Unwind by Neal Shusterman describes a world, taking place shortly after the second civil war, where parents and families are able to “retroactively abort” their children when they are past the age of thirteen. When they turn eighteen, they are no longer within their parent's’ constraints and cannot be unwound. When teenagers are unwound, their body parts and organs become disassembled and can be transplanted into teenagers who require that specific part or organ. Families interpret this as their children’s essence being spread among other teenagers, in which their child will still live on. This book follows every move of the main characters Connor Lassiter, Risa Ward, and Lev Caldar. These three characters work together for most of the book …show more content…
Throughout the story, they split up -- Connor and Risa are with each other for the most part -- and try to save other teens who are too afraid to fight back but want to. Although the three of them periodically separate, they still work together in order to save other rebels who have escaped other cops from unwinding them. The juvey cops that are trying to arrest them are relentless and begin to stop at nothing to arrest them and continue the unwinding process. They reach a warehouse where there are other unwounds being kept in secret. There they meet a boy named Roland who talks and acts tough. He begins to think that Connor, the famous Akron AWOL, was a threat to his position among the others. So, in order to establish his dominance, he begins to play mind games with Connor and begins to involve Risa, Connor’s friends, and the rest of the kids who were supposed to be unwound. With Connor’s leadership, Risa’s survival and medical instincts and skills, and Lev’s decision to be an explosive device, they were able to escape the grasps of the juvenile cops and were able to save themselves from behind unwound. However, this might not have gone the same with the others, and that is where another story …show more content…
Every single page contains some kind of action or drama that keeps me wanting to read more. The love story between Connor and Risa, the action that takes place whenever there are juvey cops and children meant to be unwound, and following the different perspectives of each character really drew me in as a reader and kept my undivided attention throughout the whole book. Unwind went above and beyond my expectations as just a book that most of my classmates enjoyed. This book made me want to read more of this kind of book and I am now reading the sequel to Unwind --
“Geronimo: an American legend” is a story of an apache warrior who fought against the United States in order to preserve his peoples culture. The film starts off, ironically, with the first surrender of Geronimo. His people are sent to a reservation called turkey creek. On this reservation they were expected to become farmers that would produce mostly corn. However the apache where not harvesting enough to sustain their community and had to rely on government checks.
No Promises In the Wind, authored by Irene Hunt, gives an excellent description of growing up in the center of the Great Depression. Chapter One begins with the alerting sound of an alarm clock going off at 4am. Josh, a fifteen year old boy, leaves his bed, and departs from his family’s home to deliver newspapers. Notwithstanding, the paper route brought very little money, but the money earned was needed. Directly after finishing his route, Josh returns home to prepare for school, where he anticipated the day’s end, knowing that Miss Crowne’s music room belonged to them after school hours.
The diverse alternation of point of views also provides the story an effective way to reach out to readers and be felt. The characterisation is effectively done and applied as Sam, Grace, and the other supporting characters play individual, crucial roles in the course of the story. All the elements of a typical young adult novel, consisting of a gap-filled relationship between children and parents, emotion-driven teenagers, and a unique conflict that makes the book distinct from fellow novels, combined with the dangerous consequences of the challenges the couple encounter, make the book different from all other of the same genre. The plot unfolds slowly giving readers enough time to adjust and anticipate the heavy conflict when it arises. It has gotten us so hooked but the only thing we could possibly dislike about it was the slow pace of plot. The anticipation was too much to handle and we were practically buzzing and bouncing to know how the story turns out as we read. It builds the anticipation, excitement, thrill, sadness, grief, loss, and longing in such an effective way to entice and hook readers further into the world of Sam and
In numerous way a character in an book can be affected or influenced by their culture in the novel Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand a young man by the name of Louie Zamperini is affected at an early age by his culture. While reading the novel an individual would find out that Louie is the son of two Italian immigrants, few years after Louie was born he moves to this small surber city called Torrance with his family. While living in this town Louie family has to fight against prejudices of the citizen not wanting this Italian family living in the neighborhood. In the first few chapter someone would learn that in the 1920s Torrance ,California was very prejudices to the Zamperini family by trying to get the city council members from letting them move into the city.Meanwhile, Louie Italian heritage did have a small effect on him as he was becoming an adult.
Once I get past all of the rambling I did in the past paragraphs, I honestly really enjoyed the book. Though it wasn't like most of the other books I’ve read (meaning I didn't cry during the process of reading it), the characters were just as provokingly interesting as the characters in other stories, it was a little edgy and made me want to yell at it, shouting at Sam when she wouldn’t let Tyler play video games with Danny, or Danny when he called to have Sam and Tyler taken to a separate facility. Overall, this book opened me up to something that just isn't a romance novel. This story really shows that there are people with a lot of difficulties in their lives, and that’s what I liked the most about it.
In class I read the first few pages and was immediately pulled into the book by the letter sent to Max’s mom and dad. It was a giant hook that reeled me right in. I can put myself right into Max’s shoes as a student going to school in Rochester. Well I mean kinda… now we can just text our parents.
This puzzled me until I remembered the way John Walker and his daughter Lark fight. As the story, progresses what seemed to be two separate stories begins to mold together to form one. For example, when it is revealed that John Walker is a McCourry on his mother's side. I enjoy how the book constantly hints to what will happen later on in the book. This makes the reader have to think about everything they read about.
The plot was immense, organized in a logical way, and kept you guessing. It was easy to understand what was going on since the events that occurred were so relatable. Crossan’s love for poetry was evident throughout the story. Every few chapters included a poem and I thought that this was a nice addition. There were a lot of depressing moments but overall the book was very well written, in my opinion. The characters were unique, although a few were stereotypical, such as Apple’s English teacher Mr.
I found the book to be easy, exciting reading because the story line was very realistic and easily relatable. This book flowed for me to a point when, at times, it was difficult to put down. Several scenes pleasantly caught me off guard and some were extremely hilarious, namely, the visit to Martha Oldcrow. I found myself really fond of the char...
Many people think that reading more can help them to think and develop before writing something. Others might think that they don’t need to read and or write that it can really help them to brainstorm things a lot quicker and to develop their own ideas immediately (right away). The author’s purpose of Stephen King’s essay, Reading to Write, is to understand the concepts, strategies and understandings of how to always read first and then start something. The importance of this essay is to understand and comprehend our reading and writing skills by brainstorming our ideas and thoughts a lot quicker. In other words, we must always try to read first before we can brainstorm some ideas and to think before we write something. There are many reasons why I chose Stephen King’s essay, Reading to Write, by many ways that reading can help you to comprehend, writing, can help you to evaluate and summarize things after reading a passage, if you read, it can help you to write things better and as you read, it can help you to think and evaluate of what to write about.
There were many parts of the book that had me hooked; I couldn’t stop reading no matter what was going on.
Hester Pryne of The Scarlet Letter Hester Pryne, after being punished for her sin, lived an important life. In "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester was convicted of adultery. However, after her conviction, she managed to raise a daughter, became an important seamstress in her community, and set an example for her close-knit community. Pearl, the daughter of a convicted sex offender, grew up living a different life from her peers.
This book is a very interesting read, if you have some self discipline. I mean that you need some self discipline because this book didn’t really captivate me in the sense that I couldn’t put it down. But after reading it for a while, I started to appreciate the author’s way of describing the characters and actions in this book.
My opinion on the book is that in the beginning it starts off slow and confusing, but near the middle it started to unwind, but part two was my favorite part of the book . I enjoy reading books about crisis because they lock my eyes on, the book and make me want to finish the book. I think the book was enjoyable, and I would certainly read it again.
We have all heard the common adage “Practice what you preach.” Another version of this sentiment can be found in the saying “You cannot just talk the talk; you must walk the walk.” In other words, it is commonly considered useless for one to talk about doing something or living a certain way if he does not actually live out those words. It is overall a sentiment that denounces hypocrisy. This idea is explored by Geoffrey Chaucer in his “Pardoner’s Prologue and Tale,” as well as the Introduction to the tale. Chaucer identifies a pardoner as his main character for the story and utilizes the situational and verbal irony found in the pardoner’s interactions and deplorable personality to demonstrate his belief in the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church during this time.