Unwind Blog #4 (Neal Shusterman) Pages 194-261

This section of the book Unwind was somewhat the climax of the novel and really brought the book as a whole together. In this blog post I am going to talk about the symbolism of one of the main characters that has emerged in this section, The Admiral. The Admiral is the man that takes the Unwinds in when they are on the run from the Juvey-cops and brings them to his "graveyard" where no one would ever look for runaways. The graveyard is a large plot of land where dead airplanes are kept. This setting provides the runaways with area to move around, as well as confined enough space so that they would be hidden. The graveyard can hold hundreds of Unwinds at a time, if need be. The Admiral himself is a strange mysterious guy. The Unwinds do not really question his authority because they are afraid of the power that he holds. To some of the Unwinds he is like a fatherly figure, to others he is more of a "god like" figure. No one really knows what to make of him and what his real mo tiffs really are. I am really excited to see where the book goes with this character because it is really hard to tell if he is going to be good or bad, Lev says, "you really can't tell with this guy can you..." (Shusterman 245). I can not wait to keep reading this book because it is getting really good!