Zombie Apocalypse Sociology

With the traditional tale of zombies going further back than most alive can remember, let’s hope you have entered the realm of the undead at least once in your life. Whether just randomly stumbling upon the topic in your favorite magazine or being a hardcore dedicated zombie fan, most people past the age of eight years old will more than likely know what a zombie is. How can the details of these intense creatures not be planted in your minds? Rotten flesh, amputated limbs, exposed organs, and the intimidating slow movement of these monsters who were once humans. These monsters where once people with lives, with families, a real career path, and an appetite for delicious foods, only to result to them striving for a different kind of food, brains. With a monster like this, people couldn’t resist being captivated. …show more content…
One of these theories is about the similarities that these creatures have with our society’s economy. According to an article written by Torie Bosch, zombies have an uncanny relation to the fears of the white-collars. The lack of guarantee these people have that their skills they worked so hard to achieve, and put a lot of money towards, will amount to anything useful to the economy. “The zombie apocalypse is a white-collar nightmare: a world with no need for skills we have developed.” (Bosch) Her reasoning for this is that in the zombie apocalyptic world there is no use for jobs as lawyers, journalists, or investment-bankers. Instead the real leaders and survivors would be the blue-collars; police officers, farmers, engineers, etc. The jobs who, in both scenarios, are in high need and demand. While the white-collars are not in as high demand, causing fear and