World War Z Themes

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War is a tale following forty-three citizens ' experiences with the Zombie War from across the world. The Zombie War required people from every nation to develop new war tactics and separate all differences in order to come together to fight their true enemy. This war incorporated themes of change, fear, politics, man versus nature, war, love, and prejudice that allow the reader to see how they relate to their own daily life. Along with these themes, the book provides an interesting view of gender roles, religion, and education. The Zombie War was narrated thought a variety of perspectives in order to give the reader a much larger outlook on the war as a whole compared to the narration being told

When considering that the interviews were narrated by over forty different people of different genders, backgrounds, languages, ethnicities, origins, and educations, the language and tone of each excerpt hardly varied. There was rarely a hint of poor English from the foreigners or grammar mistakes made by the uneducated. For example, Bob Archer from Langley, Virginia started his interview with, "The first [myth] is that our mission is to search the globe for any conceivable threat to the United States, and the second [myth] is that we have the power to perform the first (2.1.2)," and Ajay Shah from Alang, India said in his interview, "They tell me what happened here was not unusual, though all around our world where the ocean meets the land, people trying desperately to board whatever floated for a chance of survival at sea (3.2.2)." These two men come from extremely different cultures who most likely do not speak the same language without error. Due to no cultural differences through their dialect, the reader may not be able to tell these two characters ' origins apart if the narrator had not informed them of where they were from. This may be because Brooks purposely made this book easy to read and understand by using an unvarying tone throughout the book, but the characters would have been more well-rounded if their language reflected their cultures more. However, the narrations made by the women in this book typically had a slightly more heart-felt outlook on

In conclusion, World War Z was a book that applied many relatable themes to a concept foreign to people in a nonfiction world. The interviews provided a variety of outlooks on the war and emphasized the importance of education, survival, warfare, change, love, and more. In addition, the book was written in a way to provide a cultural perspective spoken by people from across the globe. Though the book lacked a strong view of women, the book encapsulated the war in the eyes of people of all ages, education levels, social standings, financial statuses, origins, and job positions. All in all, World War Z was an enjoyable book that presented itself in a user-friendly way and provided numerous lessons that are applicable in any