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The harvest is the procedure done on the unwinds when their time has come. During the procedure, the unwind stays fully conscious but does not feel a thing. The government makes the process justifiable by giving the body parts to people who are in need of them.

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During the pro-life/pro-choice movement, a war broke out among the two sides of the controversy.

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Connor is an unwind who was always known as the "bad" kid. His parents decided to unwind him for the better because of his never-ending fights. Connor liberates to his fellow unwinds, "We have a right to our lives" (Shusterman 333). Connor argues the unwinds have as much of a right to live as anyone else does.

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The end result of the war is the Bill of Life! The Bill of Life states, "A pregnancy could be terminated retroactively once the child reaches the age of reason" (Shusterman 204). In the bill, the signers used the word "terminated", which means to bring to an END. If unwinding is not considered murder then why would the makers of the Bill of Life use a word that is used for death?

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In Unwind, the people who are pro- unwinding argue unwinding is not murder. The pro-unwinds believe the kids do not die because the body parts are being used for other living humans. But, unwinding is indeed murder which can be seen throughout the novel.

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Everyone is born with a right to live!

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Unwinding, when a parent who does not want their child can donate their organs until the age of eighteen, takes away this right every person is allowed to have!

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In Unwind, right to life is a major theme seen by the characters and the events taken place. Many of the characters suffer from not having the right to life and have to fight to live to the age of eighteen to get their right back.

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Unlike Connor, Risa is being unwinded by the state due to her parents putting her in the foster care system since birth. Risa could not keep up with the competitive world of a pianist; "As I said, you've reached your potential" (Shusterman 23). The state decided Risa's personality traits and skills would not be useful in the world. As the book goes on, Risa proves the state wrong by not only using the skills of a piano player but also by being a medic while staying at the Graveyard.

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Lev, rather than being unwound is being tithed meaning, he knew from the time he was born he would be killed for others because of his religion. Lev is kidnapped and saved by Connor and Risa on his way to be tithed. Out of Lev's hatred towards his parents, he becomes a clapper, which in return saves the lives of Risa and Connor.

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While trying to find food, Lev runs into a teen boy named CyFy. CyFy is not a unwind, but instead, he is someone who has parts of a unwind in him. CyFy got in a serious accident leaving him with a new temporal lobe from an unwind.

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Every single living human has a soul no matter how dark someone thinks a soul can be. The line that defines a living person and a dead person is a soul. When a person's heart and brain are either not working or not in the same body then the soul is not there. An unwind questions the Connor, "if every part of you is alive but inside someone else...are you alive or are you dead" (Shusterman 167). The answer to this question is the person is dead. When a person's soul is taken away their life is stripped from them making them dead inside.

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CyFy does not only have his own thoughts but has the thoughts of the unwind too. The person is trapped in CyFy's head making the person not understand what is going on. Just because the brain of the person is trapped inside CyFy's head does not mean he is still alive. Since the person is not in their own body they are technically dead. At one point in the book, CyFy goes into a shop and says, "I'm looking for a nutcracker for my mom" (Shusterman 132). CyFy never knew his mother but the unwind in his brain did. Although he says the thoughts of the unwind the unwind is still not capable of doing anything because he is trapped in someone else's body.

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When Roland is unwinded the doctors remove a part of his brain while Roland can barely form words; "I...Hypothalamus. I...Hippocampus. ...Medulla. ......" (Shusterman 294). The "..." signifies Roland's heartbeat fading into darkness, which is a sign of death. The government argues unwinding does not kill a person and they will live their life throughout another person's body part. When the doctors are taking out Roland's brain they are separating the pieces of his brain making him unconscious. Scientifically doctors say when a person's brain is unconscious that is the point where someone is declared dead.

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Roland is another troubled teen who is being unwinded because of his mischievous actions. Roland is the only teenager out of the main characters who is unwinded. Roland's character lets the reader feel the emotion of what being an unwind is like; "The fear surrounds him, threatening to take him under" (Shusterman 291). At the moment, fear is the only focus on Roland's mind as he reaches death.