Zombies Yesterday, Zombies Tomorrow, Zombies Forever For every leading character in a story, there is something that acts against them. As with "Bartleby, the Scrivener" by Herman Melville and Zone One by Colson Whitehead, the main characters both face similar antagonists. Both set in New York City, these two pieces of literature share many parallels. But the biggest similarity they share is in the similarity in their antagonists characters. With both of these, the antagonist works to not only…
offered to checked around the school with a flashlight to see if the dealer was still around. “I’ll go with you and hold on to the flashlight!”, Ryan courageously said, one of my friend in our group. Furthermore, Ryan also acted like he’s in a zombie apocalypse movie where one of the character goes out to find food, “If I’m not back in 20 minutes, call the cops”, Ryan…
I was bored, really bored, who would not get bored in the middle of History class? I began to look absent-mindedly at the window, there was really nothing interesting outside either, and here I was locked in the second hour of the day, a Monday, and a kind of history. Is the universe against me? I see it very possible, in that moment I move my hand sharply causing my pencil to fall to the ground, I try to reach it, but my attempts are useless -Hey- I say trying to get the attention of my partner…
SCENARIO OF SURVIVAL- You and and a group of about 700 people have survived in your area. The zombie are completely gone from your area, and you are mostly protected from further problems involving them. However, the group you are in is stuck inside a neighborhood in your town, and must figure out how to survive from here on out. You have plenty of shelter and water, but limited power and food, so your group must figure out how to organize and ration this accordingly, as well as obtain more…
Many people in the world dread the day when a zombie apocalypse occurs. China has an apocalypse of their own, the airpocalypse. Images from Shanghai and other cities show us all too graphically what air pollution in China looks like these days: a grayish, soupy mixture that renders buildings, streets, and people. Many pictures…
As one would expect in a zombie-based show, violence is a mainstay in the series. However, The Walking Dead takes violence and gore to unimaginable levels. It is not uncommon to see use of various firearms, bodies being ripped apart, heads being bashed in by clubs or other handheld…
Alone in the Darkness of Blood I woke up and all I could see was the deep dark hole of the gun barrel that was pointed at my head. On my left there were my friends which had guns headed towards their head just like me. There was just one question in my head. How? How did we fall into this trap? How did our snipers not see anything? How did I become unconscious? But all of my questions remained unanswered because the last sound I heard was a gunshot. DayZ does not have any sort of linear…
2.1.1.3 Video as a Persuasive Medium According to Crieg (2017), before people can even consider trying a product, their attention needs to be held, which is not something easy to do. In fact, humans have an average attention span of only 8 seconds. It is almost impossible to persuade people to try a product within such a short timeframe. So that is why, copywriters and advertisers have emphasized strategies that are able to increase attention spans, using devices like storytelling, making…
The Lost Ones 1984 There is a young woman that goes by the name of Rosa, age 28. She’s living with her 30 year old husband, Mark, and her five year old son, Jason. One day the Davis family went to an abandon creek to have a picnic. As they walked down the stream water on a cold day in 1978 there were bubbles coming out of the water. “Mommy,” Jason said, “why is there a lady sleeping in the water?” At that moment they started…
The Zombie Apocalypse can be described as a war on civilization and humanity. Zombies, which are referred to as Walkers on The Walking Dead, are re-animated corpses that walk the earth in search of food, which is typically human flesh. Anyone who dies (bitten or not), will become a Walker themselves. Those living amongst the Walkers must learn to defend themselves against, even the children. For the most part, the Walkers are unpredictable and are not necessarily organized in their search for…