Creative Writing: Zombie Apocalypse

Zombies have been a pop culture icon for years. Whether it be video games like Call of Duty or making people feel nervous for a potential zombie apocalypse, the zombie has become one of the most recognizable pop culture figures. The rise of zombies as a frightening creature can be related a real-world issue. In this essay I will dispute that zombies have changed over time and that there is a distinct connection between the way zombies are portrayed and the way the world looks at the lower economic class.

In The Walking Dead's post-apocalyptic world, there is no true form of government, no law enforcement, money has absolutely no value whatsoever, there are no emergency respondents, and there is no clearly defined social structure. This is a world where someone may be your neighbor on one occasion, and the next day they may have been turned into a walker, putting you into a predicament where you must make the decision as to whether or not you will be eaten by the “walking dead”, or you will slay them. People literally abandon their cars on the highways and run for shelter. While survivors hide away in basements and closets, trying to keep

AHHHHhhhhhh........! Imagine being awakened by a soft, distance scream. Wide awake, the world returns to being silent except for a racing heartbeat. Suddenly, a soft resonating moan starts to fill the empty air of the bedroom. Looking out the window, the world is an eerie grey with nothing moving but the occasional garbage blowing in the wind. Suddenly the horizon begins to change as a crowd of people begin to emerge. Watching nervously, the figures get closer and turn into something much more menacing. They are all disease-invested, flesh-rotted, brain-hungry zombies! Where did these undead monsters come from? How do they survive? What

Her eyes fluttered open and rested upon the figure in front of her, her bloodstained hand opened to welcome them. Hesitantly they reached out to grasp her hand, the blood seeping into their white linen glove. She gave them a smile and proceeded to lead them further into the temple.

The journal article "The Zombies of Toronto" was published in 2010 and deals with the famous Toronto zombie walk. According to Dr. Bryce Peake, the zombie walk is a modern trend in which thousands of people gather together to flood the streets, clothed and painted as zombies. The first impression one might gain, seems a little ridiculous, but behind thus masquerade is a serious background hidden. Ontario becomes once a year the setting of the notorious zombie walk. Thousand of actors flood the streets to "perform their vision of the impending apocalypse, foreshadowed by the signs of increased global violence" (65). The first recorded zombie walk took place in 2001, but since 2003 Toronto is the capital of the zombie walk cities. Evolving over the years, it has become a global phenomenon and resembles for most participants "[...] an implicit and explicit critique of war and violence," taking

A new wave of icy fear overcame her. She banged on the wall so hard, she thought her hands would bleed. "Help anyone please!" she cried out, hoping someone would hear her.

The article “My Zombie, Myself: Why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead,” written by Chuck Klosterman, discusses the reasons behind zombies becoming so popular. Klosterman writes that rise of popularity of zombies is different than that of vampires. He states that most monsters are initially created as representations of fear. Similar to that of Frankenstein or vampires, Klosterman explains that zombies could be viewed in the same light; however, zombies are better explained as an allegory for our day to day existence. Rather than some innate fear, Klosterman highlights this fact to be why zombies have risen to such high popularity.

Zombies had a lot to do with tracking the origin of diseases. First, the scene was set for us epidemiologist(students). An unknown agent was causing certain people who visited a carnival to start “disappearing” or turning into zombie-like creatures. After the scene had been set, it was our objective to interview bystanders who knew people who had disappeared

Leaving the undead tangled in the branches of the downed trees, Dean and I followed the path of the microburst to the top of a ridge. I was amazed at the number of zombies wandering about the woods. They must have been leaving Slippery Rock in search of food. I wondered how many of the residents in hiding were left alive.

“ a zombie. i put them to shame. but if that’s your way of calling me a zombie .. i am SO offended. ” the lightness in the air fills his chest with delight that SWELLS.

Then some of people noticed a new guest, dress as a clothes of the Red Death. Everyone was freaking out because of him. When Prince Prospero saw this guy, he became angry and asked courtiers to seize him and unmask him. But no one have the courage to do it, including Prospero himself. The Red Death walked through the rooms, heading toward the black room. Prospero chased him with taking his dagger. Prospero reached the edge of the dark room, the Red Death suddenly turned to face him, and Prospero fell on the ground and dead. "Then, summoning the wild courage of despair, a throng of the revelers at once threw themselves into the black apartment, and, seizing the mummer, whose tall figure stood erect and motionless within the shadow of the ebony

“No need to get all ‘cop to the rescue’ here. I just got lost. Isn’t that right Miss…” he said looking at Dr. Flanagan in reminder of what they talked about.

“Alright Leslie, you’re here!” some lady exclaimed. The whole town was in a type of quiet unison. It was implausibly light outside despite the fact that it was only 6 in the morning. The streets were flawlessly black with no cracks whatsoever. It was so peaceful considering that it was 200 people outside and Leslie was quite frightened by it.

Over time zombies have been constantly changing in a variety of ways whether it be through research or physical appearance. Not only have they changed in their appearance, but they have grown through scientific research and through interactions with the world around us because of their new feature, feelings. How have they evolved? In what ways? Everything evolves over time. This is just how the world functions. We are always craving the newest technology or the newest line of clothing. We as humans strive for the very best and will restlessly keep on changing the world until we are satisfied. I believe that this has a huge impact on how zombies are depicted nowadays because they are constantly being evolved by us humans. We want the very best

A major contributing factor to this great change is the fear and uncertainty that is instilled by the zombies. I believe that Brooks defined fear through people’s reactions to the outbreak. He explains how fear is the most basic emotion and how fear is the reasoning to perform an act. In one of his stories, he writes, “fear is the most valuable commodity in the universe” (Brooks). This is true because we buy products and services based on the fear of not having those products and the results of not having that commodity.