Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Unwind, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Inequality, Injustice, and the Law
Anger, Violence, and Radicalization
Activism, Compassion, and Atonement
Morality and Perspective
Summary
Analysis
Lev and CyFi arrive in Joplin, Missouri. For a while now, Lev has been the one in charge since CyFi now experiences seizure-like shuddering, which he says has to do with having oil and water in his brain. Lev realizes that CyFi doesn’t even know what he has to do in Joplin, but he hopes it’s not destructive. One day when CyFi asks why Lev is still with him, Lev says that someone has to witness whatever happens. Lev tries to give CyFi hope, but CyFi twists Lev’s words to sound horrible.
When Lev tells CyFi that he needs to witness what happens, it suggests that Lev also understands the power of seeing someone as an individual. He understands that whatever happens, good or bad, will be something that only he can talk about after the fact—depending on the emotional, social, or legal consequences it has for CyFi.
Themes
