Z for Zachariah

Ann Burden, a fifteen-year-old girl, is quite the contrary. She is essentially good and caring, with many instances that prove this. These two people are the main characters in the novel and it is exceptional to find how much their traits differ.

John R. Loomis is a chemist from Ithaca, New York in the novel. He is a man who has been through a terrible tragedy. He managed to survive a massive nuclear holocaust, which virtually wiped out the whole world’s inhabitants. He survived initially in the underground laboratory and because of human inventions, such as the safe suit and the plastic ‘polapoly’. There is a possibility that the effects of the disaster may have affected his mental state somewhat, possibly through the near-fatal illness he suffered (radiation poisoning) after the disaster.

There are arguments for and against Mr Loomis bein

They are enormously different in almost all aspects of their attributes.

at the flat rock when the road curves. We will talk. Come on foot. Leave your gun

“...I prayed for Mr Loomis. I prayed just for him to live through the night. Even though he may be a murderer, I do not want him to die...”

Later in the novel, Ann finds out that he burnt all her possessions.

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