The Great Panic

Although this whole chapter is interesting, I think it is the first part that catches my attention the most. This takes place in Memphis, Tennessee. The interviewer talks to Gavin Blaire who is a pilot during the Great Panic. Gavin explains what its like to see a bird's eye view of humans trying to escape zombies. the visuals reminded me of something you would see while evacuating from a natural disaster such as a hurricane. Cars are bumper to bumper down highway 80. Some people have gotten out of their cars and are running faster than the traffic is moving. Gavin notices how much is being left behind, even expensive things like a grand piano. This scene relates to the rest of the book because you start to see how people start to drop everything and run away from the zombies. This is one of the first clearly unsuccessful plans in trying to escape the walking dead. He sees zombies actually grabbing people from their cars or getting in the cars to get humans. They have no way of escape. The cars are so tightly packed that some people can't even open their doors to run away.

If I was in this situation I would be terrified! I don't think I would use a car to get away because it seems inefficient when everyone else is doing the same thing. Something's I noticed is that this shows that a lot of the things in our world are materialistic. Luckily, people were leaving behind what might weigh them down in order to reach safety. I wonder if people were leaving behind other people if the could run faster or had bigger cars than others. Would some be ready to betray other's to save themselves? I think this ties in with the class because people have a tendency to run away from their problems. This was a perfect example of human nature. I think its important to see how people react in crazy, unexpected situations like that.