![]() ![]() Bushell's exsistence had absolutely devolved after his girlfriend left him for his brother, and then he lost his job. It seemed like his life could not get worse, and then the virus struck. It will be interesting to see if in further novels, Annie will meet other survivors.īarry Bushell is the first gender non conforming character in this story. I thought that this was great, because far too often in dystopian fantasy, seniors are invisible, or framed as a drain on survivors. Annie Nelson returned home and found a way to live despite the fact that she was surrounded by zombies. There are various forms of disability and it feels as though this example was chosen, to prove that the disabled are helpless without the aid of the temporariliy able bodied.Īnnie Nelson, an elderly woman who we met in Autumn, escaped the Whitchurch Community center when it became over run by the zombies. I understand why Moody chose this character, but at the same time, I would much have prefered that he had chosen a disabled character who was able to fend for themselves. ![]() She is absolutely helpless in the face of this disaster and will soon die from dehydration and hunger. She is trapped in a furniture store and because she can only move from the neck up, she sits in her chair waiting for death to find her. Penelope Street, is the first physically disabled character in the stories. ![]()
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