The documentary ‘Zombie: Haiti’s Longstanding Tradition’ (Zombie: Haiti’s Longstanding Tradition, 2005) contained information regarding the original Haitian version of Zombies and how they are created. Some other things also featured in this film include how “zombie powder” is made, how people are brought back from the brink of death, and how people are forced to become these “zombies” so that people may use them as slaves. The idea of zombies has been a part of our world since the 8th century. In fact, the word zombie has been derived from zonbi, which was “used in the Louisiana Creole or the Haitian Creole that represents a person who died and was then brought to life without speech or free will,” (Ahmadmad, 2013).…
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is a very famous science fiction movie released in 1977 and directed by George Lucas. With only a $13 million budget and the help of computer generated effects and models they made $775.4 million in the box office. This movie follows the protagonist, Luke Skywalker, and his voyage, which shadows the 12 stages of the hero’s journey by joseph Campbell.…
Guns Girl - School DayZ is a game by Team 4inch that features an anime style RPG game where you have a bunch of cute girls fighting over a swarm of zombies girls because your goal here is to survive this one hell of an apocalypse and leave the campus alive without becoming an undead. In this story, apparently, the apocalypse is something that happens every century where people lose their minds and become zombies. Yes, every century, funny one at that. To survive, you'll need to equip yourself with a good variety of weapons and uniforms that can change the look of your characters.…
The Alchemist is centered around a shepherd named Santiago, whose repetitive dreams lead him on a journey to succeeding his personal legend and finding his true love. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty revolves around Life Magazine’s negative asset manager named Walter Mitty, who frequently daydreams about an adventurous life until when an important negative goes missing, he must go on his own voyage to find a photographer whose location is unknown. Although on different quests, Santiago and Walter follow the archetypal hero’s journey, moving them from dissatisfied action with their lives to finding purpose in them, showing a rebirth and renewal emphasized by symbolic imagery.…
Its 1955 Jonas Salk just came back from the store. He came back with anything he couldfind. Right Know Jonas is in the middle of an apocalypse of zombies that spread around theworld fast. Salk is in San Diego, California and right now he is the only survivor that he knowsabout that is still alive. When Salk came back from the store a group of zombies were chasinghim and followed him to his house but as Salk was on his way home he attempted to lose themby running faster but as he ran more and more food fell which just attracted more zombies so thegroup got bigger and bigger as he ran.…
The Hero’s Journey W.P. Inman, the main character of Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier, undergoes a transformation during his Hero’s Journey. After being hospitalized from a bullet to the neck, Inman leaves through the hospital physically and spiritually wounded. Eventually, Inman begins his journey back to his hometown, Cold Mountain. The author wrote the novel through the critical lenses of archetypal criticism, often drawing parallels to Homer’s Odyssey (“Cold Mountain as a Spiritual Quest”). However, throughout the novel, Inman’s Hero’s Journey becomes more spiritual than physical as he heads back to the heavenly mountains.…
As seen in the movie, the zombie population is getting bigger and bigger every day because they would never find the root of the problem of why humans became zombies and see if they can find a cure, they just see zombies and adapt to killing them, when really that it isn’t the solution. Finally, R and Jules are able to see that the zombies do have a cure and it’s very simple, no need for a complex cure, all they needed was love. This can also reflect in our world today, if all we do is push aside our obstacles in life and not find the root of our problems, they will end up coming back into our lives in one way or another, but if we find the root we can achieve many great thing in life and learn from our obstacles. For example, Klosterman finishes his article by saying, “The zombies you kill today will merely be replaced by the zombies of tomorrow. But you can do this, my friend.…
In the story of the last unicorn, she is naive in the beginning about who she is and really what the world is like. This provides the foundation of the story in the hero's journey of the unicorn. A unicorn learns from a butterfly who speaks in riddles that she is the last of her kind and that the other unicorns had been chased by the red bull. The butterfly states “You can find the others if you are brave”. They passed down all the roads long ago and the Red Bull ran close behind them and covered their footprints.”…
A myth is a story that holds some kind of significance in a culture, a story that addresses fundamental and difficult questions that we as human beings ask: who or what am I, where did I come from, why am I here, how should I live, what is the right thing to do, what is the universe, how did it all begin? Myths are stories that are told about great men and great women; about the forces of good and evil; about large and small animals; about natural thing as well creatures like giants, gods and other supernatural beings. The complete study of all these stories theire respective elements is called mythology. Now when people hear the term mythology they automatically think of the Greek version, more specifically their gods such as Zeus the top-god,…
Today had been long. It was one of those days that Cassie wanted to end with a bear hug from her dad. Her dad was always the person to brighten her day. When she was little, he would feed her popsicles for tender bitten tongues and coax straws filled with bubbles of ginger ale past pale nauseous little lips. His arms were the only place she was willing to sleep; even at thirteen Cassie wished that she still could.…
Long ago, there was a great war between the humans and darkness. The war lasted for many generations, and when all hope seemed lost, a light appeared in the darkness. A hero appeared, and with a sword of golden light, he drove out the evil and brought peace to the kingdom. Our story follows the path of a typical village boy named Cole.…
George sat with his good friend, Fred, at a table eating dinner. Fred was an adventurer, he was always going on the most spectacular quests and discovering new things, in new lands. Whenever he came back from a quest he would tell George about them. George always looked forward to hearing his friend’s stories about the dangers and thrills of the adventures he went on. [2] After Fred finished telling his stories, he would ask George how his life was and what had happened while he was gone.…
The term “hero” has been around since the late fourteenth century; however, the term is of an uncertain origin (Etymology, paragraph 2). Based upon controversial etymology beliefs, Webster’s Dictionary defines a ‘hero’ as an individual that is admired for his or her great acts or fine qualities. According to Joseph Campbell, the author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces, an individual must go through the cycle of the hero 's journey. The life of a real life hero is reflected by the epic literary example “The Hero’s Journey” that is exhibited in the book The Hero with a Thousand Faces; therefore, a hero in today’s world must undergo the same twelve stages that are listed in “The Hero’s Journey.” The hero’s journey is known for telling…
Chapter Two I thought a lot last night, and I was still a little scared. Mostly, I was excited. Completing this mission could up my rank, which could come in handy. Maybe when I got back I’d lay low for a while, take a break from missions or something like that.…
“I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the Lord Almighty. But who can endure the day of his coming?…