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Harlan Dunfee
A boy who was unwound sometime before the novel begins. CyFi receives Tyler’s temporal lobe and is horrified, as this means he has to contend with Tyler’s impulses of compulsive theft. Tyler is the reason for CyFi’s journey to Joplin, Missouri. Once there, Tyler takes over CyFi’s brain and body, digs up his trove of stolen jewelry, and begs his parents to not unwind him. He has no idea that he was already unwound.
Tyler Quotes in Unwind
The Unwind quotes below are all either spoken by Tyler or refer to Tyler. 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 21
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“He’s not a bad kid. He’s just hurting. Hurting real bad.” The way Cy’s talking, it’s like the kid is still there, right in the room with them. “He’s got this urge about him to grab things—like an addiction, y’know? Shiny things mostly. It’s not like he really wants them, it’s just that he kind of needs to snap ‘em up. I figure he’s a kleptomaniac.”
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Chapter 30
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And all at once Cy realizes that Tyler doesn’t know. The part of that boy which comprehends time and place isn’t here, and never will be. Tyler can’t understand that he’s already gone, and nothing Cy can do will ever make him understand. So he goes on wailing.
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Tyler Quotes in Unwind
The Unwind quotes below are all either spoken by Tyler or refer to Tyler. 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:
).
Chapter 21
Quotes
“He’s not a bad kid. He’s just hurting. Hurting real bad.” The way Cy’s talking, it’s like the kid is still there, right in the room with them. “He’s got this urge about him to grab things—like an addiction, y’know? Shiny things mostly. It’s not like he really wants them, it’s just that he kind of needs to snap ‘em up. I figure he’s a kleptomaniac.”
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Chapter 30
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And all at once Cy realizes that Tyler doesn’t know. The part of that boy which comprehends time and place isn’t here, and never will be. Tyler can’t understand that he’s already gone, and nothing Cy can do will ever make him understand. So he goes on wailing.
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