Night of the Living Dead: A Film Analysis

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The Film that I watched was Night of the Living Dead directed by George Romero. The film first starts out with Barbra and Johnny (brother and sister), going to a cemetery to put flowers on their father’s grave. Following putting the flowers on the grave they both see a man in the distance walking towards them. The man approaching them ended up being a zombie, and the zombie took Johnny and ends up infecting him. The film then goes into a scene where the zombie chases Barbra into an old abandoned house where she finds shelter for the time being. There, she is met by a man named Ben who is also trying …show more content…

The definition of Routine Activity theory states that victimization goes up when a motivated offender crosses paths with a target. In other words when someone who is motivated to commit a crime comes across a person who is an “easy target”, crime is most likely going to occur. The next term is punishment. A punishment is a penalty or consequence for a wrongful action you committed. Basically, all actions have consequences and the severity of the action will decide the punishment. The last term is Hedonism. Hedonism in layman's terms is basically the pursuit or devotion of pleasure. In other words, people will go to great lengths to acquire …show more content…

One example of a character being punished because of their actions was when Harry locked ben out of the House. In the film, Ben, and Tom both went outside to try and fill the truck with gas. When things started to go south for the two, Ben tried to retreat to the house but Harry locked him out. When Ben finally breached the door and got inside, he beat up Harry punishing him for locking him out. Another example is when again when Harry pulled the gun on Ben at the end of the film. Harry threatened Ben and everyone in the room at gunpoint. When Ben gained control of the weapon, he punished Harry by shooting him in the chest ending his life. The last term is Hedonism. An example of Hedonism in the Film is the zombies going to great lengths to kill and eat the humans. The zombies were persistent in the pursuit of pleasure of eating the humans in the house. This is a great example of

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