Unwind Blog #3 (Neal Shusterman) Pages 121-194

In this section of reading from my book Unwind, things begin to take a strange turn for the characters in the book. First we meet a new character, his name is Cyrus Finch (CyFi for short). CyFi was in a car accident when he was little and he needed a brain lobe in an emergency surgery. The brain lobe that he was given was from an unwind, the unwinds name was Tyler. CyFi is very grateful that he received a brain lobe from Tyler but at the same time, he questions the morals of Tyler's parents for having him unwound in the first place. We later learn that Tyler was unwound because he was a compulsive shoplifter. He was always getting into legal trouble because of his urge to steal things. After a few years CyFi realizes that he is starting to get the urge to steal things. Tyler's brain lobe seems to be taking over CyFi's thoughts at certain points. CyFi describes it like this, "I didn't get the part of him that uses words. I get feelings mostly... Urges. When I get an urge and I don't know where it's coming from, I know it's coming from him. Like the time I saw this Irish setter on the street and I wanted to go over and pet it. I'm not a dog person, but all of a sudden, I just had to pet that pooch" (Shusterman 139-139). This quote is used to show that CyFi has the feelings that Tyler would have depending on the situation that he is in. I think that CyFi is a very interesting character and very mysterious. We havent really been able to see his motives yet and we can't really see if he is bad, or if he is good. I have seen several connections between CyFi and John Locke on the show LOST. CyFi comes into the book and as soon as we meet him we start to question his motives and what he really wants from the Runaways. He is only 15 but you can tell that he is wise beyond his years. Then we learn that he is partially controlled by this Unwind that is living within him, Tyler. Then we really see that there is something up with him. In LOST (SPOILER ALERT, don't keep reading if you don't wanna know what happens in LOST), John Locke is killed by BEn Linus and then he mysteriously comes back to life when he returns to the island. When he returns to the island we see that this isn't the old John Locke that we used to know and love, this is a different Locke. We can't really see if his motives are for the good or for the bad. We then learn that the bad evil man on the island has taken over Johns body, just like CyFi and Tyler! I can't wait to keep reading this book! Its getting so good!