https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho en-us 2016-04-08 02:36:52 UTC 2025-09-25 00:16:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283459411 Rebellion can be necessary sometimes to protect others

This is shown with the Admiral creating the 'Graveyard' and helping unwinds. He does this despite it being very illegal. 

This teaches us that the right thing to do may not always be the legal thing.]]> 2022-09-05 21:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283459411 https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283460029 The woman who storked her baby was a parralell to a woman having an abortion. The woman spoke about her baby like it was a burden and it was forced on her, she doesn't feel guilty for storking it because she felt like it was an inconvenience that she didn't deserve. This is just like abortions, as it helps the woman, but with storking it punishes the baby too.]]> 2022-09-05 21:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283460029 https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283460646 It is amazing how someone who would be referred to as a rebellious or bad person (Connor), can change into a leader who makes good choices and learnt how to think before he acts, by just meeting one person with a good influence on them. On the other hand it is interesting how a disciplined, religious and good hearted person like Lev can change so significantly through just meeting one person (Cy-Fi) with a bad influence on him. He became a clapper, which you can basically call a murderer or a terrorist as well as a very selfish person. It is hard to believe such a religious and well off boy can change into someone like a clapper. It is always the least expected things that happen.]]> 2022-09-05 21:16:59 UTC https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283460646 https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283461000 I think that Neal Shusterman wants us to understand that human life is valuable and e should protect it not destroy it.
"In a perfect world everything would be either black or white, right or wrong, and everyone would know the difference. But this isn't a perfect world. The problem is people who think it is."
- Conner, pg. 75]]> 2022-09-05 21:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283461000 https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283461116 The workers in the camp at the end of the book don't care about the unwinds at all. They have lost all sympathy and truly don't care about killing these innocent kids anymore. They are so used to this new society and have become so numb to the terrible idea of unwinding that they just see them as numbers, not real people.]]> 2022-09-05 21:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283461116 https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283463140 We learn through the book that the true winners were the anti abortion side because all babies are still being born and they have better healthcare. The pro abortion side really got screwed over and their original goal of not forcing woman to have babies was lost. We see this with the idea of storking and the woman who storked her baby, she feels like it is a problem in her life and she didn't deserve that punishment.]]> 2022-09-05 21:22:19 UTC https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283463140 https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283463711 People deserve redemption. People that have started their life off not so well and are getting unwound should be able to change the way they live to mature into adults. In a world without redemption there is less chance to learn from your mistakes, redemption is a human right everyone should be given. if Connor was unwound he would of never even had the chance to redeem himself and become the heroic influential leader that he is by the end of the book. ]]> 2022-09-05 21:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283463711 https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283464327 This novel wants us to realize that the law isn't always correct. This is shown in the novel by unwinding being a terrible concept, yet it has still made its way into law. in fact, the only reason it came into law was because the people were desperately seeking a way out from war, and when an opportunity arose society took it.]]> 2022-09-05 21:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283464327 https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283464895 I believe that Neal Shusterman wanted us to feel empathy for those who have been dehumanized and taken away from society. I believe that he wants to show us the effect on those who have been selected to be unwound, and what can happen to those who aren't loved in this day and age.

He wanted us to think about the events in the novel and how it relates to the current issues in todays society. For example the over turning of Roe V. Wade and the effects this issue will and is causing. 

The author also wants us to understand the potential of change, not just in few people but in anyone- displaying that even people who have had a somewhat wrong past, can still change

]]> 2022-09-05 21:25:55 UTC https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283464895 https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283465011 Put us in individual's shoes, specifically people who are being criticized.

When people are reading on Connor's journey, they have sympathy toward Connor and rethink on how they should address people or how they should act toward other without dehumanizing them. The author wanted us to know the power of hate and how it can affect others, we see this in a quote “You see, a conflict always begins with an issue  - a difference of opinion, an argument, But by the time it turns into war, the issue doesn't matter anymore because now it’s about one thing, and one thing only: how much each side hates the other.” pg 223

]]> 2022-09-05 21:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283465011 https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283466061 No matter how bad a person was, the idea of unwinding is really messed up. We see this with Roland, he was a terrible person yet his chapter was really hard to read and made many feel terrible for his character. It really brings up the idea of how no matter the person unwinding is just a bad thing and should happen to no one.]]> 2022-09-05 21:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/joanne_orr/gn210880rbho/wish/2283466061