Bragg

Author's Note: This is a character analysis on the main character in Alas Babylon.  

Randy Bragg is just an average man living in Fort Repose, Florida.  When the threat of a nuclear war with Russia emerges, Randy orders his brother's family to come and live with him until the threat expires.  Unfortunately for them, the threat turns into a reality.  All major cities and military bases in the United States  are nuked, but on the good side, Fort Repose is left unscathed.

With the exception of Fort Repose, Florida is basically dead, limiting the small town to only what they have.  With all of the chaos, Fort Repose needed a leader, and this is where Randy comes into play.  Before the nuking, Randy made sure to stock up on as much things as he could find, which included food and supplies.  After the nuking, he made sure they rationed these and also made sure to assign work to his family and friends to grow and catch anything edible.  Since there was no electricity, Randy helped design things to cover for the power loss.  For example, when the short wave radio stopped working, he fixed their car so that it powered the short wave radio.   Also, when a group of highwaymen terrorize the town, Randy forms a small group to eliminate the threat.  Finally, Randy created new laws to be followed in the small town.  It's safe to say he is the whole reason why Fort Repose didn't die.

Randy Bragg's actions can be compared to the actions of Derek Stillwater in the book, The Fallen.  In The Fallen, Derek got  stuck inside the G8 Summit when a terrorist attack occurs and was forced to lead a rebellion against the terrorists.  Although this rebellion was only two people at first, several later joined at the end of the book.  Also, both never shied away from action.  When Randy faced down the highwaymen, he faced them down coolly, just like when Derek continuously faced down terrorist after terrorist.