The most obvious way that Lev changed from the beginning of the story to the end of the story is in what he is called. In the beginning of the story, Lev is a "tithe." This means that he is willingly giving up his life to be unwound. He will die so others may live. At the end of the story, Lev is no longer a tithe. He is a "clapper." His body has been injected with an explosive compound that will explode if he gets hit hard enough. What I find interesting is that whether Lev is a tithe or a clapper, he is still willing to give up his own life so that other people may live.
But his motivation for dying is what the big change in Lev is. At the story's start, Lev fully supports the unwinding process. But at the end of the story, he is completely against the unwinding process. That is why he becomes a clapper. He wants to destroy the harvest camp. Ultimately, Lev goes from being a character that is kind, loving, and full of optimism, to being a character that is cold, hardened, and quite pessimistic.
CyFi is the character that helps Lev see the dark side of unwinding, but CyFi only helps begin the change. Unfortunately, the book Unwind does not clearly explain how or why Lev decides to become a clapper. Shusterman explains more about Lev's motivation to become a clapper in his short story "Unstrung." It's a digital novella and a quick read.
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