Zombie Apocalyptic Environment

When thinking more in depth towards the psychological transitioning from a normal way of living into a society that has humans on a constant edge as they strive for survival, The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman displays a realistic vision of human survival within a zombie apocalyptic environment. I look to evaluate our current society in its normal habitat like our societal norms, our usual daily routines, and then values. Next, is the transition into a zombie apocalyptic environment where the originality of an individual is removed by the zombie-disease. Zombies are then regarded as empty vessels controlled by natural instincts. There is a common theme involving loss of self to those who’ve fallen victim to the zombies and those who strive

Of course, we can already assume that there will be a pools of blood and discarded limbs all over the place and now the last thing on our minds are the whereabouts of our technology devices since most of our attention is focused more towards getting to a safe location or grouping with people who have not been bitten. Robert Kirk, who sided with the argument that opposed the idea of a zombie apocalypse being able to occur. However, despite his claim, I found other figments of his article to be quite informative and useful to use within my own topic. He begins comparing zombies to living, “By definition, zombies would be behaviorally and physically just like us, but not conscious.” (1). I had already had some knowledge of this idea when previously analyzing a few scenes within The Walking Dead TV Series where loved ones are caught in the clutches of zombies and then later transformed into one of the ‘walkers.’ Kirk adds on with, “Zombies (the philosophical sort: this is not about voodoo) would be exactly like us in all physical and behavioural respects, but completely without consciousness.” (1). The whole representation of zombies within The Walking Dead can be perceived as empty shells that wander the face of the Earth scavenging for any living food that hasn’t been contaminated by this ‘zombie-virus.’ In this aspect, Kirk’s information regarding prawns seems quite similar if we were to compare them to zombies, “The idea that the prawns might be just behaving without feeling comes to mind naturally; it doesn’t have to be prompted by philosophical argumentation. Plenty of things just behave without feeling…” (4). I believe that the same can also be applied to zombies in which they do naturally behave without feeling unless in the situation where they’ve caught sight of their prey. But besides that, zombies don’t seemingly project any