Critical Literacy questions

Critical Literacy- Unwind
What is the text about?

The book ‘Unwind’ takes place after something called ‘The Heartland War’, a war of two (but technically three) sides; pro-life and pro-choice. In order to stop the ongoing war, what was left of the American military brought together both sides and came up with a compromise. They passed a bill which allowed parents of unwanted children to euthanize their kids once they were between the ages if 14 and 18, which is called Unwinding. ‘Unwinding’ is the process of harvesting all usable body parts from someone (while they’re still awake), and donating them to other people.

Which positions, voices and interests are at play in this text?

Neal Shushterman has included many people’s views in this book, many different people
with very different opinions and circumstances. He’s included the POV’s of children who’s parents
are unwinding them, the parents of those children, children who are being unwound who live in State
Homes, people who believe it is a good thing and those who very strongly believe it is a bad thing.

What genre does this text belong to?
This novel is a dystopian novel, as it is about a society in the near future where there is great injustice,
this injustice being the minor fact they murder children and harvest their organs and other body parts.