Zombie Viral Epidemic

She allows the reader to truly imagine themselves in a zombie apocalypse by using description and comparison. “If you work in the many white-collar fields that have suffered in this recession, zombies are the perfect representation of the fiscal horror show” (Bosch, 651). Any reader that works in the white-collar fields, or knows anyone that does, can relate to what Bosch is saying because she used a vivid description and a comparison in one sentence. Readers will read this line and imagine their work chaos during the recession and immediately visualize zombies taking over the world and the madness that goes along with that. “There was a recession. It was a time of unemployment – of white-collar employment…” (Warner, 197). She also uses another type of figurative language: a metaphor. When she talks about the reality of zombie television shows and movies, she used a metaphor to compare modern day zombies to unicorns. “[n]o longer are zombies the beloved genre of the lonely, virgin teenage male, the macabre flipside of the girls’ obsession with unicorns” (Bosch, 651). She uses this metaphor to enhance the reader’s reading experience with humor but also by allowing the reader to understand how modern day zombie television shows and movies are looked upon. It is no longer for guts and gore but for fondness of shows and

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.

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.

Subject: Living in the modern world is equivalent to being undead and this is increasingly becoming problematic, as more countries are experiencing modernization.

In the possible occurrence of a zombie apocalypse, certain measures involving shelter, food, weapons, and fitness should be taken to better the chances of survival in such a desperate situation. Throughout the years, movies, television shows, and other miscellaneous hype have heightened a large number of people’s suspicion about the possibility of disease-ridden humans taking over the world. In reality, that atrocity is not exactly far-fetched. With so many vaccines and medicines being mass produced without the sufficient steps taken to test the results, the chance of humans contracting unimaginable side effects is a rational possibility. If

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.

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.

Out of every Phi Theta Kappa member who has contributed to our Honors in Acton project Tim Cooper has undoubtedly worked the most diligently. The premise of our project was to explain why zombies are so prevalent in pop culture and how it could be tied to a post 911 crisis mindset. Tim embraced the topic and worked tirelessly through the entire process. He began by conducting research. Every officer was assigned two articles to submit for Tim’s analysis and after he read through these articles he began organizing committees to plan out a human vs. zombies survival night. Three committees assigned to plan out the rules, mission, and supplies needed for the event.

Just as some psychiatric disorders may be intensified modulations of ordinary feelings like fear, so, too, whole societies may suffer from intensified fears, especially if their mass media stimulates such feelings. …. may be the neurotic cultural response of a paranoid society (Asna 239) The evolution of zombies due to social anxiety is most noted after the attacks on 9/11. Since a greater sense of anxiety arose post 9/11, zombies in the twenty first century took advantage and adapted to the social anxiety after the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

Due to the influence of American pop-culture throughout the globe, zombies and stories about them became central metaphorical narratives used most often to explore our economic standpoint (Newitz 2006: 5) which affects other parts of our lives such as the social or the political. In other words, the ‘living dead’ represent past and contemporary traumas in future apocalyptic

Survival and disaster preparation are relevant in the stories in the novel. Several interviews, especially those from the United States, focus on policy changes designed to train the surviving Americans to fight the zombies and rebuild the country. For example, when cities were made to be as efficient as possible in order to fight the zombies, the art of using real places and locations to describe these disasters, or when the ultra-rich hide in their homes, which had been turned into fortified compounds, they were overwhelmed by others trying to get in, leading to mass slaughter. Throughout the novel, characters demonstrate the physical and mental requirements needed to survive a disaster. There were so many disasters that can be related to the outrageous earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcano eruptions, etc. Zombie apocalypse can most likely be a reality through the spread a deadly virus. Brooks described the large amount of research needed to find optimal methods for fighting a worldwide zombie outbreak.

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

Fear of the unknown has been an 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 Critics’ Choice Television Award for most bingeworthy show in 2015. Ratings for The Walking Dead over the past six seasons show that millions of viewers tune in each week averaging approximately 12-13 million viewers regularly indicative of the appeal that zombie apocalyptic entertainment has had on today’s culture in relation to total population. The connection the industry has created with viewing audiences in regards to a zombie apocalyptic world has resonated through our imagination, as it has brought the comic book pages to life in a way that the graphic illustrations of the printed account are unable to accomplish. The interest in the end of the world as we know it has encapsulated the entertainment world in areas of print, television, cinema, and video game entertainment. For instance, the 2013 Paramount Pictures blockbuster hit, World War Z, promoted further transformation of what defines a zombie grossing $500 million globally

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.