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A kind high school teacher who discovers Connor, Risa, and Didi hiding out in an attempt to evade being noticed or caught by the police. She helps get all three out of the school (though she knows this is illegal) and sends them to Sonia. Later, she returns to adopt Didi, assuring Connor that she’s happy to take the baby. Hannah believes that there’s not enough compassion in the world and that helping Unwinds is the best way to set an example, even if nobody knows she does it.
The Teacher/Hannah Quotes in Unwind
The Unwind quotes below are all either spoken by The Teacher/Hannah or refer to The Teacher/Hannah. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 16 Quotes
Please what? the teacher thinks. Please break the law? Please put myself and the school at risk? But, no, that’s not it at all. What he’s really saying is: Please be a human being. With a life so full of rules and regiments, it’s so easy to forget that’s what they are. She knows—she sees—how often compassion takes a back seat to expediency.
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Chapter 34 Quotes
“The Admiral’s out of touch,” he would say. “He doesn’t know what it’s like to be one of us. He can’t possibly understand who we are and what we need.” And in groups of kids he’s already won over, he whispers his theories about the Admiral’s teeth, and his scars, and his diabolical plans for all of them. He spreads fear and distrust, using it to unite as many kids as he can.
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The Teacher/Hannah Character Timeline in Unwind
The timeline below shows where the character The Teacher/Hannah appears in Unwind. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 16
The fire alarm goes off during the teacher’s prep period. She considers staying put, but reasons it’d set a bad example. She sees...
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Chapter 17
Risa sees the police and knows this is Lev’s fault. She focuses on Didi. The teacher, Hannah, shushes Connor and asks for Didi, telling Connor and Risa to walk out with...
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Chapter 19
...that he didn’t explode. Sonia stops him from leaving with her cane and says that Hannah called. Loud enough for the other customer in the store to hear, she suggests they...
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...filled with letters and almost brings Connor to tears. Sonia explains that if she dies, Hannah will take care of the letters. Connor says that Sonia is doing a great thing,...
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Chapter 20
...ice cream cone on the side waits. Sonia stops Risa and Connor and Risa notices Hannah standing nearby. Hannah says that Didi can’t go with the teens—instead, Hannah and her husband...
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