The Dead And The Gone Analysis

Let’s face it, No matter how hard you try to have everyone be equal with each other, there’s always going to be something to separate them in a small way. In “The Dead and the Gone” what I noticed is when it comes down to it, how people have it are all based on where they are placed in the social pyramid. I believe that this fact doesn’t just apply to “The Dead and The Gone.” But I also believes this contributes to how we live today. “The dead and the gone pyramid” TOP~Richer/wealthier families. They are the ones that have a home, are supplied with food. They are doing well on extra supplies and don’t have any rush to leave. They also are the ones that know the important people and can get what they want, or what they need. MIDDLE~The
As a whole, they are running out of food, barely have a good house, that hardly fits all of them. And are almost completely out of them extra supplies they need, and need a way out to help Bri out. “He had 2 choices: either go without eating all weekend or without supper the following week. Otherwise, there’d be no food for Julie.”(132 Pfeffer)
The bottom class has has the sick and the dying or already dead. They are the few that ran out of food, got too sick, or couldn’t find a way out. They could barely find a home and lost the battle facing different conflicts. “Every day there were more dead, and the rats were getting more daring.’(149 Pfeffer)
What you have to realize is, everyone is equal to each other but there is always a greater force that separates us from one another in a small way. In reality when things go as plan and when we are safe, how we are separated does not make a big role. In “The Dead and the Gone” When things took a turn for the worse, where they were placed in the social pyramid made a big difference on how smoothly their survival went. I believe that this would happen to us in reality if we were in the same situation. Everyone is Equal, but that doesn’t mean we are a placed