The purpose for writing this report is to analyze one of the characters from the book Unwind by Neil Shusterman. The character I chose to analyze was the main character Connor. Connor is a very brave and independent person, and that is a common theme that I got out of this book while I read it. He escaped his unwinding, shot a cop with his own tranquilizer gun, and from there proceeded to live a free life so he wouldn’t have to be unwound. Connor is also a very clever and sly person. It seems that he knows what to do in every situation. When they were all stuck in the bathroom, Connor knew to put his feet up, and when he almost got caught, he fought back and escaped which leads me to my next point. Connor is a fighter. He fought the juvey cop,
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“The kid considers the car, but only for a instant. Bullets now fly past him” (Shusterman 35). This quote suggests many things about Connor and his personality. First is that he is as brave as they get. Before this event happened in the story, Connor ran away from his parents, which is brave and independent all in itself. Connor’s parents track him down and the next thing you know he is running across the middle of the interstate dodging traffic and also the Juvey Police. He then runs to a random car on the interstate and takes the kid hostage realizing that the kid was a tithe (a special type of unwind). He then made a run for the woods and made it there safely. After that he came up with a plan that some would have deemed insane. Connor ran back onto the highway and grabbed the tithe (Lev) while being shot at and darted back into the woods saving the kids life. From there he went on to shoot a Juvey cop with his own tranquilizer gun. There is no way that anyone could tell you that this kid is not brave because he truly is. This kid just risked his life to save himself and others for their well being. That’s not only a brave person in my book but rather a hero. The thing that we don’t know is what he did before he was supposed to be Unwound. Maybe that’s not even the bravest thing he’s ever done but it’s braver than anything I have ever done. Independence mixed with bravery is a dangerous combination. It can be good or bad, …show more content…
“Well if I’m a killer, I’m. running out of time”, says Roland. ‘I better get to it.’ he begins swinging, and Connor is quick to defend, but soon it’s more than just defending himself. Connor taps into his own wellspring of fury, and he lets loose a brutal offensive of his own”(Shusterman 278). This quote tells us that Connor is a fighter and that he will fight someone that is bigger and stronger than him. Connor is absolutely fearless of everything and anything. Connor gets in fights through the succession of the book. The fighting is probably what made his parents sign the unwind order in the first place. He fought at his school. He fought at the airport hangar. He fought at the graveyard, and greatest of all he fought Roland. He just doesn’t care who he fights which makes him such a dangerous person. When he fought Roland he knew he was going to lose the fight yet he fought him anyway. Connor got pounded by Roland, in fact he almost died. He didn’t care—,, he wouldn’t let that get the best of him. He knew that there would probably be more fights to
“The kid considers the car, but only for a instant. Bullets now fly past him” (Shusterman 35). This quote suggests many things about Connor and his personality. First is that he is as brave as they get. Before this event happened in the story, Connor ran away from his parents, which is brave and independent all in itself. Connor’s parents track him down and the next thing you know he is running across the middle of the interstate dodging traffic and also the Juvey Police. He then runs to a random car on the interstate and takes the kid hostage realizing that the kid was a tithe (a special type of unwind). He then made a run for the woods and made it there safely. After that he came up with a plan that some would have deemed insane. Connor ran back onto the highway and grabbed the tithe (Lev) while being shot at and darted back into the woods saving the kids life. From there he went on to shoot a Juvey cop with his own tranquilizer gun. There is no way that anyone could tell you that this kid is not brave because he truly is. This kid just risked his life to save himself and others for their well being. That’s not only a brave person in my book but rather a hero. The thing that we don’t know is what he did before he was supposed to be Unwound. Maybe that’s not even the bravest thing he’s ever done but it’s braver than anything I have ever done. Independence mixed with bravery is a dangerous combination. It can be good or bad, …show more content…
“Well if I’m a killer, I’m. running out of time”, says Roland. ‘I better get to it.’ he begins swinging, and Connor is quick to defend, but soon it’s more than just defending himself. Connor taps into his own wellspring of fury, and he lets loose a brutal offensive of his own”(Shusterman 278). This quote tells us that Connor is a fighter and that he will fight someone that is bigger and stronger than him. Connor is absolutely fearless of everything and anything. Connor gets in fights through the succession of the book. The fighting is probably what made his parents sign the unwind order in the first place. He fought at his school. He fought at the airport hangar. He fought at the graveyard, and greatest of all he fought Roland. He just doesn’t care who he fights which makes him such a dangerous person. When he fought Roland he knew he was going to lose the fight yet he fought him anyway. Connor got pounded by Roland, in fact he almost died. He didn’t care—,, he wouldn’t let that get the best of him. He knew that there would probably be more fights to