Unwind

SIGNIFICANCE

Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something that one or more of the characters in the novel do not

EXAMPLES

Lev is at Happy Jack harvest camp to cause chaos and destruction and he has comfort in knowing his friends are safe, however, little does he know his friends are scheduled for unwinding at the same camp.

Connor thinks Lev turned himself in and has been unwound, however, he was really travelling across the country with a boy named CI-Fi.

Situational Irony

The act when the reader is certain that a certain scenario will happen but it turns out to be the complete opposite of what would be expected. (I.E:A firetruck catching on fire or a police station being robbed)

EXAMPLES

Examples from Unwind:

SIGNIFICANCE

• To be truthful but avoid the brutal truth, the undesirable name or phrase.

• They aren’t lies but alternative terms.

• Human nature has begun to accept actions that they wouldn't normally allow.

• What seems unthinkable becomes commonplace when described in the right way.

• Makes this world seem acceptable, even normal with the use of euphemisms

EXAMPLES

Living in a divided state - Unwounded:

• “Please Mrs. Ward. It’s not dying, and I’m sure everyone here would be more comfortable if you didn’t suggest something so blatantly inflammatory. The fact is, 100% of you will still be alive, just in a divided state” (24).

- Society doesn't consider unwinding as death but as: “living in a

divided state”.

- Parents believe that surrendering their children to this process is

morally correct.

- Their children are not being murdered, but being put to a better

purpose.

EXAMPLES

Harvest Camps - Unwinding Facilities:

• “Happy Jack Harvest Camp, in beautiful Happy Jack, Arizona, is the perfect model of what a harvest camp should be. Nestled on a pine-covered ridge in northern Arizona, the sedating forest views give way to the breathtaking red mountains of Sedona to the west” (265).

- Unwanted or troubled teens can be writ off by their parents to

“harvest camp” .

- Their body parts taken apart and dispersed else where.

- Just an unwinding facility, responsible for thousands of teenagers’s

lives that come to an end.

EXAMPLES

Offered as a tithe- Human Sacrifice:

• "He’s had his entire life to prepare for this – it should have been enough. He knew he was a tithe from the time he was little. ‘You’re special,’ his parents had always told him. ‘Your life will be to serve God, and mankind' " (31).

- Tithe instead of Human Sacrifice.

- Religious way of life.

- Society in unwind accepts the tithe system.

- Allows the unwinding of young children to continue.

SIGNIFICANCE

To help reader's understanding of complex ideas throughout the novel:

- unplanned pregnancy and forced adoption

- human sacrafice and death

EXAMPLES

The baby left on the doorstep

- represents how the bill of life affects everyone

- "People shouldn't give away babies that get left at their door" (54)

Detonators disguised as Band-Aids

- represents destruction and death

- “They’re not band-aids, they’re detonators” (283)

"The Bill of Life"

- represents the cruelty of humans

- “Funny, but the Bill of Life was supposed to protect the sanctity of life. Instead it just made life cheap.” Pg (53)