Almost The Last Man Analysis

The zombie genre speaks to differently to every author and to every reader. The challenges faced by survivors of a zombie outbreak forces the reader of a zombie themed novel to wonder how they would react in similar circumstances. This brings up a number of challenging questions. Could the survivor comfortably survive on their own, or would they fall victim to madness and despair? Even if the survivors learned how to adapt to a zombie infested world, could they maintain their humanity or sanity in the face of drastic changes to the fabric of society? In either case, the dawn of a zombie age would represent the end of the world as we know it. It would change the very fabric of humanity and the world we live in.
There are many stories that could be used to illustrate the potential reactions of lone survivors as well as
Walter never really sees the full horror of the zombie apocalypse because he has shut himself away in the library’s vault at the outset of the chaos that ensues as the dead attack the living. Upon leaving the vault, Walter is only able to observe the remains of the last gasps of humanity in the form of blood stains, fallen books and scraps of bone left in the aisles of the library. In order to try to make sense of what has happened, Walter, who happens to be a writer creates stories about what happened in an attempt to make sense of the tragedy that has occurred. It becomes clear during the course of these stories that Walter has lost not only his grip on reality, but also much of his humanity. By the end of the story, Walter has run out of food and wonders to himself if his end will come from starvation, or at the hands of the undead (Edelman,