The Apocalypse In Pop Culture

The four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are a curious subject. The dominant culture for the last couple of hundred years has been the European, Christian, democratic, cultures, who rose to power right as the world began to become globalized and mapped. Because of their dominance, the ideas of Democracy and Christianity have spread across the globe. However, religion, at least in the urbanized, industrialized, countries that have come to exist, has become a secondary focus to the worldly goals that we

“Undead Americans”, focuses on American pop culture and its relation to shaping realities. Poole discusses the popularity of zombies and vampires within American pop culture while also examining how it stems from war, specifically the Vietnam War. Through Poole’s discussion of zombies and vampire, it also creates a problem within the individual, “a concern over the possibility of a personal apocalypse” (Poole, 204). While focusing on examining American pop culture and its relation to reality, it includes

Studying the zombie and zombie apocalypse for the past seven weeks has been an interesting experience. When I signed up for a class about zombies, my parents questioned me and my friends laughed. Before participating in this zombie class I thought the zombie was simply a monster with no meaning. I thought the zombie was a brain dead creature with no motivation in life. Little did I know, the zombie and the post-apocalyptic setting means so much more. The zombie and apocalypse are metaphors for bigger things

constantly surrounded by pop culture, it is unescapable. what we view as popular culture effects the values we place on those things and we believe we can make judgments based on what types of pop culture certain people love and identify with. Because pop culture holds so much power over our frames of reference, view of the world, and view of people it is extremely important that we understand just what pop culture is and the power it holds over us. Once we understand the power pop culture has we can begin

effective psychological dynamic fueling curiosity for ages, and the notion of a zombie apocalypse has become omnipresent in all aspects of today’s modern culture especially in media programming. Fueling this fascination is AMC’s The Walking Dead (Darabont, 2010) fashioned on the comic book series by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. This series has experienced widespread acceptance in today’s pop culture, capturing the People’s Choice Award for favorite cable drama in 2014 as well as the

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

film about the zombie apocalypse, but instead of the apocalypse already happening it shows how it was discovered/started. The film takes place in Spain, and is like a fictional documentary. It is filmed with a hand held camera, but does have high quality. I like that my project was something that I love to do. Which is, watching scary movies! Before I talk about the movie, I’ll tell you why I picked this topic. Getting, I knew that I wanted to watch a movie from Spanish culture. I didn't exactly know

Reading the Book of Revelation has brought a new understanding of religion and its connection with contemporary culture and the impact the work has our society today. Through the use of detailed imagery and unique point of view writing style and other writing tools, this bible revision provides an interesting read that is very educational when recognizing the influence of its work today. The mysterious author John writes the Book of Revelation detailing the apocalyptic events of the world as a prophet

The Destruction of Human Civilization Doomsday is defined as the day where the world will come to an end and people will face God on Judgment Day. Many people are fascinated by the notion that Doomsday will eventually happen soon, but there’s always a miscalculation when it comes to predicting as when the world will end. World War II is the most significant period in the twentieth century because technology, civil rights movement in the U.S, and the ability to explore outer space took a huge leap

Doomsday is defined as the day where the world will come to an end and people will face God on Judgment Day. Many people are fascinated by the notion that Doomsday will eventually happen soon, but there’s always a miscalculation when it comes to predicting as when the world will end. World War II is the most significant period in the twentieth century because technology, civil rights movement in the U.S, and the ability to explore outer space took a huge leap of fascination around the world. The