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Summary Of Unwind By Neal Shusterman

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The government in this book is twisted and cruel, the law enforcement sees all unwinds as delinquents who do not deserve to live. Unwind was written by Neal Shusterman. It's a story about Connor Lassiter, Risa Ward, and Lev Calder; they are all unwinds. When Connor learns his parents signed him to get unwound he runs away. After he escapes from the officers he finds himself with Risa and Lev. Throughout Connors escape he discovers that Lev and Risa are also unwinds. People had very strong opinions during the long war when unwinding was mentioned, it wasn't meant to be taken seriously but it was. The bill of life was created and unwinding was the product. Unwinding is when teens thirteen to eighteen can be unwound, if their parents feel it …show more content…

When they had escaped from the law enforcement Risa was going door to door asking for clothing and supplies to be donated. They had to quickly decide what to do when they saw law enforcement, while walking out of the woods. They were accused of storking a home and Connor decided to bring the baby along with them. Risa sarcastically says, “Maybe we should all pick up a baby along the way,” (Shusterman 65). This quote from the book shows that Risa was angry with Connor for bringing the baby along with them. Risa didn't understand why Connor couldn't have just left the baby there. This was important to Connor because when he was growing up there had been an awful incident with a storked baby in his neighborhood. With nothing left that they could do they all got on the bus, which took them to a high school. After hours of hiding in the bathroom Lev snuck to the office, he told on Connor and Risa, saying he had been abducted by the unwinds. Law enforcement was called and Lev was starting to feel guilty about ratting them out and pulled the fire alarm so they could get out of the building. Lev started to realize why the are running and he started to understand what Pastor Dan meant when he told him “Run! Run as fast and as far as you can. RUN!” (Shusterman 37). Lev has always believed it to be his life's mission to be tithed when he turns thirteen. His parents has raised him to believe that this is what he was

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