Characters
A troublesome teen who fears being alone more than being unwound.
Who is Connor?
“Deeper in the woods a girl sits up against a tree, holding her arm, grimacing in pain.”
What is scowling/contorting ones face?
Why Risa isn't immediately worried about being unwound at the Happy Jack Harvest Camp.
What is because band members are needed longer (and she plays the piano)?
Put all that together with a gang of scared, angry kids, and you've got a powder keg waiting to explode.
What is a metaphor?
Connor’s parents can legally sign papers to have him unwound, proving the government gives adults power to decide whether teens live or die.
What is Oppressive Control?
A symbol of how society treats human life like something that can be dropped off, avoided, and made someone else’s responsibility.
What is storking?
Involuntarily leaves family of two loving dads to seek answers.
Who is Cyrus Finch?
"Hating the feeling of being vulnerable, Connor wishes they did not have to go to town."
What is exposed or defenseless?
The part of an unwind that is unwound last.
What is the brain?
Restlessness hangs as heavy as body odor in the air.
What is a simile?
The society insists unwinding is “a second chance at life,” even though the person’s identity is destroyed.
What is Propaganda?
This symbol represents how laws can be written to make injustice seem moral and “right,” even when people are harmed.
What is the Bill of Life?
She was birthed by a nineteen year-old mother.
Who is Didi?
The Admiral trusts Cleaver implicitly, believing everything he says and following his advice without hesitation.
What is absolutely, totally, or completely?
Mai's boyfriend.
Who is one of the first five to suffocate in a crate on the plane on the way to The Graveyard?
She smiles at them as they go by and continues to play, making it clear that this furnace of a place, full of planes that cannot fly, is more than it seems.
What is a metaphor?
Juvey-cops chase down runaway teens like Connor and Risa, and the threat of harvest camps keeps teens terrified and obedient.
What is Surveillance and Fear?
A symbol of false innocence—something that should bring joy becomes a warning sign of danger and control.
What is the ice cream truck?
Combo of an Unwind's temporal lobe and an Umber teen who had been storked as a baby
Who is Cy-Ty?
The very idea that he and Roland could in any way be on the same side makes him feel like he swallowed something rancid—his stomach churns, his throat tightens, and he fights the urge to gag.
What is sour, stale, or rotten?
Connor’s reactions upon seeing Lev in the Graveyard for the first time.
What is relieved but furious for what he did to him and Risa? or What is punched him in the face?
“A teacher without patience is like a car without brakes—both are bound to crash when pressure hits.”
What is an analogy?
Unwinds are described as “parts” and “contributions,” treating human bodies as products rather than people.
What is Dehumanization?
A symbol of hidden resistance: a place where the past is valued and protected in a society that disposes of people too easily.
What is Sonia's antique shop?
Naïve child who becomes daunting hero.
Who is Lev?
The pawnbroker strokes his beard. Maybe this kid isn’t as naïve as he looks—he doesn’t fall for the sales pitch, and he keeps asking sharp questions.
What is simple and trusting?
Where the Admiral sends Emby and why he sends them there.
What is to his ex-wife’s home because they hope to gather all of their son Harlan’s parts together in order to communicate with him.
“When she found out she made the team, she was on cloud nine all day.”
What is an idiom?
The government wants citizens to believe the “Unwind Accord” created peace and solved problems, hiding the violence used to maintain that peace.
What is the Illusion of Perfection?
A symbol of survival and identity: a secret community where unwanted teens create their own rules and protect each other from being erased.
What is the Graveyard?