Panic

Today I will go into detail about the part of the book in which all the problems really began to appear. Can you imagine the beginning of an epidemic of this dimensions? The reactions of all the parts of society? The book entitled this part as "The turning tide". In this section you can perceive a lot of chaos, breaking down of organization, lack of order and control. No one knows what to do, the lack of information leads in the inconformity and anger of people and a situation of selfishness and individualism began to appear.

This attitude causes more problems because the only objective of the people is to save their lives and they do not care if they are already infected, they stay with the great mass of the population representing a danger for all. With the same attitude of individualism, in several countries are applied measures that try to solve the problem but this cautions only protect a minority. 

There is an special part in which a Canadian narrates his story in the Great Panic. His family moves to the North and when they get to a place "safe" from de zombies they stay there with a group of people in the same conditions. You can see how the behavior of the group changes. First everybody is too cooperative, but when the resources, like food, are running short, they become more agressive. No one can trust no one, they only care on surviving. I think that this story represents this period very well. I think I would react the same way, maybe no agressive but make sure that the people I trust is reliable. 

There are some words I did not understand, so I search their meaning and here they are:

Pag. 103

Tattered: Torn into shreds; ragged.

Pag. 113

Ghouls: One who delights in the revolting, morbid, or loathsome.

Pag. 123

Mangled: To mutilate or disfigure by battering, hacking, cutting, or tearing.

Pag. 127

Bugged: To grow large; bulge.

Pag. 137

Insidiously: Intended to entrap; treacherous.

Lapels: The part of a garment, such as a coat or jacket, that is an extension of the collar and folds back against the breast.

Pag. 141

Scrounge: To obtain (something) by begging or borrowing with no intention of reparation.

Pag. 142

Burden: Something that is carried.

Pag. 161

Screeching: A high-pitched, strident cry.

Pag. 169

Bash: To strike with a heavy, crushing blow.