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Near the ending the story ties up all lose connections and conflicts and matters start getting resolved. It is clear what characters have changed and what characters have remained the same throughout the story.In order to convince the Soviets that Red October has been destroyed, the U.S. Navy rescues her crew after Ramius fakes a shipboard emergency. Ramius and his officers heroically stay behind, claiming they are about to scuttle the submarine to prevent it getting into the hands of the Americans. A U.S.missile submarine, the USS Ethan Allen, is blown up underwater as a deception ploy. A depth gauge taken from the main instrument panel of Red October is made to appear as if it was salvaged from the wreckage.

       These events succeed in convincing Soviet observers that Red October has been lost. However, GRU intelligence officer Viktor Loginov, masquerading as Red October's cook, realises what is happening. Loginov attempts to ignite a missile rocket motor inside a launch tube so as to destroy Red October, wounding both Ramius and a British agent while killing one of Ramius' top officers. Ryan attempts to persuade the fiercely patriotic Loginov to surrender rather than die in the explosion, but he refuses. He manages to kill Loginov in the submarine's missile compartment. Ramius orders the missile jettisoned in case Loginov had managed to arm it, an action which adds to the deception of the Soviets. this event changes all of the characters in the way they react in different situations when the face them. Each character is different and it makes sense why the author has chosen each character to be good or bad based on their traits and personnel qualities. These are the reasons as to why the characters have changed from the start of the story till the end. The events have shaped the characters to become what they have become, and the author really tries to capture that. Actions and reactions of characters are judged by the events that take place as described in the example above.