“If you don’t know what you want, you end up with a lot you don’t.” (Chuck Palahniuk) fits perfectly with his short story Zombie. Most of us really don’t know what we want out of life. We go to college hoping to land a job that will make us money, yet, sacrifice the passion that makes life meaningful. In the short story Zombie, many characters struggle with the lack of purpose, challenge, or opportunities of life. Out of frustration, they choose to do something drastic to get away from it all. Initially, these choices are satisfying. They become a quick fix to a much bigger problem or “A new reality begins”: a reality that again someone does not have the power to control. At least they don’t think they do. So, they get reckless. They make painful decisions that not only affect their own life, but they bleed into those around them. This imagery of frustration and depression is what Palahniuk uses to create eccentric characters in this bold short story.
Chuck Palahniuk, the author of Zombie, along with many …show more content…
Just the fact people were around and showing they cared saved this life. With how things seem to be within the past few years, this is something I am personally shocked that I have not heard happen. A theme in this story that stands out to me is, some people will do whatever it takes to be happy. Which at some points can be sad, just like in this short story. There are so many different things that people can do to change something and become happy, however, some of the small changes don’t work, some people just can’t seem to find that happy spot without doing permanent damage, whether that be, taking a defibrillator to yourself and causing mental damage or committing suicide. At the end when everyone is holding onto someone else who is connected somehow to Trevor, the story seems to suggest that all it takes to save someone can be just being there to care. Those people were complete strangers, but it saved a