Relationship Between R And Julie In Warm Bodies

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In the post-apocalyptic fiction and romance novel, “Warm Bodies” by Isaac Marion, we are introduced to an incredibly unconventional, yet important relationship between the characters ‘R’ and Julie. The novel is narrated by R, a zombie who appears to be suffering from an existential crisis. Using eight words, R manages to captivate what it is like to be a zombie, “I am dead, but it’s not so bad.”. One day while out hunting for brains, R consumes the brain of the teenager Perry Kelvin. Eating brains allows for zombies to envision the memories of those they devoured. Consequently, R sees Perry falling in love with a girl name Julie Grigio. After finding Julie seconds after eating her boyfriend’s brain, R decides to take her home to the airport with him. Immediately after encountering Julie, we see a change in R’s outlook on life. …show more content…

However after meeting Julie, R’s opinion appears to change, he starts to feel stronger emotions and strives to feel more ‘alive’. R tries to be than just a zombie. Most zombies just mull about and groan, while R is able to stretch his sentences to five or six syllables. “In my mind I am eloquent,” he mentions. After eating Perry’s brain, R absorbs all of Perry’s love for Julie and finds himself falling in love with her. This compels him to do things beyond moving back and forth on escalators all day, he suddenly wants to talk about music, and eat food other than human flesh, smile, and laugh. To R, smiling is “an unfamiliar but pleasant

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