Love Will Tear Us Apart Analysis

In this modern society, people automatically assume that zombies are the worst creatures on earth. They consider that all zombies decaying, emotionless, and flesh-eating monsters. According to Simon Pegg’s article “The dead and the quick,” the zombies need to be “Slow and steady in their approach, weak, clumsy, often absurd, the zombie relentlessly closes in, unstoppable, intractable… The absence of rage or aggression in slow zombies makes them oddly sympathetic” (Pegg, 2). Pegg explains the stereotype of how people view zombies and claims that death is not a superpower for zombies because when someone dies does not suddenly becomes stronger and faster since they are dead. However, the story “Love Will Tear Us Apart,” in Zombies Vs. Unicorn breaks all these protocols except the eating of people by viewing the zombies as …show more content…
“Love Will Tear Us Apart” obeys the traditional zombie protocols that zombies desire to eat people. In the first paragraph, the author states, “Think of it like the best macaroni and cheese you’ve ever had. No neon yellow Velveeta and bread crumbs,” (Alaya Dawn Johnson 21). She is describing how the main character Grayson who is a zombie looks at people as macaroni and cheese to show his strong desire of eating people. The author used a second person point view to submerge the reader into to the story. By mentioning “Think of it as a best macaroni and cheese,” the reader will effectively communicate with moment feels; bringing an image of the “macaroni and cheese” smell and taste like. Grayson purposely said “macaroni and cheese” because he knows that everyone likes it, therefore, they can relate to him; he did not say he likes a cheeseburger to not give people’s intention of assuming he is a zombie, thus he must just eat meat. This shows he is a “smart” zombie and has