Through Spitz’s past life events, Whitehead includes the repetitive life expectations people were upheld to maintain. As Spitz remembers his past life, he acknowledges that his uncle’s way of living was one he wanted to mimic. “All he was truly sure of was that he wanted to live in a city gadget, something well-shocked and white-walled, equipped with rotating beauties. His uncle’s apartment resembled the future, a brand of manhood waiting on the other side of the river” (8). This shows that there are certain lifestyles people want to copy because they promise materialistic objects that are perceived as luxuries. Spitz was baffled by his Uncle Lloyd’s apartment and was determined to own one similar because it was filled with materials he did
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Through Mark Spitz and his companions the author depicts the monotonous lifestyle of a sweeper. As Mark Spitz enters a building he overhears Gary shooting a door and recalls that, “Fort Wonton warned them repeatedly about brutalizing, vandalizing, or even extending the odd negative vibe towards the properties whenever possible…” (14-15). Whitehead deliberately used Mark Spitz to say that they had been warned numerous times. When readers hear words like “repeatedly” they assume that their duties rely upon repetitive cycles. Whitehead’s novel suggests that there is nothing new to the overall structure of living in a zombie-infested society. When Mark Spitz eventually breaks away from a dream that would be impossible to accomplish because the dead roam the world, he realizes that his only true objective is staying alive. This moment is seen where whitehead mentions, “[h]e didn’t have line of sight, but doubtless the blue moon of his uncle’s building was eclipsed when the power cut off. He had seen it for the last time, he was sure” (314). This indirectly shows how Mark Spitz breaks away from being stuck in a futureless dream. When the author mentions that Mark Spitz would never see his uncle’s building, he is stating that Spitz has accepted leaving in the
Through Mark Spitz and his companions the author depicts the monotonous lifestyle of a sweeper. As Mark Spitz enters a building he overhears Gary shooting a door and recalls that, “Fort Wonton warned them repeatedly about brutalizing, vandalizing, or even extending the odd negative vibe towards the properties whenever possible…” (14-15). Whitehead deliberately used Mark Spitz to say that they had been warned numerous times. When readers hear words like “repeatedly” they assume that their duties rely upon repetitive cycles. Whitehead’s novel suggests that there is nothing new to the overall structure of living in a zombie-infested society. When Mark Spitz eventually breaks away from a dream that would be impossible to accomplish because the dead roam the world, he realizes that his only true objective is staying alive. This moment is seen where whitehead mentions, “[h]e didn’t have line of sight, but doubtless the blue moon of his uncle’s building was eclipsed when the power cut off. He had seen it for the last time, he was sure” (314). This indirectly shows how Mark Spitz breaks away from being stuck in a futureless dream. When the author mentions that Mark Spitz would never see his uncle’s building, he is stating that Spitz has accepted leaving in the