Part Four

Emby reminds me of the 'All-American' not in my backyard mindset. I don't like the way this story is moving, its a cliche of all things that are clearly illustrated much more creatively in different books. The mind struggle between Cyrus and Tyler is an interesting concept though. It can be connected to life here. Even if you grow out of your old habits, you'll always still have part of your past, or in Cyrus' case the section of the brain, that has tendencies and urges you will always have. 

Part Three

I was enjoying the plot more than the character development, and that's what part 3 is mainly. I understand where the power war between Conner and Rowland is, but I don't understand why it's necessary to the story. Survival of the fittest maybe, but I am beginning to understand why this is a youth's author. I'll take my Orwell and Vonnegut any day over this. Not a bad story, definitely wasn't for the bathroom scene though. Too cliche for my likings. I'm tired of the girls always being portrayed as weak, lost respect for unwind in that scene. 

Unwind pg 3-50

Unwind has an interesting idea behind it, but it’s too unrealistic for me. It bothers me that there isn’t much of a reason/background behind unwinding kids like Connor, Lev, and Risa. I was also hoping for history of the war aspect, but it might be explained later. Also, I’m a bit confused why parents would put all that effort into raising a child just to terminate them at 18. Why have them in the first place? 

Part Two

The similarity to 1984 is kind of insane. The old man who took Winston and Julia in had an old antique shop as well if I remember. This time it's a woman, but the seriousness of the scene is more for the "youth reader" than Orwell's. I wonder if Lev will end up with Rita and Connor again. Deep down he knew what Pastor Dan thought all along, and him pushing it to 'save himself' may have been the thing that damned him. 

Part One

What I've read so far reminds me of a spin off of Brave New World/1984. I like the dystopian society aspect, but I wonder how well the theme I see emerging will play out. I question if Lev will keep his 'game plan' of leaving Conner and Rita or if he will end up wanting to live. The mind set of Lev and how he was content with his chosen path makes me feel like it's analogous to the mass societies belief in the story. Conners and Rita's sense of understanding whats going in reminds me of Winston's protagonist ideas. (Maybe Conner=Winston and Rita=Julia by the end?) Dystopian themed books are my favorite so I can't wait to read more. 

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