Unwind By Neal Shusterman

The book Unwind by Neal Shusterman is about the concept of unwinding an human being. Unwinding is the concept or process in which a child or teen’s organs and other parts of the body are taken out. These organs and body parts are then used to save other people’s lives. For example if a person doesn't have an arm then they could get an arm from an unwind. If someone is missing an organ then they could get one from an unwind. Many people may say or think if you unwind a person you are killing the person. However the government of this society says that they are still alive but just in a different way. Unwinding is not a good concept for many reasons. Some reasons is that there will be less jobs. If there are only good people in the society then cops won't be needed.

Another reason is that people are dying.

Although the government is saying they are technically alive they are actually not still alive, all the parts are not in one body. Another reason on why unwinding is bad is that the person being unwound could grow up and become someone famous or important. For example if a family decides to unwind their 10 year old boy, in the future he could grow up and cure cancer for example. Another reason on why unwinding is not beneficial is that the person receiving the parts will become a whole new person. For example when Cyrus got a part of a brain he became a new person. From time to time the brain told Cyrus what to do. The part of the brain told Cyrus to steal something from a store and it told him to go to Joplin. Another reason on why unwinding should not exist is that the parents that sign the unwind order might feel regret. The parents could feel regret because they had their own son

unwound.
One reason why unwinding is not beneficial is that there will be less jobs. There will be less jobs because if everyone that is bad is being unwound then we will not need cops. We will not need cops because there will be no crime. If cops are not needed then they will lose their jobs and won’t be able to support their own family. If there are less jobs than the economy could go down because less people are getting money and the money that the police officers could have gotten they could have spent it on items they needed. But however they lose their jobs and the things they could have bought could affect the economy. Many people would be fired and that is a lot of money that these people could not spend and the economy would be worse then its status at the moment.
Another reason for why unwinding is bad is that people are dying. The government may say that the unwinds are technically alive but the person is really not. The person being unwind their organs and parts are going to a bunch of people. A person should be considered alive is if all their body parts and organs are in one body. All the body parts and organs should not be in multiple bodies but only in one body. If people are being unwound and killed then the population will go down. If there are less people then the economy could be affected. If there are less people then there will be less money in circulation causing the economy to go down.
Another reason for why unwinding is not good is that the person being unwound could one day grow up to become someone special. For example if a little boy is being unwound he could have grown up to become someone important. The little boy could grow up and find the cure for cancer. If he is unwound then he will not grow up and have the possibility of being someone famous or important. However if he isn’t unwound then he could live and have a future when he grows up.
Another reason for why unwinding should not exist is that the person getting the organ or body part will become a whole new person. For example in the book it says “As they walk, Lev can tell Cy's mind is somewhere else. Maybe it's in Joplin. What could be there? Maybe a girlfriend moved there? Maybe he had tracked down his birth mother. All of a sudden Lev realizes something. "He lived in Joplin, didn't he!” This shows the from time to time Cyrus becomes a different person. It shows that the other part of the brain is telling Cyrus to go to Joplin. Many other people could be affected and become a whole new person.
One last reason for why unwinding is bad is that the parents the sign the unwind order would feel regret. They would feel regret because they had their own child unwound and killed. The parents may feel that they did not kill own son. But however they are dead because and all their organs and body parts are taken out. Some parents however may not feel regret because they could think that it is ok because they could just have another baby. The parents that do feel regret probably think that they had their child unwound and that they could have stopped it but decided not to.
Many people could say that unwinding has made society better. They could say that there will be less crime because all the bad people will not be in their society. Although this is true something bad always happens to something so true. If there is less crime than the society has no need for their police officers. If we don’t need police officers then the government will fire them. If they are fired they can’t survive and support their own family. If many police officers are fired then they can't spend as much money and the economy could also be affected. As we can see if one good thing happens then even more bad things will happen. Therefore unwinding will not benefit the society.
Unwinding should still not exist because it will not benefit society. For example there will be less jobs because there will be less police officers and they could not support their family if they lose their jobs. Another reason is that the person getting the part they will be a whole new person. If they get a part of a brain then from time to time that part of the brain could take over that person and become a whole new person. Another example is that the person being unwound could one day grow up to become someone special. One of the unwounds could grow up and find a cure for cancer. If they were unwound then this would not have happened. These are just a few reason on why unwounding should not still exist.