The End We Start From

Write about the effect of namelessness in The End We Start From. Why are the characters referred to only by their initials? How does this impact your experience of the story?

How do Z’s birth and infancy parallel the course of the flood? How is motherhood similar to the crisis of a natural disaster?

Why does Hunter choose to avoid overt details about the causes of the crisis? How does this impact your understanding of the disaster the characters are living through?