Road to the Treaty

 

Pompeii volcano reserch

This volcano is found on the edge of Pompeii, Vesuvius volcano is part of the Campanian volcanic arc that stretches along the convergence of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates on the Italian peninsula and had been erupting for thousands of years.  The last eruption happened in 1944 which wasn't the worst. it only ejected 0.01 cubic kilometres of material.  Mount Vesuvius, a volcano near the Bay of Naples in Italy, has erupted more than 50 times. The famous eruption occurred in the year 79 A.D when the volcano fully engulfed the city of Pompeii in a thick layer of ash. This eruption killed over 2000 people.  The city was re-discovered many many years later by a group of explorers in 1748.  

Vesuvius of nowadays has a diameter of 700 m, a circumference of 12 km and is 200 m deep. 

The ash cloud that engulfed the town was over 300 degrees centigrade 

Today we erupted our volcano's
Equipment:

Beaker x2

15mL of warm water

25mL hydrogen peroxide 

3 spatulas of potassium iodide into the warm water

food coloring of choice

detergent

We made the volcano's with paper and glued it down with a mixture or flour and water.  

Inside the volcano you will have hydrogen peroxide, food coloring and soap then in a spare beaker you will have the warm water and the potassium iodide then when your ready add the water and potassium iodide to the volcano. 

Gods Social Studies

 

Unwind P.T 5 Graveyard

 Which job in the graveyard does Risa get assigned to? How does this come about? P201
 She gets assigned as one of the medic because she helped a kig with his bleeding nose so he wouldnt choke on the blood. 

Why doesn't Connor volunteer for "work"? P205 
Connor believes that the admiral is using the kids to gain money by sending them out to do physical labor for them and then giving them the reward of "18 year old identities"

How does Roland unsettle Connor? P206-207 
I think Roland unsettles Connor by all of the knowledge he has about the place already even though they haven't been there that long. I think Connor starts believing what Roland says because so many of the things line up.

P208-209 detail Lev's arrival, and Connor's reaction. Make sure you fill in your character profiles for both characters. 
When Connor sees Lev he has the mixture of happy and mad, because of all of the things he has done to Connor like bite him and rat him out. Lev seemed happy to see Connor and smiled as soon as he spotted him and went to walk to him. Connor them proceeded to punch him in the face with anger then hug Lev tightly.

P214-215 Connor learns the truth about the Admiral here. How does the Admiral gain Connor's trust? 
While Connor and the Admiral were having a conversation one time, Connor bursts and speaks everything he has seen in attempt to catch the Admiral off guard and admit it. Connor said the he new the Admiral pick and chose who got unwound to get the body parts he wanted like his teeth for example, but the Admiral proves Connor wrong by taking out his dentures and explains that the kid in the photo is the Admirals son.

What, according to the Admiral, is it that Connor is becoming famous for in the Graveyard?p212
The Admiral thinks that Connor is becoming famous in the graveyard because of his repairing skills and all of the fighting.  

What happens to the Goldens?p217 
The golden's were stuffed into the same crate that the original five kids suffocated in on the trip to the graveyard. The Golden's also suffocated.

How does Roland begin to assert his power in the Graveyard? (you'll need to look throughout the section) 
Roland asserts his power by telling everyone that he was chosen specifically by the Admiral to be the Co-Pilot of the helicopter. They become impressed by him because of his age but he also offers out free rides which gets everyone to favor him over others.

P222-226 give us an insight into how the Unwinding Bill was passed into law. Summarise what happened, then explain whether or not you think it is plausible.  
 In the heartland war, there were three sides, the Life Army, the Choice brigade and the remains of the American military, the Admiral was on the military's side. The whole heartland war began because of an argument which had then turned into a war. One side was Going againsed abortion and murdering abortion doctors to get their point across and the other side was getting pregnant and selling fetal tissue. The military proposed the idea of "Unwinding" and both sides agreed. 

The Admiral was there when the Bill of Life was signed - do you think this detracts from the believability of the commonplace nature of Unwinding? In your opinion, do you think the book should have a few more generations between those who signed the Bill, and the present state in the novel? 
I think it kind of works having it as a single generation before hand because it helps tie in the fact that not many people know what happens inside of a harvest camp and they only signed it because it sounded right and it would also stop the fights.

What job does Lev volunteer to do? P236 

He volunteers to help work on the oil pipelines.

Which part of Harlan Dunfree does Emby have? P240 
Emby has one of Harlan Dunfee's lung. He was given this because when he was younger he was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, his lungs were slowly shutting down until he got the transplant. 

Chapter 39 is from Roland's point of view. Why do you think Shusterman changes the narrative here? What do we learn in this short chapter? 
I think he has done this so then we can see the story from a P.O.V of someone that isn't really a main character. By doing this we get more information about the story of things that Roland has dome without us knowing. All of the things he has done was to help get everyone in the Graveyard onto his side just in case something went wrong and he need people to back him up and make him look more powerful .

By the end of this section, things at the Graveyard have deteriorated, with the unwinds turning on the Admiral, and tearing the place apart. Which character is beaten to death on p250? 
The character the is beaten to death it Cleaver

What does the Admiral refuse on p255? What is the doctor's reaction to this? 
The Admiral refuses to have a heart transplant because he had a heart attack but he didn't want the transplant.

Why does Roland have the Juvey-Cops called? P259 Why doesn't his plan happen? P260-1 

Roland calls the Jever-Cops because he Knows that he can get money for having them turned in.

Unwind P.T.4 Destinations

 

This section opens with Lev in a pawnbroker's. What does this tell you about how his character is changing?  Because the early version of Lev wouldn't be trying to sell a stolen item and it is also showing that him hanging out with Ci-Ty has been affecting the way he has been acting.

While being transported to possible safety, some of the kids on the run wonder, "Would it be better to die or be unwound?" If given the choice, which would you choose? Why? This response requires more than one or two sentences! Put forward at least three reasons why you think what you do. I would rather die.

I chose die because i personally don't like the idea of my body parts being accessible for other peoples use. Another reason is that in the story if kids were running away from being unwound, it hints that it isn't a pleasant thing to happen so i would be on the same mindset. and the last reason is that it would be much more fun to run away from it and possibly die than to just go straight to the harvest camp and be unwound.

Another question the kids in the book discuss is, "If every part of you is still alive but inside someone else, are you alive or are you dead?" They also wonder if consciousness can exist even if it's spread out, and if the soul remains intact. What do you think? Read Thomas Hobbes' Ship of Theseus puzzle to help you make a decision. Be sure to reference it in your answer!http://metaphysicist.com/puzzles/ship_theseus/ 

This section of the novel sees Lev and Cy-Fi finally make it to Joplin. As they get closer, Cy-Fi's behaviour becomes increasingly erratic. What are some of the things he does, or things he likes, that are not his own behaviours or memories? He has memories of the place when he arrives even though he has never been there, he has a big urge to steal things, He started going slightly insane which these things wouldn't be his normal reactions to the things that are happening as he explains in the story.

What was Cy-Ty hiding in his backyard? Pg 185-194 

He was hiding a big box of jewlery.

The section ends with Cy-Ty reaching his destination. What do you think of his parents' behaviour? What does Lev's support show you about his character? 

His parents act kinda weird towards him being there but Lev is fully supportive which shows he still isn't fully changed and that he still cares about his close friends.

Japan

Today in home economics, we have been learning different things about Japan and what they do about / with their food.  In Japan, they have got a much higher densely populated country comparing to to New Zealand. In Japan they have a population of about 126 million with 347 people per square Km but here in New Zealand it is only 15 people per square Km. 

The packaging in Japan is very colorful and their food come in small portions. This give people more variety in what they eat. Chankonabe is the main food that is eaten by sumo wrestlers. This food gives them all of the necessary vitamins, proteins and nutrient needed for their weight gain and energy for training.  

One of the main 5 islands is called Okinawa and they have a very high life expectancy of 83.7 and they also have people living longer there than anywhere else in the world.

An interesting fact I have learnt is the fact that japan is more densely populated than New Zealand by such a large margin. 

Questions for you:

Can you name three different types of rice?

How do they grow rice on hills?

What is the healthiest type of rice? 

Unwind Pt. 3 Transit

• In the course of the book, Connor and Risa get separated from Lev, who travels for a time with another character. Why do you think Shusterman chose to split the narrative into two distinct threads? What do you think this achieves? How does this affect the evolution of the characters? 

I think he chose to split up the novel because it makes the reader think about what is going on more and it also shows the personalities of these characters. This gets shown because Lev ended up snitching on Risa and Connor. In my opinion Shusterman doing this got me thinking about the store that little bit more than i was before because it makes me think back to what happened previously with the character i am reading about. I think this effects the characters evolution because them being split up affects the chemistry between the characters but also the reasoning behind why they got split up because Lev was the one that snitched which made Connor and Risa have to run to somewhere safe.

• On p125 & 129  the novel touches on same-sex relationships. Has the attitude toward same-sex couples changed (for better or worse) in this futuristic society? Explain your response.  

I think they have changed this for the worst because on page 125, it was hinted at that Cy-Fi had two fathers instead of a mum and dad and then on page 129 it goes over the fact that after Heartland war, they made same sex marriage illegal which in my opinion is a wrong thing to do.

• P130 begins our journey into understanding a little more about Cy-Fi. Through his character, what do you learn about the effects of unwinding on both the donor and receiver?  

Well being a receiver for body parts comes with things like you might have muscle memory from the person beforehand dependent on the body part or you might have different thoughts about things or urges to do things. As shown with Cy-Fi.

• What is the real reason Cy-Fi need to get to Joplin, Mo? Pg 131 

Because of the voice that is in his head that is telling him to go there.

• What is the significance of Connor holding in his anger around Roland? Pg 147 

Because Roland is trying to get Connor to swing at him so then he has a reason to kill him without Roland getting in trouble. So if Connor doesn't react to it and keeps his temper down, he is potentially keeping his life because Roland doesn't have a way to cover up a murder.

• Connor's anger and lack of impulse control is often a problem for him, until he learns to control and channel his emotions. Do you ever feel like your impulses are stronger than your will? What strategies do you use to control your feelings? Do they work? 

When this is happening with me i usually go outside and play football or i go to the skate park and scooter for a bit because those are two things i find calming. But if i don't have them as options i isolate myself before i get to bad.