The Only Thing we Have to Fear Jared Matthew Jageler 10th Grade

When one thinks of the things that could kill them in a zombie apocalypse, their minds will likely go to disease, starvation, or obviously, zombie. However, there are means of death less talked about yet just as deadly. For example, pharmaceutical drug companies and dishonest politicians. In his novel, World War Z, Max Brooks, through interviews with survivors around the globe, paints a picture of an entire zombie apocalypse. This includes the origin of the outbreak, how it was allowed to spread, the panic, and the recovery. In addition to describing the terrifying undead, the stories are centered around humans and the consequences of their actions on themselves and the people around them. Both positive and negative characteristics are displayed, but this essay will focus on the traits of fear, ignorance, and selfishness, and how they contributed to the worsening of the apocalypse. The novel has no main character, only the narrator, so the traits are truly represented by unique people and situations from around the world. By using instances of human character flaws, Max Brooks conveys that often times in a disaster scenario, people are their own worst enemy.

The first characteristic Brooks uses to worsen human’s situation is...