"Zombie Blondes" by Brian James

Compare this theme to WWII.

Cheerleading squad (but mostly Maggie): Hitler.
The rest of the town: Nazis.
Hannah: America.
Lukas: Jews.

Why? The Nazis followed Hitler ceaselessly, to the point where they were “brainwashed” – By Hitler’s stories of the Aryans being the “perfect race.” These Aryan people were blonde and blue-eyed (that probably isn’t coincidence, but it could be – some people just like blonde, blue eyed people better. Look at Heidi Klum, for example).

So the Nazis took down these Jews just because they were Jewish. They hadn’t done anything. Lukas only tried to warn Hannah, which is probably the most anyone had ever done – Jew or book character.

Then America comes in and fights to bring down the National Socialist party. Or, rather, cause a diversion elsewhere. Of course, Germany takes the bait and it all blows up (pardon the pun) in their faces. (SPOILER: things do actually explode. Like zombies, for instance... It’s kinda cool.)

Now, I’m not into conspiracy theories (ok, yes I am), but this seems like awfully more than coincidence. There is always the chance that Mr. James didn’t intend to make this an allegory to WWII, but it’s definitely a common theme. Given the subject matter, it probably is intended.

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