Saturday, December 11, 2010

Unwind second paper clip

        I found three typos in this book and presented them to the discussion. Although there were only three, that's still a lot for a book. Those errors left me wondering who edited the book. There was another topic that originated from a quote. On page 172, Connor offers his opinion:
Just because the law says it, that doesn't make it true.
At first, I thought this was not the case because I was only thinking about U.S. laws, but I decided to look at history. Not all laws are the truth. Examples of these are laws made by corrupt rulers and monarchs. The reason those laws are false is because only one person makes laws. The rulers need a congress to verify that the law is legitimate.
        Lev is on the run with CyFi and the latter reveals that he had stolen shiny objects like such as a diamond bracelet. When CyFi tells Lev to get rid of the stolen merchandise, he secretly takes one piece of jewelry. My question is why would Lev only take one when he can take it all, sell them, and then buy necessities needed for survival? I know stealing is unethical, but Lev is desperate. He ends up with 1500 dollars from selling that one piece of jewelry. Although that is still a substantial amount, it won't last that long.
        The original purpose of unwinding was to offer dying people a chance to live via organ transplant. It seems this idea has been corrupted by money. They charge people for getting new organs. What about the people who can't afford organs or can only afford defective ones? They might as well get organs from dead people. Emby, a boy who breathes from his mouth, only gets one lung because his parents can only afford one. The lung also has asthma. This seemingly good program has gone bad.
        I can tell that the relationship between Risa and Connor is about to change. In the warehouse, Risa sees Connor drawing a picture of Arianna, a girl he knew back home. She gets jealous and criticizes the drawing.

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