The Zombies

In lecture this week the theme for the readings are based around Popular Culture. The first reading titles “Our Zombies, Ourselves” by James Parker he explains the role of fictional monsters in the popular imagination. Parker’s essay is an extension of Toro and Hogan’s fascination with vampire myths just in reference to zombies. He picks various films and books that depict the elements of a zombie threw the writers eyes. He also chooses to cite a Canadian punk band which shows another variation…

Coming Back,” ends by suggesting that the reason why zombies, although they are not the most frightening of the monster genre, made their way to being an iconic entity in our imaginations because of the way they comment on the events that are happening during their times and the need to go against societal rules. He also goes on to further imply that even in that kind of chaotic mentality, we find comfort in the sense of “community” that zombies and the idea of zombie apocalypse can give. The…

Brooks states that zombies are created by a virus he calls “Solanum” (Brooks, 2003). He explains that the virus travels through the victim’s blood to their brain where it eventually causes death, and the creation of a new organ. This new organ can control the recently deceased body and does not require any outside source of energy to function. This virus, according to Brooks is both highly contagious and toxic to virtually all life forms other than itself. This includes animals of every type.…

The film titled Pride and Prejudice and Zombies can be easily described as a melodrama tearjerker and a women's film. It has several characteristics that make it fit into such genre. One of the very obvious reasons is there is a love story develops between the main characters, although the love story is not a conventional one. Darcy's and Lizzy’s love story begins with him criticizing her and she accidentally over hearing. This develops tension between them. Lyden’s description of a melodrama…

same idea, that zombies are all one dimensional flesh eating beasts. In Fido and Last stand that is not the case. They are different from the common zombie theme, because the zombies are more affectionate than some humans. Last stand, the zombies wanted to be far away from the humans, but the humans were trying to find and kill them. In Fido, the zombies had to wear a collar to be calm so they would not become the bloodthirsty monsters the humans think they are. Although if the zombies collar is…

If zombies did happen to come to St.Labre, first I would go and find a knife or something to protect myself with while I try and get to a safe and secure spot with food, water, and shelter then i would grab all my friends that weren’t zombies and I would go over to the spot that would keep us safe and fed. If zombies were to attack St. Labre while we were in school this is what i would in a few short sentences but continue on to read and i will tell you more. My basic needs of surviving a…

their origin or nature, zombies must be dealt once they have made their entrance into the world. Every survivor is faced with a choice, avoidance or action. Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide recommends that a survivor only fight as a last resort, and to use stealth to avoid the zombies as much as possible when operating in a world overrun by them (Brooks, 2003). Walter, Father Meyer, and the unnamed protagonist certainly display no inclination to fight the zombies. Father Meyer’s…

Martin’s zombies are forced to toil on after ‘death’ for their overseers or controllers. They are not truly dead, but rather are created through medical and technological means rather than magical means as the zombies of Haitian origin. These poor souls have their brains removed and replaced by a synthetic substitute resulting in a shell with no soul to drive it. That function is fulfilled by their fully living human controllers (Martin, 2008). In this regard, the story is more of a tale of…

Television series and movies like Walking Dead, iZombie, Night of the Living Dead, and Dawn of the Dead, all have one thing in common, zombies. The zombies depicted in movies and shows like these all have the same attributes. They all lack language, have no remorse for killing, they lack the feeling of pain, lumber around, A physical attribute of a typical zombie lacks the use of language but do not lack voice, instead they groan. This leads me to believe that the Broca’s area is damaged. The…

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