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Rewind | Social Sensitivity

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Rewind Social Sensitivity

Rewind is a sentimental tale about a young man learning to behave like a responsible person, rather than remaining always focused on himself and his wants. The glowing light and the disembodied voice are primarily window-dressing; some might object to Peter preferring to be dead rather than to be in the light of the afterlife, but this seems unlikely. Of greater interest are the ways Peter tries to fix his life, progressing from the merely physical (sugar in the gas tank), to avoiding the problems that contributed to his death (making a flip book rather than puppets), to learning how to actually care about other people's needs and desires. The key lesson seems to be that Peter's own behavior could be more responsible for his problems than whether people understand him or not. In the process of learning this, he additionally learns how to use his artistic skills to please...
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This section contains 416 words
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Rewind from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.
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