Ch. 60-62 €” Roland is unwound. Describe what happens during the procedure. What is he doing? How does the author convey the MOOD (or feeling) of the...

This
question is asking about the book Unwind. There are several questions being
asked here. Roland is unwound in chapter 61. Chapter 60 simply tells readers that no one knows
how an unwinding happens except for the highly trained medical staff that does the procedure. It
takes 12 surgeons in two teams. 9 surgical assistants and 4 nurses are also involved. It takes
three hours to do the full procedure which is amazingly quick considering that they are
harvesting every single scrap of a person.

The narration of chapter 61 is
third person narration, but it is limited to Roland's perspective. We don't get to see what the
doctors are seeing. We only experience things alongside of Roland, and it must be a terrifying
experience. Roland is tied down to the operating table, and he can't see anything. He expects to
be put under, but the nurse explains that he will be conscious for the entire procedure. The
procedure begins at his feet and works its way up. A nurse engages Roland in conversation, and
he confesses a lot of emotional baggage that he has been holding onto. Eventually, the surgeons
work their way up to where Roland is simply only a brain expressing internal thoughts. As the
medical team works through different parts of the brain, Roland simply ceases to exist. No more
thoughts are present. He is dead as Roland, but he lives on as body parts for other people. The
mood of the scene is terrifying and cold at the same time. The terrifying mood is conveyed
through Roland's fears of dying and being left alone. It gets to the point that he begs the
nurse to not leave him.

"Don't go
away."

The coldness of the scene is conveyed through
the doctors. They are murdering Roland, but they are able to distance themselves so much from it
that they talk about sports.

"If they had just made
that three-pointer."

"It'll be the Bulls again. Or the
Lakers."