In this scene, Lev is on the road when all of the sudden, Connor comes out of nowhere and attacks him. This scene is important because it is Lev and Connor's introduction to a long friendship. Along with this, in this scene, Connor is actually trying to save Lev's life from his unwinding.
Chapter 17
In this scene, after Connor abducted Lev and tied him to a tree, he also met a girl named Risa. This is a crucial scene to the book because, throughout the entire book, Risa and Connor stick together to try to survive. Without each other, both would have faced their inevitable unwinding.
Chapter 28
In this scene, Connor decides to take a stored baby after the weighing guilt he has about storked baby. This scene is important because it shows Connor has good morals and a good heart. This scene is also important because it introduces a new conflict, which is having to take care of a baby.
Chapter 65
In this chapter, Risa, Connor, and Lev all wind up at a school where Lev snitches on both Risa and Connor. This then causes an outburst at the school due to the frantic commotion that was created after Connor and Risa began clapping, indicating theyre bombers, to get away from the police. This is important because this demonstrates Connor and Risa's quick thinking in dangerous situations.
In this scene, after constantly being on the run, Connor and Risa finally found a place to settle, The Graveyard. This is important because introduced is an entirely new setting, and it introduced a new conflict in the story, which is if Connor and Risa will fit in. To go along with this, the graveyard is important because it leads up to the major conflict at the end up the story.
In this scene, Lev, Risa, and Connor finally reunite, but they happen to reunite in a Harvest Camp. Once Lev sees that Connor is about to get unwound, he steps in causing a massive explosion in order to save Connor and the rest of the kids at the Harvest camp. This is important because this demonstrates the strong relationship between all of the characters by the end of the story, that they would be willing to do anything to save one another.