Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Unwind, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Inequality, Injustice, and the Law
Anger, Violence, and Radicalization
Activism, Compassion, and Atonement
Morality and Perspective
Summary
Analysis
A search party returns from the desert. They didn’t find Emby, but they did find the Goldens’ graves—and they believe the Admiral is responsible, just like Roland said. With Roland and Connor gone, the kids suspect that the Admiral killed them too. A mob of angry Unwinds storms the Admiral’s jet.
These Unwinds have every reason to be angry and suspicious, even if they are wrong. That their anger is understandable reveals the Admiral’s major oversight: he underestimated how incensed and afraid his charges are, and how easy it is for mob mentality to take over and incite violence.
Themes
