In Neal Shusterman's Unwind, teens live in a society where the "bad kids" are unwound (I'm not including tithes in this assumption). However, as we know from Risa's case, just because you are being unwound doesn't mean you are worthless. When you are "sentenced" to be unwound, I would suspect this is how you would feel. When Risa is on the bus to the unwinding facility, she meets a boy who really gives insight into the societal impact unwinding has on these kids.
"I was never going to amount to much anyway, but now, statistically speaking, there's a better chance that some part of me will go on to greatness somewhere in the world. I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless" (26).
This quote sort of blew my mind. People in this society have no sympathy or faith in unwinds at all, and they are raised to think they are completely worthless unless in "a divided state." It really made me angry, because even in our society today, you see teens with this terribly unhealthy mentality. If people were more accepting and actually led others to their true potential instead of degrading them, I theorize that the world would be a much happier place.
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