Warm Bodies

   In Warm Bodies, the story focuses on the human-like qualities of zombies and zombie-like nature of the living. The main character, R, showcases many human-like characteristics such as dancing and listening to music, speaking to Julie and not killing her. There is something special about her that makes R want to keep her close to him as possible. R also understands why zombies are the way they are, he is curious about knowing about his previous life and that is the reason he killed some people. He wants to relive those memories and says “I don’t want to die. I want to stay alive” (64). This emphasizes his human-like qualities because it is human nature to be afraid of death. Unlike R, Julie is frozen and stares into space for a long time wondering what is going on with her and his not that active compared to R, thus making her appear more zombie-like.