In Shusterman's Unwind, Connor and Risa get separated from Lev for a month or so. We see Lev's journey with CyFi, but afterwards, Lev travels alone and ends up at the Graveyard. What happens to him is left up to our imaginations and we are only given a few clues; that something inside of him has been altered so that other kids don't mess with him, and his attitude is hardened.
"Where Lev was between the time he left CyFi and his arrival at the Graveyard is less important than where his thoughts resided. They resided in places in places colder and darker than the many places he hid.
. . . Once he landed in the safe-house network, he quickly made it known that he was not a guy to be trifled with. He didn't tell people he was a tithe. Instead, he told them his parents had signed the order to have him unwound after he was arrested for armed robbery. It was funny to him, because he had nevereven touched a gun. It amazed him that the other kids couldn't read the lie in his face - he had always been such a bad liar. But then, when he looked into the mirror, what he saw in his own eyes scared him" (226).
This passage makes me wonder what Lev's thoughts were that were so "cold" and "dark". I also have to quaeritate where he was and what kind of things he did. If I could sit down with Neal Shusterman and ask one question, I think that would be it. What did Lev do? Where were his thoughts, and why did he get it into his mind that he needed to appear tough to the other unwinds?
What do you think?
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