Total War and Good-Byes

Total War and Good-Byes is basically the ending of the zombie war and how it is won in different countries. I especially enjoyed the perspective from Denver. It talked about how the new army was different from the one that fought in the battle of Yonkers. I liked this because it brought you back to the beginning to compare and show just how far humanity had come as a military. I especially thought the interwoven Kevlar that made their BDU's bite proof was ingenious and showed just how dumb they were at Yonkers for not thinking of something so simple. Another aspect I enjoyed was how openly the military was to it's combatants. I believe during the interview, one of the combatants was a 52 year old nun, which while numerous, just goes to show you that everyone can be a vital role to saving lives. Finally one of the best things was just them using their enormous Humvee's to push through and mow down hordes of zombies. It seems like something so trivial and noticeable but I guess it just goes to show that when something so stressful first happens, it's hard to keep your head on straight. All in all, it was a very good book. I enjoyed the graphic storytelling from many perspectives throughout the world. Although at the beginning, it was hard to get past a book that was comprised as a slew of interviews, I honestly couldn't see it being written any other way. 

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the first one I went threw was the article on video game violence.  they show a lot of work on the effects to the younger people. while parents who kept the games away from the kids they didn't watch what they see on tv. so while they do all this research to decide the games aren't for the young it never just gets to blaming parents. if the kids were kept away from all the violent stuff till the age in witch they can under stand it is fantasy. I already know there is a lot of research on this topic but yet again it never goes away.

next I went to the movie section they talk about that no matter what movies would have become just as violent. some one would have done this. they also mention no true connection in violence in the real world. there is a comparison of the violence to say whisky. in moderation it isn't bad.

combine/ while there are many things our society would like to blame for events like this. we blame any source of violence and after an event like this we throw the blame around. when does this become the persons fault who did it. we all are accountable for our own actions but yet they want to say it is another reason.

Finland

This section talks about the difference between humans and zombies warfare. Zombies don't have any restrictions they are 100% into fighting till there will be no more living on earth.unlike human we require food water and ext. To keep going .the only way our numbers go up is by having kids. This makes us weaker because if one of us fall we get turned to the zombie side. This is bad because if we kill one of them. They are just out of fight for good. If they get a living person they gain in number. So unless we fight in ways we don't loose people we would be slowly taking them or even giving them more numbers. This is all important because they fully understand where they are going to have to go to win a war with the living dead. I like this section on the fact it just seems like survival.

Total War and Good Byes Summary

Ben Smith

7/13/15

In the section Total War of the book "World War Z" written by Max Brooks, it discusses an interview that takes place in Denver, Colorado, USA. The interview details the New Army and how they adapted to fight the zombies. They did this by making the BDU's with bite proof Kevlar and making them comfy. Also with the weapons they have a Lobo for close quarter combat and a infantry rifle for long range. One thing that the New Army stressed was physical stamina because they felt that it could help you in all situations. In this section it introduces z-shock, which is losing your head after seeing to many zombies. The last thing that this interview talks about is how the New Army used line formation in battle, switching guys out when they got tired. One thing I found interesting in this section is the fact that earlier in the book they used all this advanced weaponry and military tactics to try to defeat the zombies with no success, yet when they converted to old military tactics such as the line formation they encountered great success against the zombies. This just shows to me that simply getting back to your roots can how the most success.

WWZ - Total War and Goodbyes

Section: Pages 331-333

This section is over the man that is "addicted to killing". He is a man from Barbados, and like other men that come home from the military life, war life, they don't know how to live without doing the things they were taught to do for song long when the war is over. This man goes on to say that he tried to have a normal life, "I tried to fit in, settle down, make some friends, get a job, and do my part to help get America back together." But it didn't work for him, he said he felt like he was dead when he wasn't killing. He tries to justify himself by comparing what he does to those in the Army.

This was a good section to have for the overall aspect of the book because if an apocalypse like this were to happen, there would be people that would have this same struggle. This helps us to see what could actually happen and possibly see what we could do to prevent it. This section definitely gets our minds thinking towards what the fate of each of us would be, I don't know what my reaction would be during a time like this.

What I didn't like about this section was just the overall gloominess, how sad it was. And he also took it to a whole new level when he joined the "Impisi: Zulu for Hyena, the one who cleans up the dead." He doesn't get control over himself, yet he joins a group that has no rules when it comes to killing people.

What I did like about this section was how the author was able to show how a man with this problem thinks, and acts. It gave good insight on what the others going through this are feeling. It showed how he was not able to get control over himself, but he would "...hit my limit, get drunk, get in a fight, lose control." This section showed how he would go out looking for trouble, trying to recreate what it was like when the zombies were running around.

War world Z

"Total war" and " Good byes" are the last two chapters of War World Z. The book ended surpricely different on a happy note. The book ended with the war against the zombies being won by the humans, I thought it would end with all humans being infected and the zombies wining. The section of total war talked about what wat was really about, and the way we are different when it comes to fighting. The zombies have nothing to lose but to gain more of them every time they kill one of us humans. However we have everything to lose the war and more life's. We need much more needs to survive than zombies. The section that stood out to me in the chapter goodbyes was the women in Russia Maria who was in the clinic providing her services to her country. She was being use for child barring and providing more population to the country after te outbreak.

World War Z: Total War and Good-Byes

In World War Z chapter 8 and 9, Total War and Good-Byes, Brooks told the stories of different countries and how they finished the zombie war. I found it interesting in the chapter, Total War, when the interviewer stated the meaning of total war; 100% committed to war and no limitations. This stuck out to me when I started thinking about it because it talked about how zombies didn't have any limitations because they didn't have anything to lose. Therefore, they were the definition of total war. Whereas humans couldn't because they weren't 100% committed because they did have something to lose. I also found this chapter interesting because it hit the strategies of other countries. One that I found most interesting and disturbing was Nebraska, USA. I found this fighting style to be disturbing because even though dogs may not be as "important" as human lives, they still matter. and I found it disturbing that some people thought it would be a good idea for dogs to just be a suicide bomber. The last chapter, Good-Byes, was interesting; but I didn't see it coming at all. It was weird that no one seemed to be happy about the fact that the zombie war was apparently over, everyone was still scared that they might still be out there. The Russian woman having a bunch of babies and giving them away was super weird, and the "Whacko" was a clear example of how the war affected people.