At the end of chapter 19, while Connor and Lisa are staying with Sonia in the antique shop, each of the unwinds writes a letter to someone they love. Sonia tells them "Fill it with everything you wished you could say, but never had the chance" (108). She tells him that if he survives to eighteen, he has to come and get it. If he doesn't, she'll assume he was unwound and will send the letter herself.
If every unwind got the chance to write a letter, not just the runaways, do you think the morals about whether or not unwinding is wrong would change? Do you think Connor and Risa ever went back to get their letters?
I love what Sonia does for these kids. It's not exactly an active rebellion or protest, but probably even more effective in that way. She's giving these kids something they never had: a voice; an opportunity to say how they really feel. It was heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time.
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