Alas Babylonsurvival of the fittest

A detailed Summary of Alas Babylonsurvival of the fittest

Alas, Babylon, by Pat Frank, illustrates genuine examples of how superior

creatures survive and the weaker perish. Those who sufficiently responded to this difficult

challenge set before them were Randy Bragg, Dan Gunn, Alice Cooksey, and Florence

Wechek. Those individuals who were unsuccessful with this devastating feat were Edgar

Quisenberry, Bubba Offenhaus, Pete Hernandez, and Porky Logan. During this period

those animals that become savage beasts and would do anything for food survived, while

the animals that were controlled by humans did not.

Randy Bragg is a natural leader and a quick thinker and he had his mind set that

he was going to live even if he had to fight for his life. "We're going to have to be tough,

we are going to have to be catfish" (Ch.7). The community's doctors had either been

killed or vanished and Dan Gunn, now the only physician in Fort Repose, tried to help

yone who was sick and this made him survive because he knew the people of the

Even though he didn't die he was a failure because he sat at home and did nothing but

household. Fort Repose's librarian, Alice Cooksey, had the strength to keep on living

because she knew that the library was the only source of learning for the people and

something!" (Ch.7). Stupidity and greediness was Pete's downfall and wearing

The President of the Fort Repose Bank became a massive position after The Day.

wait to die. After everything was sold in his grocery store Pete Hernandez had stored

Species is well focused throughout the novel. Those who survived knew they had to find

world that didn't use any type of currency and he wouldn't allow himself to be humiliated

Approximate Word count = 638
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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