...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 and which prominent movies began to truly make the zombie what it is today. Parker also discusses the role and development of zombies and talks about how we have yet not reached the peak point of zombies. However not agreeing with Parker, it could be concluded that in fact zombies have reached the peak point. Zombies have turned very commercial, its only when something turns commercial it loses its essence and from that point can no longer flourish. Unlike where parker talks of the zombie ‘And now we really see him, framed disastrously in the skewed rear windshield, advancing toward us at an off-kilter zombie trot. No mistaking the message: the world is out of whack, the car is off the road, and here comes the zombie.’ 1 ( The Bedford Reader)...
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...Response to Zombies The thought of zombies does not usually cross my mind very often. I do not usually enjoy watching “scary” movies that involve things such as zombies or spirits for that matter. When reading this article I was exposed to many things that I had not thought about previously. Where the idea of zombies came from was a huge shock to me because the thought I had always had was that a director or author somewhere came up with the idea. To learn that this idea actually stemmed from a Haitian culture is fascinating. Most of the thoughts of today are that the “end of the world” is going to have to do with a zombie outbreak. People are supposedly going to come into contact with a military experiment gone badly and then begin spreading it throughout the world. This thought has been portrayed in multiple ways, with everything from a bio hazard accident to nuclear warfare. The thought of zombies being the way the world will end seems like a faraway fantasy; however, after reading how the thought of zombies came to be shows that in fact things like zombies have been around in the past. Not quite the same as they are today but the same concept. With this new outlook and understanding of zombies it pushes me more toward believing that there is actually a possibility of an existence of zombie like creatures. After reading this, I remembered the story of the man in Florida who was said to be under the influence of “bath salts”, which is a drug that makes people hallucinate...
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...Suddenly ZOMBIES!!! Open scene is in a flowery meadow. Kenny walks into the meadow. Then Wesley walks into the meadow from the opposite direction. They meet each other in the middle. Kenny extends his right arm and opens his hand. Wesley does the same and then they shake hands by gripping each other’s palm and going up and down motion with their hands together for a good five seconds. The guy’s faces throughout this whole scene should be happy by smiling. After letting go of each other’s hands Kenny and Wesley will bend one leg and then bend the other leg and sit down, sitting in the Indian sitting position. After sitting down Kenny and Wesley will both extend their right hands and grab a flower by its stem. While holding the flower they will bend their arm and raise their hand up to their nose to inhale the scent. (Exaggerate the smelling of the flower) While inhaling the scent Kenny and Wesley will smile with their eyes close. After a few seconds they open their eyes and begin looking out in front of them taking in the beauty around them. SUDDENLY they see two girls. So Wesley and Kenny get up. First they put their left hand on the floor next to them and left foot comes out while their right knee on the floor and push themselves up using their left hand. They will then look at each other with excitement on their faces. They then will throw the flower in their right hand to the ground. Then they will clench their first with their elbows bent and bring their arms towards their...
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...Are the zombies that we knew today the same as they were in history? Zombies have been a big part of our media throughout the years. It is the 21st-century and we have a lot of movies, books, TV shows, and they have been a part of the zombie outlook. You may be asking where did the zombies come from, or why do people get so obsessed about the idea of this uncanny creature, and if there will be an apocalypse? Well, those are some very big questions. You see the zombies has not always been what we see them as this new idea of a zombie. The zombie has grown and developed into this grotesque idea. The idea of the zombies came from the Caribbean. A writer named William Buehler Seabrook went to Haiti to ask the people about their dead coming to...
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...In our modern society, zombies are prevalent in many forms of media, including: movies, TV shows and video games. The contemporary representation that we currently know zombies to be are mindless, carnivorous beings that are unaware of their actions. Usually, they are perceived to be large masses of slow moving, flesh eating individuals that ravage all forms of organic life in their way. As discussed in lecture, the idea of a zombie first originated in Africa. The etymology of the word itself, “zombie”, is derived from the “Kongo word for soul – nzambi” (McFarlane, 2017). African slaves brought to Haiti in the 17th and 18th century to serve as plantation workers were heavily involved with the idea of practicing Vodou, a religion based on West African beliefs and Christianity. Within this mixed religion, the idea of an afterlife for the individuals involved in its practice believe that there are two ways of dying: naturally and unnaturally....
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...Zombies have become a significant part of pop culture. They are a popular choice of bad guys in movies and television series. Hollywood has depicted these creatures as flesh-eating villains that raise fear among the people. Most people do not realize that this description of zombies is inaccurate and rather an extreme exaggeration of their origin. The roots of the zombie come from the Vodou religion and Afro-Haitian culture. The practice of the Vodou religion originates in Africa. The name comes from Vodun, the God of the Yoruba people, who occupied the African kingdom of Dahomey in the 18th and 19th centuries. Vodou spread west in the early 19th century, when African slaves were forcefully shipped to Haiti and other islands of the West Indies. When the slaves arrived, they were baptized into Roman Catholicism, but it was difficult to maintain their faith due to the lack of Christian infrastructure at the time. The slaves reverted to their roots and secretly practiced Vodou while still attending mass. The Roman Catholic influence still remains present today and it is not uncommon for a person who practices Vodou to worship the Christian God. The Vodou religion has managed to gain a bad reputation through inaccurate publications and various media sources. These sources portray it as an evil religion that engages in human sacrifice, cannibalism, and torture. However, these descriptions are actually false. Vodou is considered a cult religion, which simply refers...
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...Br-aaaaaa-in-ssss! Let's do a recap on why zombies love brains too much: 1. Brains contain memories, 2. Brains think of magnificent ideas and last but not the least, brains are tasty for it is the most mysterious body part! But what is "brain"? Brain is an organ of the body in the head that controls functions, movements, sensations, and thoughts. Yep, brains are absolutely like remote controls! It has 3 anatomical divisions: Forebrain that contains the cerebrum, thalamus and hypothalamus, Midbrain, which is a part of the brainstem and Hindbrain that contains the pons, medulla oblongata and cerebellum. Cerebrum, cerebellum and the brainstem are considered as the three main parts of the human brain. Cerebrum is the largest part which makes up 85% of the brain’s...
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...In most zombie movies, zombies are described as savages, not worth the empathy, incapable of speech or learning and essentially, the only good zombie is a dead zombie. The living dead received a new role in modern culture. Zombies became protagonists and more charming than scary. One of such examples is an American supernatural crime comedy series “iZombie”. After Liv Moore becomes a zombie, she begins working in the city morgue where she eats victims’ brains. Soon, she realizes that her new diet gives her the personality, abilities and memories of the person whose brain she ingested. People began their zombification process after consuming a drug called utopium. In addition, they can be turned into zombies after being scratched. Liv is the...
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...I think Hobbes would argue that philosophical zombies are, indeed, persons. A zombie is defined as a being identical to you and I, just lacking qualia, which is a Greek word translated as the internal and subjective component of sense perceptions, arising from stimulation of the senses by phenomena. Despite critics claim, I don’t this Hobbes would think the lack of quality implies ones inability to participate in rational thought or consciousness. A zombie is capable of thinking, the only thing they lack is the nuanced ability to enjoy the smell of coffee, feel pain or see the color blue. These things are not essential to consciousness and without them, a zombie can still partake in logic and rational thought. I argued that Hobbes defines...
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...T King Zombies! What Now? The drive of survival is an instinct that is deeply imbedded in human nature. Without that drive, humans would of became instinct; instead, humans decided to evolve and become self sufficient. Currently, today’s society needs guidance, for they rely on technology. Society isn’t always ready for a disaster, especially one that seems impractical. Like any other survival plan, being prepared, planning ahead and knowing what you are doing are key factors in survival. With the right knowledge, preparation and tools, humanity is completely capable of surviving a zombie apocalypse. Being prepared is a key factor to survival, and for many, forgetfulness and procrastination are the main reasons why they are not. The first step of being prepared is to know the surroundings of the area; whether its work, school, home, or a friend’s house, know the entries and exit ways of each setting and determine which the safest route is. This is important because being chased by a zombie can be distracting, confusing and horrifying all at once and can end horribly wrong; therefore, the need to know which way to go quickly and efficiently is important. Having a list of close friends, co-workers, family or neighbors is part of preparation as well, this is essential in survival because the knowledge base of a group is greater.”It is better to find people for your group that you already know have mental stability” (Brooks 91). Knowing which skills and knowledge each...
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...Composition 1 1010.01 Professor J. Caviezel 16 October 2013 Zombies These Days “By any observable metric, zombies are totally hot right now” (Drezner para 1). “Look at movies like ‘Warm Bodies’ and the coming ‘World War Z,’ the ratings for AMC’s hit series ‘The Walking Dead’ and $2.5 billion in annual sales for zombie videogames” (Drezner para 1). As time progresses, zombies seem to become a more prominent aspect of the American culture. Many people, along with thousands of experts, actually think that there could be a zombie apocalypse at some point in their lifetime. The primary cause of the zombie apocalypse popularity is gained through the entertainment that the media presents to casual audiences. The zombie craze originally started with Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” This song set stage for zombie entertainment for the future. Over time, zombies have proven to “thrive in popular culture during times of recession, epidemic and general unhappiness” (Drenzer para 4). Since the United States is currently attempting to recover from a recession, zombies in entertainment are flourishing within American’s everyday lives. “The reason zombies are so powerful is that they capture an atheistic fear of the dead” (Marche para 4). Many experts say that this is one of the many reasons why the people like the shows so greatly and also why they prepare themselves for the worst (Gross para 25). As time has passed, zombies have highly impacted the entertainment industry. “While vampires...
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...Zonbi : Zombies in Peculiar Cultures The living dead or resurrected corpses better known as zombies materialize in the abyss of the uncanny valley. Physically they appear to be in the form of humans, yet they no longer have the connection to humanity. Their sole existence is to exploit our deepest darkest fears of cannibalism and the hypothetical line of life and death. Zombies seem to appear out of nowhere, but the repulsive figure originates from a complex blend of Grecian, African and Haitian folk myths. The ancient Greeks were one of the earliest civilization to believe in the undead, specifically in the island Sicily. In Passo Marinaro better known as Necropolis, the city of the dead and Kamarina, an ancient city in Southeast...
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...The Global Post-Apocalypse Response Paper The foreign movie I watched is a French zombie movie called ‘La Horde’. I had actually watched this movie a few times with subtitles and when reading the assignment immediately thought of this film. This one review written by Felix Vasquez Jr mentions how it is not quite the same as other zombie movies due to lack of emphasis on the characters. ““La Horde” is one of the many zombie flicks that just doesn’t understand a good zombie movie has to be about the people in and around it and less about the zombies”. In this movie the zombies take center stage and you cannot get into the story. However it also mentions in this review how all the audience wants to see in a movie like this is gore. “Necks are chomped on, bodies pile up, and the zombies all look menacing as they gather around the high rise prepared to feast on whatever crosses their paths” This movie is based in Paris in 2008 around the exact same time the economy fell and the EU had to bail out fellow countries of the European union to the financial situation. This movie could be in context to what happened during the financial crisis. The characters in this movie done whatever they had to do to survive and to keep their friends alive. It also shows that sometimes you need make unlikely alliances to achieve something and in this case the police had to make an unlikely alliance to stay alive. The plot revolves around a group of policemen who embark on a mission seeking...
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...Why zombie apocalypse preparedness is a valid pursuit By Kamau Chukwueneka We live in an increasingly unpredictable world. In this world there could at any time be a moment at which quick judgments and prior planning could easily mean the difference between life and death. One of the most inglorious types of “possible” disasters is the almost mythical Zombie Apocalypse. While there are a number of different origin stories and premises that herald the end of the human race one thing is absolutely clear. In the event of a zombie pandemic the only sure thing is multitudes of deaths, confusion, and probable anarchy. Even though the popular zombie archetypes probably fictional creatures and some say due to that fact it’s unnecessary to prepare for them, I would offer the idea that it would be better to be prepared for a possible fictional zombie apocalypse rather than ignore potential danger to ourselves and loved ones. As the Boy Scout motto goes, “Always be prepared.” Considering the fact that there are a number of diseases and man-made substances which closely resembles the results of the zombie pandemic on the human body I would say that it’s quite possible that there is potential for the eventual tragedy. For example there’s the situation that took place recently in Florida involving a man behaving erratically, running around naked under the haze of delusions and anxiety leading him to attack and eat another man’s face. This event was attributed to the use of a synthetic...
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...Analyse of From one mind, into another In the short story ”from one mind, into another,” you will hear about a man who has lost his memories after a car crash, in a zombie world. The man evolves throughout the story, and quickly takes the name Mark Jacobs. It is this developing of a new identity after amnesia, and his ability to quickly adapt to the post zombie apocalypse world, that is intriguing me in this short story. That is why I have chosen this topic to analyse in me paper. What is trigger this progression, is it the environment or a specific event, how does he evolve as a person, and how does he adapt to the world. The story start by a man is waked up by a radio, in a turned over car. The man looks at his jacket and finds out that his surname is Jacobs. But he cannot remember his first name, but think that Mark sounds nice. But why is it so easy for him to pick a name? The place Mark wakes up in can be described as a post-apocalypse place. The roads and buildings destroyed, blood everywhere, and bullet casings all over the place. Mark even calls it a sort of a warzone. Mark is properly a soldier, because he is wearing a camouflage jacket with a nametag, just like the uniform worn by the military. So he knows by instinct what to do in a warzone like the one he is located in. He knows that he have no time to spare, and therefore he is choosing the name, that first comes in mind for him. In this case it is Mark, it could be because his unconsciousness still remember...
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