"Unwind" by Alicia Childs https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x Padlet by Alicia Childs. A small overview of the book "Unwind." en-us 2017-03-16 18:16:40 UTC 2024-06-08 17:18:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png The Essentials-One childali https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160628525 How is the setting in your novel a dystopian society?
The book Unwind is in a slightly futuristic world, where ipods are considered old at pawn shops. The US, not sure about the rest of the world, is corrupted by the government’s laws after the Heartland War. Kids from the age 13-18 can be taken apart and harvested for their bodies; if they are unwanted by their caretakers. And babies can be “storked” if the parents can’t, or don’t want to, take care of them. So long as they aren’t caught, that baby now legally belongs to the person in which the baby was left at their doorstep. 


]]> 2017-03-16 18:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160628525 Two childali https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160630537 How does any ruling class maintain power?
The US government in this story I would assume is still about the same democracy it is today. So they maintain power with law enforcement and such.

]]> 2017-03-16 18:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160630537 Three childali https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160631303 What is my role and impact on society?
The answer to that I am unsure of at the moment; I’m still a student with no career yet. Personally I don’t think I have much of any impact on society.



]]> 2017-03-16 18:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160631303 Four childali https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160631800 How can using individual strength and/or intelligence help someone survive?
Connor, one of the main characters, his strength is really his fighting spirit to live, fight the law. (more like run away from it) Risa though, she has cognitive strength. Which with Connor’s spirit and habit to fight, they make a good team. Evening each other's strengths. But Lev, I guess he’s just mostly a follower. But his strength helps him survive because he finds people who he can follow around and be taught by. He gets by, by being approachable and willing to learn.  

]]> 2017-03-16 18:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160631800 Five childali https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160632098 What is the importance of alliances to survival?
With Connor and Risa’s alliance, they have made it pretty far to escape their fate. Since Risa is smart in more ways than one, then Connor is like a battering ram or protector for her. Her smarts and his attitude have gotten 
]]> 2017-03-16 18:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160632098 Vocabularian- Turnstile childali https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160632580 "…, but Connor threw an arm out like a turnstile to let Risa get to the stairs first."
A turnstile mechanical gate consisting of revolving horizontal arms fixed to a vertical post, allowing only one person at a time to pass through.]]> 2017-03-16 18:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160632580 Morlock childali https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160634968 “Good point. You have a lot of insight for a Morlock”
A morlock is a fictional creature from another older novel.

]]> 2017-03-16 18:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160634968 Nihilistic childali https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160635440 “You’re beautiful when you’re nihilistic” 
Nihilism is the rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless.
synonyms: | skepticism, negativity, cynicism, pessimism

]]> 2017-03-16 18:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160635440 Triage childali https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160636529 “In a place like this you have to practice triage,”
(in medical use) the assignment of degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses to decide the order of treatment of a large number of patients or casualties.

]]> 2017-03-16 18:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160636529 Exhume childali https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160637340 "In 2003 the authorities agreed to exhume around 30 bodies from a cemetery used by maternity hospital #6."
To exhume means to unearth or dig up, typically bodies or the dead.

]]> 2017-03-16 18:48:40 UTC https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160637340 Descriptors-What makes this story a dystopian society childali https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160777957 Urban setting: Most of the story takes place in some sort of city; in the future of course too. ]]> 2017-03-17 13:00:40 UTC https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160777957 Backstory of war, revolution, or destruction childali https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160778715 There was apparently a war called the “Heartland War” I believe. The result of that was the new laws about unwinding and storking. Hence no one side truly won.

]]> 2017-03-17 13:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160778715 A "hero" that questions society childali https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160779145 Connor, Risa, and most other unwinds realize that the unwind program is wrong. But most people in society just accept it or believe it’s right. So Connor went against the grain to escape this wrongness. And he brought the two others with him. 

]]> 2017-03-17 13:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160779145 The isolation of the hero(s) childali https://padlet.com/childali/jtc0b7thee3x/wish/160779313 Connor, Risa, and Lev were all being sent to be unwound, but because of Connor, they all escaped their fate. And were basically isolated from normal life. But they remained a trio for the longest time, but eventually Lev was separated. 

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