The New Zombies

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For many years, zombies have been the monster in the darkness, lighting up movie screens, and terrorizing people across the world with their actions. They are the infected. People without control, whose soul is departed but the body moves completely on instinct, and Zombies are more than just a figment of science fiction. Zombies are the product of human imagination for a creature that both defines humanity as a whole and as an individual.
The word Zombie first started appearing in the English language officially in 1871, it started as a West African word written as “zumbi” and was “originally the name of a snake god” according to the Online Etymology Dictionary . The word later changed when it crossed the sea into the America's were voodoo, and met other varieties of African cultures religions started combining and changing to later on mean “reanimated corpse” with words appearing in the linguistic records in almost completely similar pronunciation, in languages such as French, Spanish, and Russian which is an occurrence that does not often happen without regard. Normally when a word crosses language lines the word is transformed almost in entirely or to a lesser portion of its basic roots. The word Zombie does not do this; in fact, the word revamped its self as it advanced through time particularly culturally and religiously taking on new meanings, and changing into something far different then its basic beginning.
As its starting point, the word “zombie” began as a culturally specific word distinct to a certain number of cultures outside of the main stream pop culture. However, there are huge differences between zombies as noted through the huge contrast in religions. In West African culture, specifically Voodoo, a zombie is...

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... movie were similar to folklore but changed completely, most notably in Night of the Living Dead
Novel that was highly influential in the development of the Zombie, written by Richard Matheson
Interview George Romero on Diary of the Dead, Marianna McConnell, Cinema Blend, Jan 14,2008
Author of the Zombie Survival Guide, and well-known expert in Cryptozoology
Scurvy, Malnourishment, infection and a list of other medical problem are likely to occur and be the death of many people.
BBC Article Oct 25. 2013 “Why are Zombies so Popular?” By Nicholas Barber
Washington Post June 24 http://bobarnebeck.com/children.html talking about humes and medicine from contemporary times.
Washinton Post, Ron Charles, John Blu Buhs
Mentality break apart of prolonged chaos, and violence and morality falls to pieces.
Sarah Lauro, an English professor at Clemson University

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