How Does Lev Change In Unwind

Throughout the novel Unwind, Levi Jedediah Calder changes in many ways. While Lev is a character who seems to play a small role in the story, he helps to move the plot along. Because Lev has been brainwashed as a child, he does not make good decisions in who he should follow. The plot of the story moves in a different direction each time Lev’s views change. Lev’s personality changes from one extreme to the other ending at the middle ground. Throughout the novel, his personality growth directly affects the movement of the plot. In the beginning, Lev fully believes he is better than all other unwinds because he is a tithe. Until Lev separates from Connor and Risa, he continues to try to run toward his tithing. While Lev is with them he continues

He is forced to learn how to survive and meets CyFi on his journey. CyFi as a character is used to unwind the world that Shusterman has created. He teaches Lev how to survive on the run, which brings Lev between the two extremes for a short time. Lev begins to consider himself as an unwind like others and not as a tithe. After leaving CyFi, it is unclear what happened to Lev, but it is obvious that he changed immensely. At this point he asks the clappers what they stand for. Chaos is not the best belief to him, but in the moment it was good enough for him.The great change that Lev has gone through leads him to the point where he joins the clappers and later arrives at the Happy Jack Harvest Camp. The presence of clappers at the harvest camp leads to another unexpected movement of the plot that leads us into Lev’s third great

As Lev moves toward middle ground and making his own decisions, he convinces Blaine and Mai to hasten the plan. The plot of the story is affected by Lev’s choice to convince Blaine and Mai. The explosion of the clappers allows for the escape of Connor from his unwinding. Because of Lev’s decision to not follow through with his plan, he is able to save Risa and Connor from their deaths and the story can continue. Lev’s beliefs are finally cemented between the two extremes when Pastor Dan explains, “I still very much believe in God—just not a god who condones human tithing,”(Shusterman 329). Lev never understood that there were other options and now that it has been put forth he wants to believe in that God as