World War Z part 5

Anmol Sethi

Chapter 8 and 9

            Chapter 8 is titled “total war”. At the beginning of the chapter the author meets with Travis as they fly above Finland. Travis explains his theory of breeding, feeding and leading. Zombies don’t have to follow this pattern which is what makes them successful at total war. He then goes to Denver where he speaks to Todd Waino. He explains his experience with the zombies involving all of the equipment he uses. The next place the author goes is Nebraska where he meets with Darnell Hackworth who talks about his work with dogs during this war. Dogs had many uses during the war such as luring the zombies, acting as decoys or scouting the area for zombies. He then meets with Father Sergei Ryzhkov in Russia. His main goal in the interview is to explain how Russia became a religious state and what his role was through the process.

            The next place the author goes is off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands. He speaks with Michael Choi who tells him that zombies have been living underwater and discusses his confusion on how that is happening. Zombies shouldn’t be able to handle the deep-water temperature and pressure but they are still alive down there.  The author then goes to Canada to speak with Andre Renard and he describes his experience with the zombies and how the affected the location of civillians. The author then goes back to Colorado to speak with Todd again. Todd tells the author about his trek across America and the zombie encounters he has had.

            Chapter 9 is titled “good-byes”. This chapter is about how each person the author interviews deals with the aftermath of the zombie war. They talk about losing a lot of people close to them and how they feel after the war, if they think it was their fault or the zombies.

            I thought the part that was really interesting was the interview with Darnell Hackworth. This is the first time we see anyone discuss the idea of using animals as protection. I thought it was interesting that he wanted to use mutts more than pure breeds. Usually people prefer pure breeds rather than mutts and I thought it was nice that they were given the attention in this book. Using animals as a way of protection is a great idea and I was surprised that no other country really took advantage of it.