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Arboreality: Mostly confined to BC and its problems concerning climate issues

American War: Covers the entire United States, referencing both physical change of environment and political

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unavoidable environmental shifts

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American war revolves around Sarat's development, while Arboreality does not revolve around one particular character

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Both novels purposely ignoring the clear signs of apocalypse

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World War Z - literally monsters (zombies)

Moon of the Crusted Snow - a human acting inhumane

Both were once considered humans

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Revival of culture and traditions.

Moon of the Crusted Snow having a more positive change in culture - children learning the language, people learning to hunt again

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Both books center small, remote communities that are somewhat isolated from urban society

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Ben, Gavin, Raminder, Ismayil, Kenny

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Moon of the crusted snow: small community

World War Z: almost all over the world

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in both novels, they explore scenarios where modern infrastructures fail

Theme of survival is in prevalent in both books

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Abha, Olivia B, Nicholas Jeremy, Natalie Wong, Mia Chen

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Both novels also address the loss of culture in addition to physical destruction.

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The infectious/spreading nature of the monsters in both books. In WWZ, the zombie infection spreads to other people, turning them into monsters. In Moon of the crusted snow, the (figurative) monster "Scott" gains a following in the community

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Moon of the Crusted Snow is very grounded, develops the same characters and community throughout.

WWZ's individual stories/sections have a similar feeling in terms of connection, but overall follow too many different stories to have the same detailed development.

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Moon of the Crusted Snow - during the apocalypse, everyone stayed contained in their community whereas WWZ, most people were trying to get out and escape from where they were from

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Arboreality and Earth Abides: How nature reclaims the land 

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Arboreality and Earth Abides: How nature reclaims the land 

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Group names: Olivia Dutton, Emily Godfrey, Kelly Li, Lila Tade, Alya Kaynak

How nature reclaimed the land in Arboreality:

Seasons of fire, rushing floods down the street in story 2

The forests are described as tinderboxes awaiting their new fate

Attempt to rebuild, trying to create a perfect garden and control nature

Oceanline rising, causing water damage and destruction to infrastructure

Library water damaged, forcing people to preserve books they found important/practical

How nature reclaimed the land in Earth Abides:

Rusting bridges - the wind causes the eventual corrosion of bridges

Trees topple down onto roads

Plants grow through cement cracks

Forest fires burn unchecked

Animal populations experience boom-bust cycles of overpopulation and decline

Man-made systems like bridges, electrical grids, and water infrastructure deteriorate over time

Mostly lack of water

Both Arboreality and Earth Abides include:

Large-scale forest fires

An attempt to control their own portion of nature (gardens, lawns, etc.)

Nature inflicting damage on a library and important literature

Both take place on the west coasts where nature dominates humans again, the idea of domination over the land is destroyed and questioned

Questions capitalism’s place in the world when nature takes over once more (Arboreality, 70)—> stripping the land for metals when there’s no consumer base left. Earth Abides with the signs pointing to sales that no longer matter

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Reversion back to community reliance (formation of tribes in Earth Abides and community in Moon of the Crusted Snow)

In both books, the characters do not know what is going on outside their "own worlds"

Earth Abides: got disease from visitors → similar to Justin Scott who is a disease himself

Justin Scott is also similar to Charlie

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Relying on hunting and survival skills

Reliance on traditional knowledge and connection to the land

Earth Abides: harvesting and farming their own foods

Cars and guns → walking and arrows

Stop using calendar, start going off of seasons

The characters who are seen as more helpful are often the ones with basic survival skills

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Chiasa, Avery, Rebecca, Sofia, Maddy

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Sophie, Jessica, Rahma

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Figurative vs. literal monsters:

WWZ:

The zombies in WWZ are very literal monsters, even if at times they have political symbolism. They wear the face of humans, but at no point are we unsure of their motives or actions

Moon of the Crusted Snow

never fully revealed whether or not Scott is a monster from the beginning/has always been inhuman, or if he has become that way through his actions and choices.

Scott's monstrous actions could symbolize that making those choices/actions makes you a monster/inhuman.

Scott never stops "pretending" to be human until the end

implies that being human is in your morality

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Both communities are cut off from external support

Moon of the Crusted Snow: remote Anishinaabe reserve;

Earth Abides: post-pandemic collapse of infrastructure).

Psychological isolation: Characters live with uncertainty, loss of modern connectivity, and existential dread.

Survival depends on small, tight-knit groups rather than larger societal structures.

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Return to traditional skills:

Moon of the Crusted Snow: Hunting, foraging, and reviving Indigenous knowledge (e.g., building shelters, preserving food).

Earth Abides : Primitive hunting/gathering, repurposing tools, and eventual loss of industrial-era knowledge.

Simplified social structures:

Leadership emerges naturally

Moon of the Crusted Snow: Evan as reluctant leader

Earth Abides: Ish’s observational role.

Focus shifts to immediate needs (food, safety) over complex societal structures.