How Does The Storm Affect Dean's Relationship

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The storm affects how the characters act because the storm turns people like Dean that have O blood type into zombie-like creatures that just want to kill others. Alex which is Dean’s brother doesn’t know his brother barely anymore because of how he acts towards others when he is exposed to the outside for too long. I also think that the storm affects Dean’s relationships especially with Niko which is his best friend who is now acting differently to him.

My second reason why the storm is affecting the book is that there are trust issues going on like Robbie who was an outsider that they brought in. Who then helped them fix their bus in order to make it work so they could make it to the next evacuation. But then they found out Robbie was a

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