The Omega Man Themes

When one hears the title I Am Legend being mentioned, they usually associate it with Will Smith and the terrific job he did in portraying the protagonist of the story Robert Neville. However, what they typically leave out is the equally terrific job done by author Richard Matheson coming up with the storyline and writing the original book version. While Richard Matheson’s post-apocalyptic science fiction book, I Am Legend, and Francis Lawrence’s post-apocalyptic science fiction movie, I Am Legend, both have similarities and differences, in the end, the original book version prevails mainly because the movie version alters the original storyline too much.

The scientists discover that the disease kills through coagulation or clotting of the blood, but it could also cause insanity due to the blood in the brain clotting. The newborn and the old man survived because their blood was more acidic than the rest of the town. When one of the scientists on the team is exposed to the disease they realize that at that point the disease had mutated and became harmless.

King, Stephen. "Stephen King -- Why We Crave Horror Movies." Scribd. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Nov.

In the modern movie genre, horror movies accounts for very great proportion of the number of followers. Relevantly, the zombie film genre has been developed into a dominant part of mainstream horror, replacing the previous monster such as vampires and werewolves. In Max Brooks’s essay “The Movies That Rose From the Grave”, he offers his opinion that throughout the process of zombie film transformation, it increasingly captivates viewers while gradually generates the modern horror. Brooks’s essay should be an appropriate inclusion of a college textbook which explains the phenomenon of the “undead explosion” in various kinds of media, proving to the audiences with enthusiasm, interest, credibility and specific examples that zombie culture is resurrecting a formerly obsolete genre.

The horror genre has been captivating and enthralling the masses for centuries, but more recently in the twentieth century these morbid tales have moved from the old media of oral stories and literature to the new medium of horror pictures. Horror pictures still are not the end of the evolution of the horror genre, as this medium itself has experienced evolutions to satisfy an increasingly desensitized audience. To exemplify this evolution of horror pictures we will be taking a look at an occult classic from 1968 Night of the living dead and a new thriller The Walking Dead. Both horror pictures portray a zombie apocalypse and there are similarities and differences in the main characters, the zombies, and the worlds of the two pictures.

Hillenbrand, L. (2010). Unbroken: A World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption. New York: Random House.

The book When Plague Strikes, is about 3 deadly diseases. It 's about the Black Death, Smallpox, and AIDS. Each of these diseases can cause a serious outrage of death. The book also tells about how doctors try to come up with treatments, medicines, and antibiotics to try and cure these diseases. All these diseases got the best out of everyone. Some people reacted differently than others with these diseases. All the diseases came in play in A. D. 1347, when the Black Death broke out for the first time in what’s today is know. As southern Ukraine.

In the book, Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, Louie Zamperini was majorly obsessed with vengeance throughout the end of the book that his life was consumed by the quest for it. Louie felt as if the Bird had stolen his dignity at the POW campsites, where he was beaten, humiliated, starved, and stripped of his powers of self-defense. Louie was overwhelmed with his anger that the only objective he sought was to get revenge on the Bird. In other words, Louie was angered about his loss of dignity at the POW campsite, he wanted to get revenge on the Bird by killing him, and how Louie eventually forgives the Bird for what he did to him. These three reasons show how Louie’s loss of self-dignity in the POW camp was pursued.

The foundation of horror genre was set by monsters that not only haunted your dreams but also conveyed rich themes found deep beneath the surface. Vampires are considered a symbol of seduction and sophistication while Frankenstein monsters represent misunderstanding, oppression, and rebellion. Some of the strongest symbolism is found in standard films of the horror genre does not come from the frequently updated relics. Utilizing fear and horror as mechanisms for subtext, social commentary, and symbolism, George Romero created a new horror genre, one that scares and shines just as much as great horror classics. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead revolutionized the once stagnant zombie film and made into something unstoppable, still to this day zombie movies rake in millions of ticket sales at the box office while remaining culturally relevant.

A theme, by literary definition, is a central topic of a text.This means that they are a always a part of every story. Mainly, themes symbolize the meanings of texts. In one particular story by Ursula K. Le Guin, “The Ones Who WAlk Away from Omelas,” one of its main themes centers around the neglection of morals and ethics. Throughout the text,this idea of moral neglection is apparent and it describes how derelict the ethics of the people of Omelas has become.

A discovery encompasses the experiences made by an individual who explores and questions what is known and understood about the world. These types of discoveries can lead to significant ramifications such as transformative perspectives and connect with the universality of specific concepts. The Australian play by Michael Gow, ‘Away’ and short film ‘Time’ express these ideas through their different forms and representations of themes such as the influence of nature and the cyclical nature of different discoveries. Thus opportunities to discover are offered to individuals throughout their lives, allowing their desires to discover to be achieved.

The book consistently mentions regarding the depressing phenomenon of the excruciating epidemic in the pages of 47, 74 , 202-204, 243-247. ‘... Blueridge or Lake or Winter or Alta, sectors all recently infected by the plague.’ However, these unfortunate civilians are assuming that the epidemic is infecting them as it is very contagious. When in reality, “...I always thought the plagues were spontaneous. They’re not. … The pump the virus into the slum sector through a series of underground pipe.” Yet, they are being gullible enough to believe that the government has no correlation to the death of the virus because of the propaganda the government is distributing to manipulate them. Nevertheless, the scientists are mutating the virus in order to evolve it to increase how lethal the plague is. ‘... every time an interesting new virus appears into the meat factories, the scientists take samples and craft them into viruses that can infect humans.’ Consequently, due to the manipulation through lies it cause destruction that is, murdering thousands of citizens in

In Stephen King’s somewhat subjective essay in the 1984 Playboy magazine, Why We Crave Horror Movies, King describes his reasoning behind why so many people are fond of watching movies residing in the horror genre. The content of his essay, though inserted in an unconventional area for

Crosby introduces the novel by detailing the plague seemingly at its worst level. The symptoms of the fever are described,

I would like to address the culture of consumerism, our desire for violence, and the change in gender roles from Romero’s Night of the Living Dead, to Boyle’s 28 Days Later.