PART SIX - UNWOUND

04/02/19, Tuesday

For your ease of mind, there are a variety of harvest camps to choose from.

Each facility is privately owned, state licensed, and federally funded by your tax dollars. Regardless of the site you choose, you can feel confident that your Unwind will receive the finest possible care from our board-certified staff as they make their transition to a divided state.  

-From The Parents' Unwinding Handbook

CONNECTIONS:   

While at Harvest Camp, cameras film what the unwinds do at all times. This is an Orwellian concept and happens in 1984. It is also increasingly popular in our world to have 24hr CCTV coverage of most places.  

Rehabilitation Centres and Prisons: The group counselling, daily physical activities and strict diet are similar to many rehab centres for people recovering from substance abuse, or a mental health issue. They are also quite similar to many modern prisons.

1. Connor and Risa are sent to Happy Jack Harvest Camp. Describe what it is like, and explain why it is like this. P265-266 Harvest camps are all kept clean and the all well kept. All harvest camps are in a beautiful area. There are many pastel colours, with not much red. It is like this to keep the unwinds calm and to cover the terror that is what is going to happen to them.
2. What is the exact percentage of the Unwind that you have to keep alive? Why is it not 100%, as Risa believes? P269 They have to keep 99.44%, because of the features that are no longer useful to anyone to this day.
3. What do the unwinds call the place where unwinding occurs? P271 They call the place where unwinding occurs The Chop Shop with a red carpet leading to it.
4. Lev too is at Happy Jack but as a tithe. Why is this?  Because this is part of his plan along with Blaine and Mai. They are planning to be clapper to blow up the camp.
5. On p278 Connor and Roland finally, have the fight that's been brewing between them. What does each character realise during this? Roland realises that he can't kill someone even though he thought he could. Connor found out what his answer is to the question that they were talking about "Would you rather die or be unwound?"
6. P284 - What group has Lev joined, who recruited him, and when will they follow out their plan?  Lev got recruited by Cleaver who was beaten to death, he taught Roland how to fly the helicopter to go to the harvest camp to blow it up.
7. Roland is called for unwinding on p286. Why is this?  Because his blood type is rare which is AB negative and is highly needed. This is why they are unwinding him as soon as they can.
8. 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?  Yes, because you can read what Roland feels and the author up until this chapter doesn't go into detail on how unwinding works.
9. Why does Lev decide not to clap? P310 Lev decided not to clap because he can't bring himself to do it and he saw Connor who was still alive and chose not to.