The Apocalypse : The End Of The World

Zombies aren’t supposed to exist. But what if they do, and we interact with them every day? Chuck Klosterman’s essay, “My Zombie, Myself”, compares everyday life to the task of killing zombies. Through elaborate metaphors, quotes from zombie experts, and a strong call to action, he successfully appeals to pathos, ethos and logos to convince his readers. Klosterman argues that even though modern life is monotonous, it is possible to escape the monotony.

The name of the article is Our Zombies, Ourselves written by James Parker. In this article Parker discusses the historical backdrop of zombies and talks about where it is that they started from. Parker additionally raises exceptionally fascinating point on the notoriety of zombies and a short timeline on zombies. He also talks of different sorts of popular cultures which incorporate zombies and are utilized, for example, the movies Night of the Living Dead, White Zombie, the books The Zen of Zombies, Zombie Haiku, and the television series The Walking Dead.. By utilizing these references Parker helps demonstrate to us how zombies appear to ceaselessly draw our interest. The article additionally educates the reader about how zombies came

When analyzing this piece of writing it is clear that the purpose is not to entertain or persuade. The purpose, instead, is to inform and give a new perspective on zombie movies in a simple way that an audience of all ages can understand. In Andrew Cooper and Brandy Blake’s, “George Romero Zombie Films: A Plague of Meaning,” the authors walk the reader through how as time changed zombie movies changed with it. The authors further explain how zombies in many movies represent the time and culture. The writers inform the reader through their use of information from past zombie movies and analysis of the events of the times they were made.

Ever since the first zombie movie was created in 1932, there has been a constant rise of zombie appearances in popular media. Like with all monsters, the majority of zombie media aimed to represent a certain aspect throughout the society in question. Whereas vampires represented romanticism and Dracula represented how a certain social group was viewed during a certain time period, zombies in Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” aimed to create a situation whereby a group of people had to survive a night together, despite their racial tensions between one another. Being the founder of all subsequent zombie films, “Night of the Living Dead” provided a guideline for zombie behavior. As time passed, more and more versions of the zombie came out, whereby zombies stopped being a plot device and turned into the focus of the film itself. The Walking Dead, currently standing as the fourth most popular TV series, took a turn from this progression and decided to imitate Romero’s take on zombies. By including zombies which simply aimed to sustain themselves by consuming the flesh of the “live,” the creators of The Walking Dead caused the remaining survivors to gather together and rely on primitive human instinct to survive. Even though the zombies in this series run rampant, they play a very minimalistic metaphoric role. Instead, by presenting the zombies as a plot device, the characters in this series were able to demonstrate their true prejudiced view on society, ultimately revealing

There has been a resurgence of zombie films in the last decade, ranging from Danny Boyles 28 Days Later to Paul W.S. Andersons Resident Evil. This renaissance of zombie cinema has resurfaced in response to the cultural, political, and social volatility experienced in today’s society, much like its predecessors. A zombie film, unlike other monster movies, plays more with the real-world fears and anxieties, presenting the audience with inescapable realities. However, to understand why this subgenre has been brought back into the mainstream cinema, a comparison is needed across generations of film. This paper will focus on the comparison between George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead and Danny Boyles 28 Days Later; in an attempt to show how zombie cinema is a reaction to cultural shocks.

Rodney Clapp, writer, editor for Wipf and Stock Publishers and expert in topics such as theology and culture, in the article, “Attack of the Zombies”, argues that many things in life are beginning to resemble zombies. Clapp assumes that the audience also views zombies as lifeless creatures that go around spreading their disease. The author’s purpose is to persuade the audience to believe that many things they see today are starting to resemble zombies. The author writes in a challenging tone for people who question the similarity of zombies to every day life. Clapp supports his argument by comparing and contrasting, and exemplification.

In reading, the articles by Phillip Simpson and Christine Heckman, the routine story of blood and gore is interpreted as a reaction to our interest in the post-apocalyptic world. Simpsons article, “The Zombie Apocalypse is Upon Us!: Homeland Insecurity” was featured in a collection of texts regarding the Walking Dead. Following, Simpson directed the essay for the intended audience to be American citizens who watch or are wanting to learn more about The Walking Dead. Simpsons essay is a factual, persuasion and academic based essay. This is a factual essay because Simpson uses facts based from the show and information from other published texts. Heckmans article, “Roadside ‘Vigil’ for the Dead: Cannibalism Fossil Fuels, and the American Dream” also was featured in the same book of collected essays. The collection

During the atomic age, the zombie was born, as a new monster that resembled Cold War anxieties. One of the most known fears was the fear of the spread of communism in the United States that would "[turn] citizens into mindless hordes." Nowadays, zombies have developed and are not stupid and slow as shown in the first zombie movies, but they are smart and fast today. The perfect killing machines. Zombies can be compared to "terrorist sects and sleeper cells [...]" (66). The zombie walked represents insecurity in a culture, about "who we are, who the enemy is, and whether s/he is us." The zombie walk helps participants to express their feelings about cultural anxieties related to death and warfare. The destructive force of zombies is detectible in modern anxieties over terrorism and worldwide war. Here, zombies walks have a deep meaning. They "act as a means for working through [...] the structural conditions of a new and violence that so

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Ira Chernus’ article, “Cheer up, it’s just the end of the world,” addresses the effect of the many apocalyptic worries today on Americans. Chernus begins by introducing the biblical origin, then the dilution, and lastly the multiplication of the ideal apocalypse. The article describes the foundation, biblical apocalypse, as one ending becomes means to a new beginning; a rebirth of this world into a better one. The author depicts the evolution of apocalypse succeeding the biblical era beginning with the nuclear age of World War 2 which introduced the new idea of complete extinction. The article goes on to challenge the blossoming apocalypses that stemmed from the nuclear age with, in Chernus’ opinion, the prominent danger of environmental destruction.

In the event of a zombie apocalypse, there is the mentality of kill or be killed. Those who are killed are turned from living, breathing humans into a zombie, a shell that barely resembles the individual it once was. In the film Night of the Living Dead, as well as in all zombie movies, the walking dead are portrayed as mindless animals who prey on the humans around them and are “condemned to wander aimlessly across an empty, ruined earth” (Paffenroth 18). This perspective is duplicated in the way society views the obese. Society views the obese as mindless subhumans whose fat outward appearance hardly mirrors that of their thin self that should exist instead. This paper will examine the loss of identity and dehumanization that accompanies the notion of zombies in Night of the Living Dead and how this relates to the American attitude regarding obesity.

Many have most likely seen those clichéd apocalyptic warnings, you know, the one’s you usually see hoboes or “crazy” men on street corners saying “Repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand.” Unfortunately that has become a common stereotype for Christians everywhere: a bunch of people telling you that you’ll go to Hell, if you do not adhere and submit yourself to God. This comes from a redundant life style known as religion, but this is not how Christians, or anybody in this case, should be living. What many people do not or refuse to understand is that religion is just repetition; doing the same thing day after day, and eventually a “religious” lifestyle will become stale and lackluster. Unfortunately, Christians are starting to become too religious; at Titus Harvest Dome (THD) we try to keep religion a minimum by praying an hour a day and fasting twice a week. To seek after God with our whole heart (Jer. 29.13)

This is a wonderful monograph by Melissa Archer with a comprehensive study of the theme of “worship in the Apocalypse”. It illustrates various aspects of worship and the role of worship in the Apocalypse. The language of the book and different approaches to the theme are appreciated, because those are simple and clear to understand the theme.

No book has captivated the zombie apocalypse better than World War Z. Max Brooks creatively presents “a worldwide zombie pandemic from outbreak to aftermath” (Boyd, Tristan). His book encompasses many social and political themes in the world today. The book

Is it possible to kill an idea when it is undead? Classic movie monsters tend to fade in and out of popularity as audiences grow bored and move on to fresher concepts. But there is one that has risen up and does not seem to slow down: zombies. Zombies have gone from being a small subgenre of horror film to a staple of popular culture across various media. This paper will explore the rise of zombies in popular culture and why it continues to remain relevant.