Analysis Of Ashfall By Mike Mullin

Ashfall, by Mike Mullin, is the book that I read. The setting of the story takes place during modern-day times in Iowa and Illinois. The story is about the supervolcano under Yellowstone National Park erupting and what would happen to society after the event. The main character, Alex, tries to get to his family, who are away at his uncle’s farm during the eruption. The main characters are Alex, who is a 16-year-old boy, and Darla, who is a 17-year-old girl who Alex finds in the middle of the story when her mother and she help Alex after he is attacked. Darla lives on a farm with her mother, who is murdered, leaving Darla and Alex alone. Alex is a typical teenager who reflects on “simpler times” when he would argue with his mom over chores and the way his sister would annoy him. Throughout the story, the main conflict is man versus nature. After the eruption, Alex is trying to find his family and is attacked, starved, and barely survived at the end of this book.
All of Alex’s conflicts start when the supervolcano erupts leaving an apocalyptic tragedy. Alex at the beginning is at home when his house caves in. He finds refuge with his neighbors until his neighbors shoot and kill the bandits, which results in Alex leaving and searching for his parents. Alex then later sees a man named Target, who attacks Alex and leaves him for dead when Alex refuses to join his gang. Alex wakes up on a farm and sees a girl named Darla. All is well until Target finds Alex and sexually assaults Darla’s mother and kills her. Alex and Darla escape and go to Warren, where they find Alex’s cousin, uncle, and his sister; his parents left to find him. Alex and Darla help around the house when Alex’s uncle breaks his leg. Alex gets his uncle to the doctors and decides he is going to find his parents, which sets up the conflict for the next book in the