Z For Zachariah Character Analysis

In the novel Z for Zachariah there are two main characters Ann Burden who is sixteen and John Loomis who is in his mid-thirties. A nuclear war broke out, and killed all of humanity except for the two survivors Ann and Loomis. Loomis worked in a secret laboratory with Professor Kylmer on an important discover called polapoly. Since he had the safe suit he was able to find the valley that Ann Lived in. The only reason the valley was not poisoned by the radiation was because it was a meteorological enclave. Once Ann and Loomis met each other Ann had to take care of him while he was sick with the radiation poisoning. Once Loomis was better he became delirious, and wanted control over the whole valley, including Ann. At the end of the book Loomis

One of Ann’s qualities that stand out about her is that she can find the good in everything. In the book Ann found a baby crow behind the pew. The baby crow had fallen from the nest that was located between the two-by-fours that were criss crossed, and used as a frame to hold the bell. Ann had not seen birds since before the war, but she was a little disappointed that the birds were crows. The reason being was that crows were a sign of death, and they were also pests around the farm. Even though the birds were crows she still found the good in them. Ann wrote in her

Being self-centred is another bad quality that Loomis has. When Loomis and Edward were in the underground laboratory with the only safe suit in the world, Edward wanted to borrow it, so he could go out and look for his family. Edward promised Loomis that he would return with the safe suit, but Loomis wanted it for himself, so he shot Edward in the chest three times. Ann stole the safe suit at the end of the book because Loomis could not reason with her; they couldn’t live in the valley together, so someone had to leave, and it was Ann. This was Loomis’s and Ann’s words, “...It’s mine. You know it’s mine. Take it off!” “No,” I said. “I won’t...” Loomis then aimed the gun at her; she stood there with her gun knowing she couldn’t shoot. In the end they didn't end up killing each other, but he was determined to shoot her because she was stealing his safe suit. Loomis was very rude to Ann throughout the novel. Ann took care of him, fed him changed his clothes, and prayed for him well he was sick. Once he was better he definitely did not return the favour. Instead he scared her out of the valley; Ann tried to reason with him, but Loomis did not cooperate. Resorting to violence was also one of the quality’s Loomis embodied, most people have violence as their second nature, but Loomis didn’t just do it once, he did it many times. Loomis tried to shoot Ann two times once at the house, and once