In The After: Amy Vs. The World

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Amy vs the world “ Only a month into the After, I’d started searching houses, looking for signs of life.” Amy has dealt with many conflicts that has changed her life. Amy has a lot of internal and external conflicts that have changed her and has changed the way she has to live. It’s clear that Amy’s life has modified in a way because of the conflicts she has had to go through. “ In the After.” Amy and the rest of the world are being attacked by “Them” ( The Floraes). Amy has to try and overcome this attack by using her survival skills. Amy has to hide from the Floraes ( THEM ) for a very long period of time. After the attack Amy goes to look for food and finds baby in rundown store. Baby doesn’t know anything else in life besides hiding

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