response to Zone One

In this novel I really like how whitehead has started to separate the zombies from one just hoard of mindless idiots into the stragglers or the ones that for some reason weren't exterminated or "shown mercy" by the marines who first came into this effected zone. I really like the detail he goes into with the characters and how we see the development of the civilian soldiers "the sweepers" there to clean up and bring society back to somewhat of a normal state, so that they could get industry back up and running and bring the world back to where it was. With that it is interesting that our main character seems to doubt that society will every come back from the brink saying that essentially if you dream and don't pay attention to the present you can get caught off guard and pinned as we see happen to him in one of the firms they were clearing. With that it is quite interesting to me how he always comes back to his basic B mentality floating under the radar and that’s how he’s gotten through life quite successfully so far.

Unlike in many other zombie films or books where the zombie plays a major role almost a main character role, I like how here we are seeing the characters develop and the skells playing a large yet small role in the grand scheme and we see the hardships of the regs and not being able to pick up a piece of food in an open refrigerator or use moisturizer unless its from a “sponsor” company. Also sponsor companies and corruption going on at almost the end of society its interesting to see how no matter what’s going on no matter how bad it is outside corruption is still alive and well.I like seeing the characters develop as a unit and their personalities come out, like the generic sorority girl leader or the grimy almost skell mechanic or even our main characters aversion to id checks or even when you see him have a bit of remorse for the copy boy asking the group if they could just leave him there not wanting to put him down, It is all building up to be one if not my favorite piece in this genre.