Armageddon: Integral To Survivalist Identity

An infection has spread and the apocalypse has begun. Society has started to fall apart, laws no longer apply, and zombies have overrun the land. Most of those who have managed to avoid being tainted by the virus thus far will, unfortunately, fail to survive until the end of the apocalypse. Many people are unprepared for the dangers of the devastation and lack the knowledge of what resources are necessary for surviving the apocalypse. This guide will help those seeking survival to understand and appreciate equipment that they should collect during the apocalypse. Arming one’s self with the ideal weapons for fending off the undead and finding the right food supplies to sustain a fighting spirit are two necessities that will determine how far one would be able to last during the apocalypse. An important reminder to the reader is that this guide takes into account the kind of equipment a survivor would realistically come across.

Apocalypse Now is a film produced by Francis Coppola in 1979 about the Vietnam war. The film was based off of the novel, “Heart of Darkness”, and is the story of an Army Captain, Captain Willard, and his mission to hunt down and terminate Colonel Walter Kurtz. The reasoning for sending Willard to kill one of his fellow Americans is due to the fact that Kurtz has become unstable and has been operating against his orders with the Montagnard army and committing murder. Kurtz has gone insane during the war and his methods are thought of as unsound and he needs to be taken care of.

He explores such questions as: Why do we have so many fears these days? Are we living in exceptionally dangerous times? What he uncovers is that it is our perception of danger than has increased, not our actual level of risk. There are people and organizations in America that actually profit from these fears and so they create them, but there are prices we pay for social panics, including money that is wasted on unnecessary programs and products as well as time and energy spent worrying about these

On their website FEMA makes recommendations to have basic supplies on hand in the case of an emergency with a list including batteries, first aid kits, a whistle, dust mask, cell phones etc. (FEMA.gov). This is just one of the many preparation responsibilities of the government. In the research journal, “Preparing For Disaster,” Peter Katel defines the citizens who take on major preparedness behaviors as “Preppers.” (Katel, p.671) Although the title “preppers” sometimes comes with a negative connotation rooted from “Doomsday Prepper,” the actions taken by these individual may be essential for our survival. Katel, quotes a man who shares the ideas of the so called “preppers”, saying “The economic disasters, big storms- the idea is to absorb the blow and try to recover” …. “By being self-reliant, you can get to the point where you’re resilient” (Katel, p. 671). Prior to Hurricane Sandy, we saw many attempts at “absorbing the blow,” which included stocking up on food, bottled water and gas for

Regardless of their causes, disasters invoke human reactions in the context of social institution, small communities or long-term care facilities. The attempt to reestablish the social order of the culture after a disaster requires anticipation and collaborative planning prior to any disaster. Planning is acquired through government officials and scientists in an attempt to avoid future

If person grew up during the Cold War, it, sometimes, did feel like that person's

Prior to the terror attacks in 2001, the predominant thought processes for businesses in the private and local sectors was to continue generating money. By having this narrow-minded approach, these establishments were placing themselves in danger by not being prepared for a disaster, whether that would be man-made, weather or another type. According to Fisher (2004) in our attend section this week, after the 9/11/01 attacks, many businesses were left in dier need of assistance as they had not planned for such a catastrophe. There were several businesses that ended up going out of business. One in particular, lost its entire workforce in the attacks and had to start over, from nothing. Following the old adage that “hindsight is 20/20”,

This essay is about what can be done in the event of a zombie apocalypse. I will be telling you about a location, structure and also weapons that can be used. I will be describing the positives as well as drawbacks to these things. This is not a manual nor is it a story. It is simply a what-if in this situation.

The term survivalism refers to the belief that “one must be prepared to survive a major catastrophe by stocking up on food and weapons, therefore is a person who anticipates and prepares for a future disruption in local, regional or worldwide social or political order.” A survivalist therefore will prepare for this impending disruption by learning skills such as emergency medical training. Stockpiling food and water, building shelters to help them survive, such as an underground bunker, are other measures taken. The song and music video Survivalism by Trent Reznor explores the idea of a future society that has reached its breaking point politically, spiritually, and ecologically. It is direct social commentary on the Bush administration, and the greed of corporate America.

Muscles ached. My arms almost too weak to hold the axe in my hands. The adrenaline made me feel almost sick, like a fire roasting in my stomach, with an almost sweet pain. The now empty cafeteria stank with the ripe smell of undead. Familiar faces one and all. Eyes blank. A smirk crept to a side of my face. I never liked any of them.

According to the research of Hannah R. Zulch (Zulch et al., 2012) and after widespread review of the literatures an effective definition for mental health preparedness is suggested. In context of a threatening situations, mental health preparedness can be state of the awareness and expectation of individual’s psychological reactions to the disaster warning. Mental health preparedness will support significantly the ability of identifying particular stress-related emotions and thoughts. This also comprises the perception, appraisal, understanding of threatening event and the risk

Before travel afield, people should well prepare themselves for the possibility of lost, no matter how likely the possibility is. In the ordinary life, people should always be prepared for an emergency even though an earthquake or a fire accident hardly ever happen. Just like the Survival Analysis says: “[Lawrence]

Francis Ford Coppola's film Apocalypse Now takes the audience into a tense and mystical journey through the Vietnam War. This long and agonizing journey is seen through the eyes of Captain Willard played by Martin Sheen. Sheen. Captain Willard is assigned to a mission that relies on him to assassinate Colonel Kurtz, who is played by Marlon Brando. Although Apocalypse Now is an examination of the many terrors of society that are connected to the Vietnam War, Coppola plays much of his film off Joseph Conrad's novel The Heart of Darkness. Conrad's story focuses on Captain Marlow who is parallel to Willard and the Colonel Kurtz possesses many of the same characteristics in both works. In both

Chris Erickson’s book titled The Poetics of Fear, states that there are disturbing conditions. The risk of inevitable destiny by nuclear holocaust has faded away, generally, just to be supplanted by a substantial gathering of more elusive, however no less deadly threats. Fear based persecution, affliction, revolt states, religious radicalism, environmental disaster, wrongdoing, money related crisis, disastrous occasion, all take a stab at our thought as the most startling prospect. (Erickson 1).

In 1998, Touchstone Pictures released Armaggedon, the most recent in a premillenial barrage of films focused on the end of the world. The film included a trendy Hollywood cast, headlined by Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, and Ben Affleck, and was directed by Michael Bay, whose previous film credits included the 1996 top ten hit, The Rock. Although Armageddon received nods from the Academy of Motion Pictures for Best Effects (Sound Effects Editing and Visual Effects), Best Music (Song), and Best Sound, film critics were not so enthusiastic. On average, Armageddon received 1½ to two stars. The American public, on the other hand, made Armageddon the second most profitable film of 1998, exceeding its "sister" film, Deep