![]() ![]() I completely agree with you on that point. I thought it was more like Shusterman warning us that if we don't come to an agreement soon (a good agreement, not the agreement in the book) then we'll devolve into the dystopian society that Unwind takes place in." ![]() Karen wrote: "Shusterman never seemed like he had an opinion about abortion, so the book didn't read like propaganda for either side. This was a great book not because of all the action, although that was inspiring, but because it's very representative of real life attitudes and social structures.īut look at what happened when the Admiral and his wife collected all the parts of seemed like the parts all conjoined brought back Harlan altogether-why else would that man respond "Dad?" if Harlan wasn't still living in some way? Actual children suffering because their guardians hadn't the resources to take care of them. I also thought that it was a good illustration of how much worse horrors happen when women don't have the choice of safely aborting early. They really seem to think it's young people's fault that when brought up in a malfunctioning society they show inappropriate behaviour. This is again how a lot of real life adults are. There was a quote from a guard that I thought summed this up.'You had over fifteen years to prove yourselves, but you didn't.don't blame the world for your lousy choices'. Then there was the fact that, like in real life, people create social problems and then shamelessly blame young people when their behaviour reflects those social problems. I've heard this SO many times from pro-lifers. ![]() For starters there is the idea that a 'baby' ie zygote, embryo, or fetus, is sacred, but once that person is no longer an adorable cute embryo-thing and can make mistakes and have their own opinions, well, they're not so valuable any more. I liked how Unwind let the two sides speak for themselves and I thought it was a great illustration of so many real life viewpoints and attitudes. The only question is, what agreement can we come to when the opinions are so different? I thought it was more like Shusterman warning us that if we don't come to an agreement soon (a good agreement, not the agreement in the book) then we'll devolve into the dystopian society that Unwind takes place in. Shusterman never seemed like he had an opinion about abortion, so the book didn't read like propoganda for either side. Families are more likely to pawn off the baby to their neighbors, like in the book. Hostpitals and churches are slightly better equipped to handle something like that, whereas any random family might not be. Same with the law about dropping babies off at hospitals and churches. So abortion is more a gray area, because not everyone believes it's taking a human life. There are those who believe that life begins at conception, and there are those who believe it starts later (the third trimester? I'm not sure). But abortion, you've got different opinions. That's black and white for most people: it's bad. With Unwinding, you're taking a human life. The ideas in this book (the Stork Law and the entire process of Unwinding) just seemed like a foreshadowing of what our society might come to (which was probably Shusterman's point to warn us). I am and probably will always be pro-choice. ![]()
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