Our Zombies Ourselves Parker Analysis

Every year there is a new movie or book comes out having to do with some type of supernatural being. This begs the question, why are supernatural beings always the topic of choice? Some possibilities are simple, such as wanting to believe there is more out there rather that just normal human beings. Del Toro and Hogans, Vampires Never Die, talks about the history of vampires and all the things a vampires are capable of as well as how that we humans crave characteristics of vampires. Other peoples interest may come from there different types of cultures and beliefs. Parker, the writer of Our Zombies, Ourselves, puts emphasis in his essay on how zombies didn’t reach there full potential until recently, as there are many different cases …show more content…
That’s because this question usually doesn't come up in regular conversations. Pure interest for more people is there response if you asked. Pure interest is a basic answer we need to go deeper into that statement. These supernatural beings usually have lives that you might want, for example in Twilight the vampire Edward gets to live forever and the werewolf Jacob is able to turn into a huge werewolf whenever he needs to! Now you’re telling me you wouldn't want to be in there shoes? Not even for a day? Of course you would! Sheer mystery in our world of what it would like to be those supernatural beings and if they really exist or not in our world drags your minds into the subject. For different type of cultures supernatural beings may have began in what they learned when they were diving into there culture. In every culture there is some sort of supernatural being that can be played into the beliefs. In other words every person can choose from a plethora of different beings, if you don’t like the idea of a zombie because of your religion then there are ghosts. Another wonderful thing about all these different tales is that each supernatural being can have many different stories of how they behave in the