While reading The Great Panic section of World War Z, one chapter stuck out to me the most. The chapter titled "Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies Federation". The interviewer meets his next interviwee at a bar, his name is T. Sean Collins. The interview begins with Collins trying to explain his job to the interviewer, but he has a hard time describing what he does or what he could be called. Eventually he just say that he is basically a body guard for a rich famous man. He explains his time guarding him at his beachfront home. The man he was guarding invites over other famous people to help them take shelter from the zombies, but really he is just trying to make himself look good. Paparazzi have been at the house and so have news anchors and interviewers. Not to long after all of this starts, the zombies begin to show up. This causing people in lowers classes seeking shelter to try and take over the rich man's house. Lot's of people end up dying, famous celebrities kill other celebrities and normal people and celebrities kill each other. Collins eventually escapes on a surf board.
This chapter really stuck out to me because it shows how greed can destroy people. The rich man wanting to flaunt his wealth ultimately set himself up for disaster. I also found this chapter interesting because the humans are almost acting like zombies by doing whatever it takes to stay alive, much like zombies will do whatever it takes to eat you. Both are similar in this chapter because they both are acting as if they have a dire need for a specific thing. Humans seeking shelter and protection, while zombies are seeking flesh.
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