Essay On Unwind

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Would it not be morally wrong, if your parents could choose if you lived or died? “Unwind” by Neal Shusterman takes place in a dystopian world after the second civil war, having many immoral problems of human rights and being unwound. In direct comparison to the lack of people's right to live and the freedom of movement in Unwind, Syria in this day and age shows the same immorality towards the rights of Syrian Refugees. To begin with, there is a lack of morality towards civil rights in Unwind and in Syria, because both violate the right to life. To illustrate, in the book Unwind, Risa, Connor and Lev were selected to be unwound, meaning, that they would be killed. They had no say regarding whether they lived or died and this violates the right to be able to live safely. Teens ages 13-18 would be selected to be dismembered to help others, but at the same time "continue to live on". Thus, this would be a big violation of the human rights as it would have violated their main right to life if they weren't able to live happily. Moreover, like the situation in Unwind, in Syria, Syrian refugees are caught between the civil war between President Basher al-Assad's government and rebel forces who want him out. In this case, these Syrians, are dying because of these impending actions, causing a violation act of the right to life. Syrians have no say on …show more content…

The transgression of the of the right to life, causes both scenarios, to have people who are dying innocently, because of how these places are run. Also, the violation of the freedom to move creates a problem where people in Unwind and in Syria cannot escape easily from their life changing situation. So the civil rights problem in Unwind is it not that different than the Civil rights in our modern days. So, how could Syrian refugees’ civil liberty crisis be just as bad as the problem in

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