Warm Bodies

A major symbol in Isaac Marion’s novel Warm Bodies is the mouth/teeth. For example, towards the end of the novel, as Julie and R flee from the Boneys and return to the stadium, R describes how “the stadium roof rises on the horizon, rearing up like some monolithic beast. Climb into my mouth, it teases. Come on, kids, don’t mind the teeth” (215). By describing the stadium as having a mouth and teeth, the reader gets a sense that the stadium is doing to devour Julie and R. The mouth/teeth symbol represents a quality of a threatening entity (not necessarily alive) trying to entice and envelop/eat it’s prey.