Warm Bodies: A Metaphor of Materialism’s Effect On People
Warm Bodies by Issac Marion describes a world where humans coexist with zombies. In the novel, people are turning into zombies for unknown reasons. These zombies do not feel anything but hunger and mostly do not aware of the world around them. Issac Marion uses the zombie genre to represent the materialistic world and suggests that materialism is self-destructive because materialists are more likely to be selfish, insensitive and unhappy.
Marion uses zombie genre to critique materialism of the real world in the book. According to Chicago Journal, “Materialism is generally viewed as the value placed on the acquisition of material objects” (Burroughs). It explains that materialism is
Warm Bodies by Issac Marion describes a world where humans coexist with zombies. In the novel, people are turning into zombies for unknown reasons. These zombies do not feel anything but hunger and mostly do not aware of the world around them. Issac Marion uses the zombie genre to represent the materialistic world and suggests that materialism is self-destructive because materialists are more likely to be selfish, insensitive and unhappy.
Marion uses zombie genre to critique materialism of the real world in the book. According to Chicago Journal, “Materialism is generally viewed as the value placed on the acquisition of material objects” (Burroughs). It explains that materialism is