Marcus is Lev's brother who almost ruins his tithing party by somewhat revealing the truth about tithing and unwinding.
"'I love you bro... and I know this is your special day. But I can't be part of this.'" (Shusterman 30)
I remember when I was reading this part, it kind of confused me because it was rather unclear as to what unwinding was. I wasn't really sure as to why Marcus had such a problem with Lev being tithed. Now I can understand why though, obviously.
As I thought through all parts of Unwind again I realized that Neal Shusterman gave clues as to the fact that there were some people in Lev's life that did not agree with his tithing. When I was reading the book the first time, I did not pick up on these subtle hints. Marcus at Lev's tithing party is one example of someone who disagreed with Lev's tithing/unwinding. Another person was Pastor Dan.
"...Pastor Dan says with a hiss and strange warble to his voice, 'Run, Lev!'
Lev wasn't expecting this. 'What?'
'Run! Run as fast and as far as you can. RUN!'" (Shusterman 37)
Pastor Dan also was not supportive of Lev's tithing, although he was even more secretive about it than Marcus. We learn at the end of the book that Pastor Dan resigned from being a pastor because he did not agree with unwinding, and couldn't continue supporting tithing.
I found both of these passages interesting when I reread them because when I first read them they did not really make sense to me, however now I truly see how important they really were.
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