Z for Zachariah

Person 1: Who is your favourite character in "Z for Zachariah"?

Person 2: There are only two characters in the novel but i like Mr Loomis better because he has a very interesting personality.

Person 1:I agree, firstly, he is a very resourceful and knowledgable person.

Person 2: His idea of the manual petrol pump shows his wide range of knowledge and his explanation of it to Ann shows more of his resources and knowledge. Ann would of had to work much harder if Mr Loomis didn't come up with that idea.

Person 1: Mr Loomis is a very secretive and calculating person though.

Person 2: That's true and it was shown when Mr Loomis didn't realise that Ann had made a mistake when she was reading to him and didn't notice when Ann tried to coreect it. Ann wrote, "I explained and went back to page 18 when it came to me that he hadn't noticed," This shows that he was totally focused on his secret plan and didn't care what Ann might be reading.

Person 1: Mr Loomis is also an ungrateful person who takes thing for granted.

Person 2: You see this at the end of the novel when Ann said to him, "there was nothing gentle about the way he held my hand amd no expression on his face," which shows Mr Loomis' agressiveness and reveals the first signs of his intentions to take over the valley.

Person 1: So Mr Loomis is a very strange person, well through Ann's eyes at least.

Person 2: He just makes the perfect mysterious type character in this novel.