World War Z

Through this book, an average American high school student can learn academically through this book. This book teaches the reader about different forms of perspective. This book is told through each character’s perspective and can be seen as a learning tool for young writers. In addition to the perspectives, another benefit of reading this book is the literary devices used through it. For example, a common literary device that can be found throughout the story is the use of cliffhangers. They leave the reader in suspense and they often happen at the end of chapters. The story features many diverse squads of soldiers and their experiences are split into chapters. The use of cliffhangers leaves the reader waiting for their favorite character’s story to come back. Finally, the reader can take organization skill from this book. Throughout this story, the events of different characters happen at the same time and Mark Bowden divides the experiences through the chapters. A high school student can take this style of writing and utilize it throughout their literature. As well as teaching a student academically, the story provides social benefits.

She allows the reader to truly imagine themselves in a zombie apocalypse by using description and comparison. “If you work in the many white-collar fields that have suffered in this recession, zombies are the perfect representation of the fiscal horror show” (Bosch, 651). Any reader that works in the white-collar fields, or knows anyone that does, can relate to what Bosch is saying because she used a vivid description and a comparison in one sentence. Readers will read this line and imagine their work chaos during the recession and immediately visualize zombies taking over the world and the madness that goes along with that. “There was a recession. It was a time of unemployment – of white-collar employment…” (Warner, 197). She also uses another type of figurative language: a metaphor. When she talks about the reality of zombie television shows and movies, she used a metaphor to compare modern day zombies to unicorns. “[n]o longer are zombies the beloved genre of the lonely, virgin teenage male, the macabre flipside of the girls’ obsession with unicorns” (Bosch, 651). She uses this metaphor to enhance the reader’s reading experience with humor but also by allowing the reader to understand how modern day zombie television shows and movies are looked upon. It is no longer for guts and gore but for fondness of shows and

There are many characters of allegorical nature in this novel, though two of the most important are Hans Hubermann, as well as Viktor Chemell. Hans Hubermann as an allegory represents the resistance against the S.S. forces. From the start of the novel, Hans clung to his morals for dear life, never wanting to let them go, even when it caused him to be drafted into the S.S. army. His is the emobdiement of the German resistance, and therefore courage and hope for all, as he did everything he could to suppose those he saw that needed help, even helping a random Jewish man that looked sickly, even close to death, so “Hans Hubermann held his hand out and presented a piece of bread, like magic” (Zusak 394). For this, Hans and the Jewish man were both punished by being whipped, and Max even left their house in order to protect the family from being caught, as Hans was already being called “a Jew love” (Zusak 395), and there was a lot of fear of the army searching their house for evidence against them, so that they could be sent to the camps as well. As for young Viktor Chemmel, he and his friends show resemblance of Hitler and his main group of followers. They knew who was poor, and therefore who did not have access to food, even if he himself was extremely rich and needed nothing else, and even acts like he deserves everything, saying “We must take what is rightfully ours!”

For a novel to appeal to the target audience the characters, setting, point of view and themes have to be relatable. Tomorrow When The War Began (TWTWB) by John Marsden is a relatable text which Australian teenagers can relate to. When Ellie and 7 of her high school friends return to Wirrawee from a trip to Hell before school break is over they suspect something is seriously wrong. Power has been cut, animals are dead or are dying and family members are no where to be found. As Ellie and her friends soon discover, they are at war. Wirrawee has been invaded by an unknown country for unknown reasons. Ellie, along with her friends have to fight for survival. Relationships are tested, trust is built and

In the novel, The Wars, the dehumanizing effects of World War I are seen first hand through the eyes of a young Torontonian named Robert Ross, who enlists in the army as a saddened, respectable and innocent boy, and through the events of the war is seen towards the end as a crude, battered and war-torn man, who has lost

It is obvious from the opening chapter that this novel will center on the war and the effects it has on a young group of soldiers, none of them more than twenty years of age. They are all friends and former classmates of Paul Baumer, the narrator and protagonist of the book; they have enlisted in the German infantry because their teacher, Kantorek, had painted for them a glorious picture of fighting and saving the homeland from destruction during World War I. In this first chapter, Baumer and his friends are away from the front lines, relaxing a bit after two weeks of fierce fighting. As each of the young men is introduced, it is apparent that they are tired, hungry, angry, and disillusioned over the war.

The ending of World War I and Beginning of World War II, was another frustrating time for civil rights parties, fighting for the rights of colored people. A. Phillip Randolph was a huge contributor towards civil rights movements at this time, working hard with other passionate people and groups, to fight against white supremeness, help move the United States into an equal playing field for all. Randolph tackled the issue of not only the lack of blacks in the armed forces at the time, but the lack of respect, and basic human rights towards African Americans in the armed forces. The New Deal which was supposed to help pull Americans out of the great depression, was another issue that civil rights groups had to fight for. Both black and white

Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451 and various other short stories once said, "Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations," and his observation is a perfect analysis of the importance of characters in fiction. The actions of characters in stories are what guide the most beloved ones. When a story is beloved it is most often driven by love of the characters, but the real question is why do readers love and relate to fictional beings. The types of characters that are most loved in fiction have roots in reality, and traits that make them more relatable to the reader.

Throughout the novel, Brooks does a brilliant job of showcasing the diversities of cultures, social statuses, age, and beliefs. Through his praiseworthy writing style he captures the trials and tribulations of every facet of human society. World War Z is a book that will leave any reader on the edge of their seats, and it will surely set a train of thought in

Initially upon reading this book, I found it to be very strange. The progression of the story doesn’t follow an exactly linear path and the narrator often digresses and goes in circles. This makes the story very hard to follow in the beginning. However once I had adjusted to this style of writing, I found the book to be quite interesting. Despite the fact that this story is about war, it manages to be humorous at times, and all of the characters are well written despite the fact that they were very exaggerated. This story caused me to actually react emotionally at several points, especially at points when certain characters like Mcwatt or Nately died in such tragic ways. I remained interested in the story the entire way through, and was only disappointed by the fact that not a single character who acted and an antagonist was punished in any way.

During the atomic age, the zombie was born, as a new monster that resembled Cold War anxieties. One of the most known fears was the fear of the spread of communism in the United States that would "[turn] citizens into mindless hordes." Nowadays, zombies have developed and are not stupid and slow as shown in the first zombie movies, but they are smart and fast today. The perfect killing machines. Zombies can be compared to "terrorist sects and sleeper cells [...]" (66). The zombie walked represents insecurity in a culture, about "who we are, who the enemy is, and whether s/he is us." The zombie walk helps participants to express their feelings about cultural anxieties related to death and warfare. The destructive force of zombies is detectible in modern anxieties over terrorism and worldwide war. Here, zombies walks have a deep meaning. They "act as a means for working through [...] the structural conditions of a new and violence that so

more than 1.6 million were killed in Auschwitz, they didn 't feed babies to see how long

There are many ways in which people identify one another. Whether it’s the skills, their features, or what they say, identifying people can be more difficult, especially while the rest of society preaches the opposite. In events of the past as significant as war, societies view of the enemy poses many burdens for the soldiers'. One of the Greatest War Novel of All Time All Quiet on the Western Front starts to draw out these hardships of the war for the readers. The most common and most impactful trial soldiers of war face are the a vague notion of the enemy. Embedded in that notion is a purposeful and problematic lack of humanity. A solution to this complication at hand lies within the identification of the enemy to be similar on both sides

The novel dramatizes these aspects of World War I and portrays the mind-numbing terror and savagery of war with a relentless focus on the physical and psychological damage that it occasions. At the end of the novel, almost every major character is dead, epitomizing the war’s devastating effect on the generation of young men who were forced to fight it. These men in the novel are subject to physical danger, as they could literally be blown to pieces at any moment. This intense, physical threat also serves as an unceasing attack on the nerves, forcing soldiers to cope with instinctive

A major contributing factor to this great change is the fear and uncertainty that is instilled by the zombies. I believe that Brooks defined fear through people’s reactions to the outbreak. He explains how fear is the most basic emotion and how fear is the reasoning to perform an act. In one of his stories, he writes, “fear is the most valuable commodity in the universe” (Brooks). This is true because we buy products and services based on the fear of not having those products and the results of not having that commodity.