Neal Shusterman

In the novel Unwind, Neal Shusterman shows his outlook on today’s society with the disagreement on the debate of abortion. Shusterman portrays the novel after a second civil war, in which brought the process of unwinding, which is a form of retroactive abortion that results in the dismembering of children. This form of retroactive abortion was seen to be the only solution to keep peace to the nation, which only created a dystopia type of society which can be seen in the Hunger Games. This novel…

written by Neal Shusterman, these elite members of society are given the power to kill whoever they want, whenever they want, and it's all for the betterment of their community. With this in mind, Rowan is taken in to train and become one of these elites. However, when he is taken in by a morally corrupt Scythe, Rowan is faced with a difficult decision; does he train to become a ruthless killer, or does he keep his conscience clean by killing no one at all? In Scythe, Neal Shusterman uses…

Unwind by Neal Shusterman, Connor, one of the main characters had changed from being in an emotionally bad place and a foolish kid to more relaxed, mature and emotionally strong young adult. This happened because as the conflict escalated and he met Risa and Lev and they went through some tough times like almost being unwound taking care of the stroked baby. In the beginning of the book Connor had figured out that he is unwound so he was just sitting on a ledge and thinking. Shusterman writes,…

“The moment you’re loved, that's when you got your soul” (Shusterman 174). Neal Shusterman, the author of Unwind, grew up in Brooklyn, where he began writing at an early age. Shusterman wrote Unwind with the intention to “point out the fact that there are two sides on all of these gray area issues” (Shusterman); he wanted people to look at issues like abortion, storking, and unwinding with a different perspective. Shusterman uses setting, point of view, characters, theme and symbolism to depict…

strangers would open up their homes to the unloved” (Shusterman chapter 14).Unfortunately, the world that Neal Shusterman depicts in Unwind is not perfect. It is dystopian fiction that depicts a world where children from the ages of 13 to 18 can be dissected and dismembered to have their body parts donated in a process called unwinding. The story takes place in the future in the United States after a civil war known as the Heartland War. In Unwind, Shusterman uses theme, characters, setting,…

The author, Neal Shusterman, intrinsically develops an complex character—Rowan Damisch—to parallel the brick wall of insecurity that an individual often barricade themselves from within, where the small embers of fire that one encompasses are fanned to their very notions and moralities that motivates one to remain indestructible amongst the evils of both damaging psychological and physical aspects. Rowan Damisch is an remarkable calamity waiting to unravel; the development of his individuality…

Have you ever thought about how relationships -- friendships, especially -- having the ability to develop over night? About how sometimes you just connect with people the moment you see them for the first time? Well, in Unwind by Neal Shusterman, an assortment of three teenagers fall apart before they even become apart of something; they collapse before the construction of their lives begin. Eventually, though, they bond over a new addition to their independent group. Nevertheless, all of life’s…

death not only plays a major role on earth but also in the political atmosphere. One of the Supreme Courts’ major issues and something they seem to visit annually is abortion rights which is the most controversial life or death topic of all. Neal Shustermans’ novel “Unwind” addresses the topic of abortion well making both sides, pro-life and pro-choice equally justifiable. Although in the book abortion may seem completely morbid in the year 2017 one would…

can have an impact (big or small) on someone else. The dystopian novel Unwind by Neal Shusterman is about teenagers (Connor, Risa,…

dystopian novel Scythe by Neal Shusterman is about two teens, Citra and Rowan, who are chosen to be scythes, the population managers/killers. In the dystopian novel The House Of The Scorpion by Nancy Farmer, El Patron, a selfish ruler, has made a clone of himself, that will give him transplants so he can live longer. Both of these books are dystopian control/power and mood to portray the theme that power can lead to cruelty and corruption. First, in Scythe, Shusterman uses a sad mood to show…