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    Essay 3 Apocalyptic novels are very common in today’s world. Novel like World War Z and The Dog Stars are moderately entertaining and full of traumatic situations. These types of literature often develop characters with ethical and moral issues. Issues that in many situation people have to cultivate one’s own perspective on morality. As a reader one has to determine what is right and what is wrong during an apocalyptic event. While it appears to serve as a stepping stone in understanding what

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    to get food and water I needed someone to come with me. In the book, World War Z, author Max Brooks mentions a battle buddy system, like Brooklyn said we were not allowed to leave the library alone, we had to have a battle buddy. (Brooks). That first day Tristan made us some spears and him and I headed out on the first mission to get food and water.

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    World War Z as a Sociopolitical Assessment of Globalization World War Z showed readers that what may have worked in peace time was unsuited for war. By doing so Brooks was able to make a good assessment of our current global systems with the overarching evaluation of globalization’s literal and metamorphical infectiousness. He uses the novel to comment on the social issues such as government ineptitude, while also playing on innate human fear and our ability to adapt to new situations for the sake

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    yourself or even humanity. Mark Forster’s film “World War Z” demonstrates the fear in losing control in yourself and humanity through the use of different film techniques, while fighting for survival during a world-wide epidemic zombie attack. In the beginning of “World War Z”, a sense of chaos and the need for survival is represented through the fast paced film techniques. A giant truck smashes

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    is human. The Zombie will chase everything that move and bite the target to turn the target into Zombie. Many Zombie movies were created to describe how Zombie’s story but there are 2 movies very popular, World War Z and iZombie. The most booming Zombie movie and Zombie Serial Movie are World War Z and iZombie. iZombie has

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    The book World War Z by Max Brooks is a phenomenal work and I enjoyed it very much. The genre of this book is most likely categorized as a horror like fiction. The director of World War Z the movie, is director Marc Foster. The title for the book and movie were exactly the same. The setting for World War Z changes constantly due to the main character traveling a lot. In the book there are chapters that take place in South Africa, Russia, China, the Caribbean, France, America, and Great Britain. Therefore

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    sacrificing a few for the greater good of mankind is an ideology that should be respected and followed, and we can see many real world implementations of sacrificing for the greater good in wars, history, books and movies. In a novel by Max Brooks, World War Z, the narrator retells the stories of numerous different characters who all have a different perspective on the zombie war. One of these characters, Paul Redeker, embodies this idea that when it comes to a zombie apocalypse, or what the people of

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    First reason, is the fear of war or lack of safety. Second, the fear or slavery. Last reason, the virus out-of-control. This problem from the past, the fear of war or lack of safety. In the time of war, a lot of people told different stories about zombies. It was horrible time, and people lived without hope, the faith, and without prays. The war made from people monsters, and zombies. World War Z is a novel by Max Brooks which chronicles "World War Z" or "Zombie World War". It is a follow-up to his

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    The Flaws of Epistolary Style in World War Z In the text Writing Essays about Literature (WEAL) epistolary narrative is defined as “…reveals action through letters.” (WEAL, 46) The author Max Brooks in the book World War Z has used the epistolary style in a series of interviews to tell the stories of the people and their survival of the zombie apocalypse. Like any interview, these stories are conversational and have a relaxed tone that is meant to add in an element of authenticity. The idea behind

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    World War Z is a 2013 American horror film directed by Marc Forster. Other than being directed by Marc Forster, the film’s revenue was over a whopping total of $200 million, whilst its budget was a total of $190 million. This film stars Brad Pitt, who plays Gerry Lane, a former United Nations investigator, and also stars numerous other actors. Gerry Lane must leave his daily life, outside of the UN and embark on a journey across the globe to find a cure for the ongoing zombie pandemic. I felt as

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