The Unwound Connor Character Analysis

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While Connor is faced with several conflicts during the story the largest one is person vs, society. As a strong opponent to being unwound Connor goes against society's beliefs on unwinding. When he escaped his unwinding he went AWOL. Though society portrayed this as a very criminal action, this was like a spark starting a wildfire for the unwinds. When they arrived at the graveyard everything was under control; although it seemed like a peaceful place trouble was brewing amongst the citizens. The book proves this furthermore when it says, “Furious kids begin to arrive at the general's jet. Get him! Get him! Pull him out!”(Shusterman 246) Connor arrives and begins to calm the mob like a mother calms her child. When control is regained the

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