UNWIND Part-One Triplicate

01/02/19, Friday

  "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 think a lot of brainwashing because teenagers think a lot about this stuff and I think that they forced the thought of them being led to their death out of their minds. They think that they are doing something good with their organs.
2. Why, do you think, has Shusterman chosen to have three characters tell their story?  I think Shusterman chose to have three characters tell their story to have different perspectives and to show that everyone has different opinions.
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 don't think this is right. Offering someone isn't how you give back to the church. I think that this is bad and the thought of giving your child up to the church to be an offering is a revolting act.
4. Rita is a state home kid - she was unwanted at birth, and now the state has 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? I don't think so, everyone has the right to live. They have their own choice to live, they also have the right to live. No one chooses whether you can die or not.
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 about this? I think that the parents view their children as a robot, something that they can replace easily and something that they can discard easily. I think this because it shows that they don't care that their children are getting their organs donated to someone else and it shows you that they think that they can replace their children easily like an object that can be replaced if they don't need it anymore or if they don't like it anymore.
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? The reasons might he have to encourage Lev in his journey as a tithe is that he grew up with that or that he was forced to encourage Lev maybe it's what he believed in. I think he encourages him to run because he sensed that it isn't right and he cares for Lev even if he believes that being tithe is good he still cares for Lev telling him to run.
7. What is the story based on a nursery rhyme that circulates among the youth?  Humpty Dumpty, "You know that story? I thought they only told it in my neighbourhood." Lev mentioned