UNWIND Consciousness

C O N S C I O U S N E S S

How is it that Connor was not unwound? p318

When they searched the buildings and found one of the dead security guards, they stole the guards identity, and thus Connor Lassiter became nineteen-year-old Elvis Robert Mullard.

Whose arm does he now have? P319

He has Roland's arm, which he can quite clearly identify by the distinct shark tattoo on his forearm.

On p321 Risa tells Connor how she won't be unwound. Do you think her decision to not accept the spine of an Unwind was purely ethical, or was she also playing the system in order to stay alive?

It was ethical- if I were her I wouldn't want to have a transplant either. But she definitely was playing the system too. If she remained paralysed- at least until she's eighteen- they wouldn't be allowed to unwind her cause they wouldn't be able to use her spinal chord or any of her other damaged parts.

Since the explosions at Happy Jack, what have people been doing? What has Cy-Fi's role been in this? P325

It began to make people start talking about the ethics of unwinding, mostly people who beforehand had pretty much looked the other way. There were protests against unwinding in Washington, and Cyrus even went before congress and testified. There was also rumours and talk about lowering the legal age of adulthood from 18 to 17, which would save a lot of the kids, and though it wouldn't save everyone, it's a step in the right direction.

Lev's parents disown him. Who is trying to become his guardian? P328.
His brother Marcus petitioned for guardianship, who was also disowned by their parents. Marcus was the only person in Lev's family other than Pastor Dan who tried to change his parents mind and try to get through to them and Lev.

Why has Pastor Dan resigned? P329
Because although Pastor Dan still believes in God, he doesn't believe in a god who condones murdering innocent children and human tithing (better word for it is human sacrifice), and therefore decided to leave the church and wants no part in it.

P331-332 explain what has happened to Harlan Dunfee. What do you think about the Admiral and his wife's plan? Was it what you expected?  
The admiral and his wife signed the papers to unwind their son Harlan, and immediately regretted it. Their plan was nothing like what I thought it would be -in other words, nothing like the story everyone had been told- all they wanted was to bring their son back together in a peaceful and non-violent way. They just wanted to do it in the most meaningful way they could without causing more death. The admiral really did just want to help all of those children, he's not a murderer like everyone made him out to be.

Who takes over the graveyard? P331
With the help of Hayden, Risa, and a few others, Connor took over.