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__ World War Z __ Book Written by: Max Brooks Wiki created by: Sebastian, Jeff, Chris, and Danny

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= Background on Author: = Max Brooks was born in New York City. He was the son of director, producer, and actor Mel Brooks and actress Anne Bancroft. He went to Pitzer College and had a major in history. From 2001-2003 he was a writer for Saturday Night Live. He is also known for his other zombie related book, __The Zombie Survival Guide__, which was also a very good book.

= Genre: = Fantasy, fiction, science fiction, and speculative fiction.

= Setting of the Book: = The book __World War Z__ has multiple settings. Since this book is a compilation of many different peoples' struggles through a zombie apocalypse, there are many different places that the book takes place. Some of them are New York City, Quebec, Denver, Burlington, South Korea, Washington, Montana, Ireland, and Japan.

= Plot: = A boy in China was bitten and becomes known as "patient zero". The Chinese government attempts to contain the infection and creates a crisis. This infection spreads to other countries via the black market and the outbreak of "African rabies" finally brings the plague to public attention. All the countries disregard this warning except for Israel. The close there borders to anyone except for uninfected Jews. The United States does little to prepare although special forces teams are used to contain initial outbreaks. During the war three astronauts is the ISS were able to survive by taking supplies from a Chinese space station. The United States is able to eventually stem the bulk of the pandemic, using the terrain and natural barriers created by the Rocky Mountains. They were able to establish a safe zone on the west of the Rocky Mountains. For the better part of the next decade, the US spends its time completely eradicating the pandemic west of the Rockies and rebuilding American civilizations. All aspects of civilian life are now devoted to supporting the war effort against the pandemic. The war strategies were similar to those of the second World War, things like rationing for food and fuel. Seven years after the attack there is a conference is held off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii aboard the USS Saratoga. At the meeting most of the worlds leaders decide that they want to wait out the plague. The US president decides that the only way to survive is to go and attack the zombies. No one is willing to follow so the US is determined to lead by example, they change the way that military training is done. They figure out that hitting them in the head with a battle ax type weapon, it will kill them. They take a three year campaign taking back America. They figure out the different tactics to fight in the different environments. After 10 years of the zombie war there are still some zombies and Cuba has become the world's most thriving economy and the international banking capital.

= Round and Flat Characters: = Round:

In this book, the main round character was Max Brooks. He was already fully developed and mature, and he played a big role in this book. He is the main character, and he goes around the world in the post-apacolyptic times and interviews and talks with main world leaders, members of the government, and survivors of the zombie apocalypse.

Flat:

In __World War Z__, there are many flat characters. Every person that Max goes around and talks to would be considered a flat character. All of them played somewhat of a major role in the book, and none of them evolved throughout the book.

= POINT OF VIEW: = The story is told in a combination of third and first person perspectives.

= Themes: = There were many themes expressed in this book. Here are some of them:


 * Social Commentary -** At one point in the book, a Palestinian youth living in Kuwait refuses to believe that the dead are rising, fearing it is a trick by Israel. Many American characters blame the United States' inability to counter the zombie threat on low confidence in the government due to conflicts in the Middle East.


 * Survivalism -** Several interviews, especially those from the United States, focus on policy changes designed to train the surviving Americans to fight the zombies and rebuild the country. For example, when cities were made to be as efficient as possible in order to fight the zombies, the plumber could be a higher status than the former CEO. Throughout the novel, characters demonstrate the physical and mental requirements needed to survive a disaster

> They scare me more than any other fictional creature out there because they break all the rules. Werewolves and Vampires and Giant Sharks, you have to go look for them. My attitude is if you go looking for them, no sympathy. But zombies come to you. Zombies don't act like a predator; they act like a virus, and that is the core of my terror. A predator is intelligent by nature, and knows not to overhunt its feeding ground. A virus will just continue to spread, infect and consume, no matter what happens. It's the mindlessness behind it. (Brooks)
 * Fear and Uncertainty -** Brooks considers the theme of uncertainty central to the zombie genre. He believes that zombies allow people to deal with their own anxiety about the end of the world. Brooks has expressed a deep fear of zombies:

= Inference and Analysis: =

Our assessment of Max Brooks was that he was a good character and narrator. He did a great job going around the world talking to various survivors of the apocalypse. He provided insight from different parts of the world to show us different aspects of the world after the zombie war. We liked how he went to so many different places, and it was really interesting to see how other countries and civilizations were surviving after this apocalypse. Max Brooks did a good job of showing us what the world had come to, and what the world was like after zombie war.

= Favorite Quotes: = “Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire they can either keep you warm or burn you to death, depending on how they're used.” Max Brooks: __World War Z__: An Oral History of the Zombie War “Most people don't believe something can happen until it already has. That's not stupidity or weakness, that's just human nature.” Max Brooks: __World War Z__: An Oral History of the Zombie War

= Literary Terms: = Character- somebody who is responsible for their thoughts and actions throughout the story. There were many characters in this story, on main one being Max Brooks. Dialogue- a conversation between two or more characters in a story. There were many dialogues during this story, many including Max Brooks. Narrator- one who tells the story, the "voice" of a written work. Max Brooks narrates parts of this book from the first person. Protagonist- the protagonist is considered to be the main character of a piece of literature and the "hero". Max Brooks is the protagonist in __World War Z__. Setting- the time and place that a certain event or story take place. The was a multitude of setting for our book.

= Connection to other books/real life/movies/TV: =

This book is similar to Max Brooks other best selling book, __The Zombie Survival Guide__. Movies similar are Dawn of the Living Dead and Warm Bodies, a TV show similar is the walking dead which happens to be the greatest show on tv ever.

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Book Reviews: http://sandiegokidswrite.com/drakem/2013/02/05/world-war-z-book-review/ dysfunctionalparrot.com/book-reviews/wwz/

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