It becomes the scary-pants glue that binds all the novel's layers together.
This way, fear becomes more than just boogity-boos that make you jump in the night. It also uses fear to springboard into an exploration of human nature and government. It addresses many different types of human fears-and not just the ho-hum zombie fear of being horrifically eaten alive. Unlike a low-grade horror novel about cheap fears and thrills, World War Z explores fear as its central theme. Go figure, right? A zombie novel with the theme of fear, could things get any more unoriginal? Actually, it could get way more unoriginal because Brooks truly does some interesting stuff with fear here.
