Zombies Evolution

Zombies continue to change in a variety of ways, whether it be through research or physical appearance. Not only have zombies changed in their appearance, but they have advanced because of their new feature: feelings. Due to the natural crave for change, humans have created zombies to obtain feelings that were not prevalent before. I believe that this has a huge impact on how zombies are depicted nowadays because they are constantly being evolved by humans. Since, as humans, we strive for the best we continuously change the identity of the zombie so it suits our various needs. Critics and cultural writers assert that, zombies evolve physically, mentally, and even spiritually and that zombies have been evolving over the course of time. However, …show more content…
Yet, if we think of zombies today, Seabrook’s depiction of zombies does not come to mind because we can see and sometimes even feel zombie’s emotions. This is interesting because when anyone has emotions it makes them vulnerable and if they are vulnerable this might depict them as weak. Weak in the sense that one might not be as scary as they first Also, if you show your true emotions, people may take your emotions and use the against you to make you emotionally unstable. This is a common tactic used in fights to get the upper hand. You use the opponent’s ethos and bring out their emotions. This contradicts the definition of a monster since, monsters are not supposed to be weak. Why would society add feelings to zombies when people fear them themselves? I believe that we also add feelings to them to connect with them on a deeper level since it is hard to relate to someone who cannot relate to us. Many films such as, Warm Bodies add emotions to the zombie so that they can relate to the human so then the human will not get harmed. As humans, it’s easier to connect and root for a zombie with feelings since we, as humans, have feelings ourselves. I think they have feelings because I believe the author or director wants us to “fall” for the zombie. They want the zombie to be the protagonist of the film or show so it creates a new element to the …show more content…
Critics and scholars have overlooked the zombies new feature of feelings, but this monster has been constantly evolving so it is difficult to keep up. In addition, the zombie can be appealing in society due to their different features that they have pick up along the way or have been modified. As time goes on, zombies slowly start to veer towards the image of a human. Thus, this will affect our culture because how much will the zombie evolve until it reaches one hundred percent human? I believe that soon enough the zombie will not be able to evolve anymore or reach the maximum point of evolution, but until then research will always be continual. These different perspectives dig deeper into the understanding of what zombies represent when looked at more than merely a