Recently i took a couple days to read the walking dead volume 2 walking dead is one of my favorite graphic novels (and tv show.) In the books they follow a group of people in a world controlled by zombies. In my last post i explained how each of these people demonstrate the certain ways of dealing with the world. The thing i really like about the book is that it really brings out the science in science fiction. by that i don't mean that it is science based like star trek but it in every way (but the zombies) feels like our world. The characters have basic needs and in no time in the 2 books so far has there been a part in which you disbelieve something. These people cant run forever, don't want to live, keep secrets, and even still love.
After finishing the walking dead volume 2 i thought about its relation to my first book i read this year "teen angst?. . . nahh." Both these books are really different like strange to relate but after reading walking dead I've realized one thing that both share which is the relation to reality. ":Teen angst? nahh." follows Ned Vizzini through his childhood. While this story is a comedy it shows his way of surviving through high school. Its not that high school is in anyway like a zombie apocalypse but the books show this common topic of survival and adapting.
An example this is in "teen angst? nahh." Ned like many others in high school sees drug use and alcohol use all around him. Ned found ways of pushing that life away from him and continued to strive for jobs and go through school "clean". In walking dead an adaptation is quite easy to find all the characters have one and thats what differentiates them.
Its probably the reason I love these books so much but I've realized all my favorite books characters seem so real. they all have basic needs wants adaptations and details that make them special. However in a pure fantasy book like twilight its a lot harder to relate to vampires and therefore a lot harder to read.
Really interesting cross-book inquiry!
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