kleptomaniac
Fatigue - The action to do to much in a short span and in result to become tired or exhausted
Kleptomaniac - Kleptomaniac is an Impulse-control disorder that in results leaves its user in an urge to steal something.
Unwind II Part Three-Transit II English
In the course of the book, Connor and Risa get separated from Lev, who travels for a time with another character. Why do you Shusterman choose to split the narrative into two distinct threads? What do you think this achieves? How does this affect the evolution of the characters?
This has allowed Lev to get more book time and to also allow him to gain more character development because really at the start he was just a kid who thought of Risa and Connor as his kidnappers and his real and only goal at the time was to get freedom from them and get unwound, though that changed when he called Pastor Dan. After he's separated he meets with Cy-Fi meeting these characters give Lev character devolvement and more book time. this also, however, tells us what happens when someone who's alive gets a part of someone's brain or any part attached to them.
On p125 & p129 the novel touches on same-sex relationships. Has the attitude towards same-sex couples changed (for better or worse) in this futuristic society? Explain your response
Not really as in our day and age someplace accept same-sex marriage because there are some states in America which allow same-sex Marriage and this story is based in America, we also know it's illegal because Cy-Fi says he has two dads who were mmarried even though marriage was illegal for same-sex marriage. I'm guessing that mmarried is a type of secret form of marriage.
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?
We learned that Cy-Fi had a part of someone else's brain attached to his brain. this effected him in many ways, the effect was that there were times when he'd just lose control of himself and start stealing things. Something which he'd never do but it was something that the kid who got unwound would do, the kid who got a half of his brain attached to Cy-Fi. We find this out when Cy-Fi steals from a shop but later on tells Lev to take to away from out of his site in case he changes his mind, indicating to the part of his brain that belonged to the other kid, he also talks about how he sees things about this kid.
What is the real reason Cy-Fi needs to get to Joplin, Mo? pg131
Like the answer above, a part of his brain isn't his, it's another kids brain. Cy-Fi needed to go to Joplin because that's the one place he keeps seeing/hearing so he assumes that the kid who's now a part of him used to live there or someone close to him lives there.
What is the significance of Connor holding in his anger around Roland Pg 147
During the book Risa and Connor find themselves in an unwinding shelter with children who were going to get unwound, one of them also happens to be Roland. During their stay, Risa talks to Connor about how whenever some is near Connor they start talking about someone who could take down Roland. Risa said that it was best if Connor keep his anger in check, because if his anger got the best of him in front of Roland then it would likely be a fight that wouldn't end till either Roland or Connor died.
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?
I must admit there are times when I get into fights with my brother due to the things he says and once he says it, it's an immediate reaction for me to snap back because some things he says I find offending even if they don't seem to be.I also guess I just snap back now is because of when I was younger our relationship was like tipping iceberg and back then I was really sensitive and words hurt a lot for me back then, so it's sort of like a protective mechanism for me to just snap back. Other than that I don't follow my impulses unless it means comforting my friends if they're sad.
This has allowed Lev to get more book time and to also allow him to gain more character development because really at the start he was just a kid who thought of Risa and Connor as his kidnappers and his real and only goal at the time was to get freedom from them and get unwound, though that changed when he called Pastor Dan. After he's separated he meets with Cy-Fi meeting these characters give Lev character devolvement and more book time. this also, however, tells us what happens when someone who's alive gets a part of someone's brain or any part attached to them.
On p125 & p129 the novel touches on same-sex relationships. Has the attitude towards same-sex couples changed (for better or worse) in this futuristic society? Explain your response
Not really as in our day and age someplace accept same-sex marriage because there are some states in America which allow same-sex Marriage and this story is based in America, we also know it's illegal because Cy-Fi says he has two dads who were mmarried even though marriage was illegal for same-sex marriage. I'm guessing that mmarried is a type of secret form of marriage.
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?
We learned that Cy-Fi had a part of someone else's brain attached to his brain. this effected him in many ways, the effect was that there were times when he'd just lose control of himself and start stealing things. Something which he'd never do but it was something that the kid who got unwound would do, the kid who got a half of his brain attached to Cy-Fi. We find this out when Cy-Fi steals from a shop but later on tells Lev to take to away from out of his site in case he changes his mind, indicating to the part of his brain that belonged to the other kid, he also talks about how he sees things about this kid.
What is the real reason Cy-Fi needs to get to Joplin, Mo? pg131
Like the answer above, a part of his brain isn't his, it's another kids brain. Cy-Fi needed to go to Joplin because that's the one place he keeps seeing/hearing so he assumes that the kid who's now a part of him used to live there or someone close to him lives there.
What is the significance of Connor holding in his anger around Roland Pg 147
During the book Risa and Connor find themselves in an unwinding shelter with children who were going to get unwound, one of them also happens to be Roland. During their stay, Risa talks to Connor about how whenever some is near Connor they start talking about someone who could take down Roland. Risa said that it was best if Connor keep his anger in check, because if his anger got the best of him in front of Roland then it would likely be a fight that wouldn't end till either Roland or Connor died.
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?
I must admit there are times when I get into fights with my brother due to the things he says and once he says it, it's an immediate reaction for me to snap back because some things he says I find offending even if they don't seem to be.I also guess I just snap back now is because of when I was younger our relationship was like tipping iceberg and back then I was really sensitive and words hurt a lot for me back then, so it's sort of like a protective mechanism for me to just snap back. Other than that I don't follow my impulses unless it means comforting my friends if they're sad.
Friday, June 12, 2020
Unwind II Connection Task II English
(Connection Task - Make a connection between this article and Unwinds Storking)
What is storking and what relation does it have to the article above? - In this article, it talks about how in Europe Mother or Possibly fathers are dropping their newborn baby's into a stainless steel hatch with a handle, inside are folded blankets for the baby, and a letter for parents who decided to change their mind and want the baby back and then just walking away leaving it behind, or mothers who secretly leave the baby in the hospital.
In Unwind there is a similarity to this... In Unwind dropping a baby off and leaving it is called Storking in Unwind, In Unwind you can't kill a child till it turns 13 so parents take to storking the child, so they have fewer responsibilities on their shoulder and that they have a second chance as they call it. To Stork, a child a Mother or Father would go to a neighbourhood and find a house and drop the baby off at the doorstep and run away. The people that are mostly targeted by storking are the rich people, the one's that have the money for the baby. However, if a parent is storking a baby and they get caught, they won't be left to run away, they'll be caught and told to take the baby back. However, if the family that got the baby on their doorstep doesn't want it, they can take it to a sate home which is basically an orphanage and a lifetime home.
In an state home the children will live there and help out the other children, once a child, of course, reaches 13 their ability to be unwound is available, but only if the state home feels that that child has reached their peak and has nothing left to improve, this is also done in state homes to give more room to new children who would come to the state home.
Monday, June 8, 2020
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
"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
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Part One - Triplicate II Novel Study II English
"I was never going to amount to much anyway, but now, statistically speaking, there's a better chance that some part of me will go on to greatness somewhere in the world. I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless." - Samson Ward
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"?
I really don't think brainwashing is really involved as it's just really common senes that they're using, they know that they won't wake up to see another day and having common senes makes people fear that. So to them "Living in a divided state" is also like never waking up again and never achieving that one thing in life they've always wanted to, so to them it's like dying. because when you die, you don't wake up. so even if a part of them is going somewhere else, their not going to really experience anything that, that part of them is doing.
2 Why, do you think, has Shusterman chosen to have three characters tell their story?
To show us the story between a normal kid, an orphan kid, and a religious kid and how they react and work together to survive from being unwound.
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?
Honestly, I don't know what to think, I mean religious people have many different rules from non-reglious people, and just the thought of knowing you're going to die at a certain age just freaks me out. because what if there's something he really wants to do but has to give that up because he was told to. It's kinda sad knowing that you'll never see your loved one's again just because your parents said that you're doing a great thing for the family and for the church. to me, it just sounds like their just trying to get rid of him, they're a king and a queen and he's just the pawn in their game, he's their little pawn to just sacrifice to win the game.
4 Risa is a state home kid - she was unwanted at birth, and now the state have deiced 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?
Probably. I guess it just depends on how they act and what they wish to do for a job... but then again it's the state and no ones gonna wanna deny the state due to how much power they have.
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?
Parents who unwind their children view their children as basically nothing, they neglect and toss them to the side. because they're just going to die anyway. So there would be no point in their eyes to pay attention to them, or really give them the love they needed. to parents their just objects waiting to get thrown out and recycled for better use.
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?
At the start, he encourages Lev due to religious reasons, and he encourages Lev to run later on because he felt something for Lev, guilt. because he hasn't experienced everything in life that he should have the chance to experience, and probably that he feels that no child should feel happy about the fact that their dying.
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"?
I really don't think brainwashing is really involved as it's just really common senes that they're using, they know that they won't wake up to see another day and having common senes makes people fear that. So to them "Living in a divided state" is also like never waking up again and never achieving that one thing in life they've always wanted to, so to them it's like dying. because when you die, you don't wake up. so even if a part of them is going somewhere else, their not going to really experience anything that, that part of them is doing.
2 Why, do you think, has Shusterman chosen to have three characters tell their story?
To show us the story between a normal kid, an orphan kid, and a religious kid and how they react and work together to survive from being unwound.
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?
Honestly, I don't know what to think, I mean religious people have many different rules from non-reglious people, and just the thought of knowing you're going to die at a certain age just freaks me out. because what if there's something he really wants to do but has to give that up because he was told to. It's kinda sad knowing that you'll never see your loved one's again just because your parents said that you're doing a great thing for the family and for the church. to me, it just sounds like their just trying to get rid of him, they're a king and a queen and he's just the pawn in their game, he's their little pawn to just sacrifice to win the game.
4 Risa is a state home kid - she was unwanted at birth, and now the state have deiced 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?
Probably. I guess it just depends on how they act and what they wish to do for a job... but then again it's the state and no ones gonna wanna deny the state due to how much power they have.
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?
Parents who unwind their children view their children as basically nothing, they neglect and toss them to the side. because they're just going to die anyway. So there would be no point in their eyes to pay attention to them, or really give them the love they needed. to parents their just objects waiting to get thrown out and recycled for better use.
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?
At the start, he encourages Lev due to religious reasons, and he encourages Lev to run later on because he felt something for Lev, guilt. because he hasn't experienced everything in life that he should have the chance to experience, and probably that he feels that no child should feel happy about the fact that their dying.
Exploring The Blurb II Dystopian Literature II English
Unwind Blurb
The process by which a child is both Terminated and kept alive is called 'unwinding' Unwinding is now common, and accepted practice in society.
In the not-too-distant future, teens Connor, Risa and Lev are on the run for their lives. Following the second Civil war, between pro-choice and pro-life forces, the United States now allows parents to unwind their unwanted and difficult kids between the ages of thirteen and eighteen: Their bodies are surgically taken apart and all the organs and tissues are used in other people. According to the law, the kids aren't considered dead, they're "Living in a divided state." But Connor, Risa and Lev, and thousands of other teens slated for "Unwinding", don't see it that way. They choose instead to "Kick AWOL," or run away. Unwind follows these three across the country as they travel together, split up, and meet again when their destinies cross in a Harvest Camp where they are slated to be unwound.
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's side is where they believe life is too important and that the unborn child cannot be killed and Pro-Choice is the side where they believe that they get a choice to if they want to keep or get rid of the child before it's born.
2. What do you know about organ donation?It's where a person allows an organ of theirs to be removed from their body and given to another person, this legal either by consent while the donor is alive. And if dead with the assent of the next of the kin.
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?
In the story, the camp makes a connection with the concentration camps that existed in world war 2 when Hitler had reigned in Germany, concentration camps are sort of like the harvest camp in the story. But instead of being automatically killed when you reach harvest camp. The people in Concentration camp are either, starved to death or worked to death. because it was a concentration camp then they had little to rest and were all malnourished.
4. What religious connotation does the word 'harvest' evoke?
It envokes a free will to give up a part of yourself to a god. without feeling as though you have no choice or say.
The process by which a child is both Terminated and kept alive is called 'unwinding' Unwinding is now common, and accepted practice in society.
In the not-too-distant future, teens Connor, Risa and Lev are on the run for their lives. Following the second Civil war, between pro-choice and pro-life forces, the United States now allows parents to unwind their unwanted and difficult kids between the ages of thirteen and eighteen: Their bodies are surgically taken apart and all the organs and tissues are used in other people. According to the law, the kids aren't considered dead, they're "Living in a divided state." But Connor, Risa and Lev, and thousands of other teens slated for "Unwinding", don't see it that way. They choose instead to "Kick AWOL," or run away. Unwind follows these three across the country as they travel together, split up, and meet again when their destinies cross in a Harvest Camp where they are slated to be unwound.
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's side is where they believe life is too important and that the unborn child cannot be killed and Pro-Choice is the side where they believe that they get a choice to if they want to keep or get rid of the child before it's born.
2. What do you know about organ donation?It's where a person allows an organ of theirs to be removed from their body and given to another person, this legal either by consent while the donor is alive. And if dead with the assent of the next of the kin.
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?
In the story, the camp makes a connection with the concentration camps that existed in world war 2 when Hitler had reigned in Germany, concentration camps are sort of like the harvest camp in the story. But instead of being automatically killed when you reach harvest camp. The people in Concentration camp are either, starved to death or worked to death. because it was a concentration camp then they had little to rest and were all malnourished.
4. What religious connotation does the word 'harvest' evoke?
It envokes a free will to give up a part of yourself to a god. without feeling as though you have no choice or say.
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?
Passed away Instead of Died.
Dearly Departed Instead of Died.
Ethnic Cleansing Instead of Genocide.
Negative Patient Outcome Instead of Died.
Collateral Damage Instead of Accidental Deaths.
Put To Sleep Instead of Euthanize.
Dearly Departed Instead of Died.
Ethnic Cleansing Instead of Genocide.
Negative Patient Outcome Instead of Died.
Collateral Damage Instead of Accidental Deaths.
Put To Sleep Instead of Euthanize.
Pregnancy Termination Instead of Abortion.
Bite The Big One Instead of Died.
People use Euphemisms to tell other people about the death of someone or something in a nice way. so it doesn't affect them that bad and they don't have a breakdown but instead just cry in shock, like any other person would do when they lost someone close to them.
Bite The Big One Instead of Died.
People use Euphemisms to tell other people about the death of someone or something in a nice way. so it doesn't affect them that bad and they don't have a breakdown but instead just cry in shock, like any other person would do when they lost someone close to them.
6. What is the definition of Legal?
Something is approved of by the Law/Minister meaning that is appropriate to do and if you do it, it won't get you put in jail or fined.
7. What about Ethical?
Ethical, based on your morals and how you view a certain topic and how you react to it. Like for example, if you were a Pro-Life then you believe that life is too important to get rid of therefore their Anti-Abortion and if you were Pro-Choice, then you believe that you yourself have a right to pick whether the child dies or lives.
8. Do you believe that because something is legal, it is ethical, or morally right?
Honestly, it's really based on what it is, in my opinion, if Unwind was Legal right now, I wouldn't put it as Morally right because your basically just killing a helpless child whose trying their best in life and trying to achieve something. But you're taking away that chance, and if they didn't want the child they could of just put it up for adoption. There are families out there who can't have children and would love one.
9. Can things that are ethically sound ever be illegal? Provide examples.
Yes they can, such examples include - Avoiding/Cheating Taxes and Speeding
Yes they can, such examples include - Avoiding/Cheating Taxes and Speeding
10. Can you think of examples in history to support your idea's? Provide Example
Not really sure on this one?
Not really sure on this one?
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Unwind II Novel Study II English
Look at the original cover to the right, answer the following questions, remember to explain WHY you think that for each answer.
- How do you think this story will be written?
I think the story will be written in a first-person view, as they seem to be more common in books and seems to make more senes, and you don't seem to lose track of the story in first person, because your working on a single character meaning that there would be no point to suddenly go to another person in the same chapter, as it wouldn't really make sense.
- Why do you think the story is entitled as it is?
I'm guessing it has something to do with people being like killed or something. Cause by the look of it, the story looks to be of a horror theme due to the dark background and the colour red used, which can also mean blood, and also the fact that it took before the hunger games, and that there is a DNA sign on the book cover.
- Where do you think the story will take place?
I think the story will take someplace after a war, because if it is based on killing people. then it's more likely to be after a war, because during a war something aren't the same things change, people are killed and even after the war there would have been new laws and rules placed.
- What time period do you think the story is set in?
I think it will take place after either world war 2 or the Civil war somewhere in the future but no too far off, somewhere likely in the 21ths century.
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Unwind II Novel Study II English
DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE
According to the science-fiction dictionary, Brave New Worlds dystopian literature is "an imagined society or state of affairs in which conditions are extremely bad, especially in which these conditions result from the continuation of some current trend to an extreme."
Name three Synonyms for dystopia.
1 Anti-Utopia
2 Apocalypse
3 heterotopia
What is the antonym for dystopia?
Main - Dystopia
Meaning - A State in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror
Antonym - Utopia
Meaning - Ideally the perfect state: especially in its social and political and moral aspects
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TYPES OF DYSTOPIAN CONTROLS
- Corporate control: One or more large corporations control society through products, advertising, and/or the media.
- Bureaucratic control: Society is controlled by a mindless bureaucracy through a tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and incompetent government officials.
Which Dystopian novels have you read
- Unwind
How many others can you name?
- Unwind, Maze Runner, Giver, The 5th wave, The hunger games
What is the antonym for dystopia?
Main - Dystopia
Meaning - A State in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror
Antonym - Utopia
Meaning - Ideally the perfect state: especially in its social and political and moral aspects
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TYPES OF DYSTOPIAN CONTROLS
- Corporate control: One or more large corporations control society through products, advertising, and/or the media.
- Bureaucratic control: Society is controlled by a mindless bureaucracy through a tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and incompetent government officials.
Which Dystopian novels have you read
- Unwind
How many others can you name?
- Unwind, Maze Runner, Giver, The 5th wave, The hunger games
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