Zone One

While I was reading the first 81 pages, one of the things that I found particularly interesting was the fact that Mark Spitz would see distinguishable features of people that he knew in the faces and bodies of the undead he would come into contact with. This stood out to me, because there's no way that every single undead could actually be that of someone he knew; so what made him project these thoughts onto the zombies? I also found it kind of confusing how it's not specifically clear whether or not Mark is in fact living or the undead. I found the beginning of this assignment reading to be confusing and hard to follow; so far I am not the biggest fan of the reading, but I am open to the possibility of enjoying it as we get further into the novel itself. I do however like that it is not immediately gory, which is what I was expecting. That's one aspect of zombie works that I am not a fan of and so far I have been able to handle everything I've read without getting grossed out.