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In Unwind, what is the significance of Risa's piano and the bracelet that Lev stole?

The piano is significant to Risa because it is symbolic of who she is.  She is a musician.  Music, especially piano music, is Risa's way to stay safely at the StaHo.  She knows that she must excel at piano to have a chance to stay in the StaHo and live until the age of 18.  Unfortunately, Risa is good pianist . . . not a great pianist.  The StaHo is being forced to reduce its population, so Risa is chosen to become an Unwind.  She manages to escape her fate, but the pianist in her never dies.  When she arrives at the Graveyard, she is asked what she is or can do.  



"Tell us about yourself," says the boy on the right. Starboard Boy, she calls him, since, after all, they're in a vessel. "What do you know, and what can you do?"



Risa answers that she plays piano because it is integral to her being.  The book even ends with Risa playing piano music to the new Unwinds arriving in the Graveyard.  


Lev's stolen bracelet is less symbolic of Lev.  The bracelet is important for the character of CyFi though.  CyFi stole the bracelet and a handful of other jewelry items that are worth a lot of money.  CyFi pleads to Lev that he didn't actually steal those items.  CyFi explains that a significant amount of his brain is from an Unwind.  At times the other brain simply takes over and controls CyFi's actions.  It's a great section of the book because it is concrete evidence that unwinding isn't as safe and glorious as the government claims it is.  Lev eventually takes the bracelet to a pawn shop and swindles the owner out of $1500.  

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