Diamond Sipler Composition 1 8:00 am Jones Expository Essay Surviving The Apocalypse It is already starting to happen, in Miami a naked man was seen eating the face off another man. The police asked him to stop, he growled, and began eating the man’s face again. The police then shot it, it kept on. It was like it had no feeling of pain at all. At about the fourth shot it finally stopped moving. When the police tried to check on the other man, his eyes and nose had been eaten clean off his face. The police say it was some form of LSD that caused it to eat the man’s face (Zombie Attack). Someone who is in a zombie apocalypse must decide whether to go it alone or in a group. There are pro’s and con’s of both ways. First thing to remember …show more content…
When traveling in a group people tend to get die. If a person has a big heart, they should not travel in a group. Getting too attached to people can be a good thing and a bad thing. It can be a good thing because now there are people who somebody can; be comfortable with, trust, and love. It can be a bad thing because when they get bit, they have to be put down. Who is gonna do it? It has to be one of the members of the group. The sadness of a death can cause depression. Depression messes with every person in a different way the the one before. Depression can cause appetite loss. Appetite loss can cause weight loss and with little, to no food at all, it is hard enough to maintain …show more content…
Picking a shelter when alone means you only need a little space, like a closet. When in a group someone would have to find a shelter big enough to hold them all. A plus of traveling in a group is that everyone could sleep outside and take turns with watchguard. I wouldn't try that unless I had to because, too many ways something could go wrong. Having no remorse is number six of many keys to survive a zombie apocalypse. People who do not get along well with others, should travel by themselves. Some people could act to be a friend only to rob people blind in the night. Watching out for backstabbers is hard. Do not ever tell a weakness. There are a type of people who will trip someone, while running from zombies, just to save their own skin. I could trust people, just only to a certain extent Another key is being quiet, zombies are attracted to smell, sight, and sound. The more people in a group the more sounds. The more people in a group the stronger the smell, because bodies are all in one confined space. Do not be the girl, or guy, that is always worried about how they look and smell. The person that wants somebody to do everything for them. If a zombie sees something move it will go after it. Attacking is why it
Torie Boschs “First eat all the lawyers” appeared in Slate october 2011. Her piece was to reach out to horror fans and to explain to them why zombies are a great monsters in current media. Zombie fanatics who read this short essay will love her vast knowledge of zombies while others who still do not understand why zombies are horribly terrifying can get behind her argument. Bosch explains that the current zombie craze has to do with our current society and how white-collar workers would be left defenceless in a world over run with a rampant horde of zombies. While blue-collar workers can flourish in this current state as they have more skills suited for survival.
When you go through a loss alone the emotions are worsened a lot and even though you will want to be alone you shouldn't. The book Hatchet shows how it is isolating yourself from the world during a loss. “He was sitting in a bush plane roaring seven thousand feet above the northern wilderness with a pilot who had suffered a massive heart attack and who was either dead or in a coma. He was alone, alone. ”In this Quote
That’s where we’re heading” (Dr. Erin Mears, Contagion). Though the zombie metaphor focuses primarily on fear involving unconscious contributors and their mission of adding to their population, the fear of governmental control and how society responds to the epidemic is also an issue that needs to be considered. In this scenario, the viral epidemic is the initial zombie, however, fear is also a main contributor.
Choosing the right weapon can make a difference between a dead zombie or becoming one yourself. Always keep a weapon on you or around you at all times. Maybe even more than one. Some weapons include a gun, knife, bow and arrow, and any sharp object any item around you could mean life or death. Fighting a zombie is not only dangerous but it’s suicidal. If your weapons are out of reach you will have to fight them off. Use blankets and pillows to wrap your legs, torso, and arms so it is harder for the zombies to get
A zombie is a monster that has been a horror movie legacy for many years now. Zombie is defined as “a dead person who is able to move because of magic according to some religions and in stories, movies, etc.” Zombies haven’t always been the creature that we see today though. George A. Romero merged the old-forgotten zombie into the standardized version we see today. James Conroy writes, “With his 1968 film Night of the Living Dead, George Romero brought the concept of the slow-moving, flesh-eating zombie into mainstream American culture.” (1) Night of the Living Dead not only set an iconic image for zombies, but it also brought issues you would not normally see in a Zombie film, dealing with race and gender stereotypes.
“The zombie frenzy is growing, and it has cast its shuffling shadow on nature, mathematics, biology, and survival. So what can these shambling monsters teach us?” (Seifert 62) Before one can talk about zombies, one must first understand what a zombie is. The Oxford English Dictionary is known to be the most comprehensive dictionary in existence, its definition for the word ‘zombie’ may not be up to date anymore. In the dictionary, it describes a zombie as one of the Vodou zombies from Africa and Haiti and not any of the un-dead creatures seen today. Informally, zombies nowadays are described as a very aggressive, reanimated human corpse that is driven by a biological sickness or infection (Mogk 5-6). The effects these informal zombies have on people are starting to show in recent generations from young children up to grown adults. Whether these changes are for the better or not remains to be unseen but to prevent these changes to worsen, the portrayal of zombies in media should be changed to positively affect current generations.
“Zombie killings are similar to reading and deleting 400 work e-mails on a Monday morning or filling out paperwork that only generates more paperwork, or following Twitter gossip out of obligation, or performing tedious tasks in which the only true risk is being consumed by avalanche” (41). These are all similar to zombie killings because zombies will never go away unless you turn to really harsh tactics like aiming for one’s brain with a shot gun and repeating this for every zombie you come in contact with. In order to clear those 400 emails after reading them you must repeat the steps for each and every one, which is time consuming and can be very frustrating. Completing paperwork is very tedious, and can sometimes become overwhelming you may begin to feel as if it will never end which is common well it can feel similar to that when it comes to zombie killings as well because there will be one zombie followed by another one and many more to come. “Battling zombies is like battling anything….. Or everything” (42). Never assume the war is over because it is not, there will be one or more zombies hiding out, the war is never over. “The zombies you kill today will merely be replaced by the zombies of tomorrow” (44). Zombies are a “live-stock” they are brain dead but they travel in packs and have no limit as to how far they will go. In the movie Dawn of the Dead the zombies actually
Zombies have become very popular due to their depictions of being easy to kill and being communal. Zombie apocalypses are also very relatable due to the fact that they are set in lives similar to our society and seem easy to overcome. Zombies, themselves, can be identified with because we see ourselves when we look at a zombie. Zombies drudge on through the same task of finding human flesh to consume every day just like we drag ourselves to either class or our job in order to sit through another boring lecture or perform the same menial task every day. Just like the zombie, R, in the book, Warm Bodies, said, “I am Dead, but it’s not so bad. I’ve learned to live with it,” we have learned to succumb to our daily routines and just live with
Kirkman describes zombies as an infectious horror in order to establish a close relationship between zombies and contagions. One of the The Walking Dead’s most brilliant successes has been the characterization of the zombies , and it may be the secret of their popularity. In his book, The Walking Dead, Kirkman
Brains. Must have brains. There are a lot of far-fetched scenes that horror movies have filled in our heads over the years. Many elements of fiction have created varying degrees of panic, more so since the emergence of the false “Based on a True Story” label. There is one terrifying creature once thought to be fictitious that has recently gained popularity in the media as well as news channels around the world. A situation that would have negative global effects far worse than any other natural disaster previously experienced. But just what is this violent biological phenomenon that has people taking a second look at our understanding of pathogens and the effects of chemicals on biological organisms, you may ask. The simple answer is the very real possibility of a zombie outbreak. Zombies are a misunderstood being. The definition that used to be applied is that of a once living being revived from a posthumous state with a nasty appetite for flesh. However, the new definition of zombie is that which is being evaluated as an eminent fear. Zombies are widely accepted, currently, as a being that has been subjected to a biological change that incites rage, neurological defects and an enormous appetite for meat. Many factors contribute to zombies being considered a realistic threat to life as we know it; including but not limited to chemical products consumed by humans as well as viral infections with effects not previously researched in depth. Biotechnology is our best defense against our closest neighbors.
The ongoing struggle to survive is the basic foundation during a zombie apocalypse. However, in “The Walking Dead” you can experience a world living within another where zombies and the surviving humans struggle to coexist. This show presents a deeper meaning then just surviving at the end of a civilization but taking the necessary steps to rebuild another.
First of all, we all know that zombies are like blind fish swimming in the ocean. They can’t walk very fast, and they aren’t smart, but always make sure to have some weapons and items with you when a zombie apocalypse starts. Have a knife so you’ll be able to kill the zombies or your friends if you loathe them. Also, make sure to have a gun and
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Want to avoid starting the zombie apocalypse? Well, here's why you should be opposed to the idea of gene editing. There are many things that can go wrong in the process of genetically modifying something. For example, genetically editing crops to become toxic to pests can help the food industry, but the pests could just simply adapt to the edited crops over time. Continuing to make the crops more harmful to the pests would leave our own health at risk. After all the genetic modifications made to the crops they wouldn’t even be consumable. By this time all the un-edited crops would have already been ridden of, causing us to lose a food source.
Traveling alone has been proven to have more benefits for a person and it cuts costs by over half the price of traveling with a family or in a group. Most people think that traveling independently is frightening and dangerous so they opt out of doing it that way. In reality it’s not as bad as it’s perceived to be. “Traveling alone is no different than traveling in a group, there will always be people and safety resources out there to aid a person in danger “(Fordham). That idea is clear when it comes to populated dense places. There are many resources out in the world that can help or protect a person when needed. Just by studying up on the places that are going to be traveled is a smart way to be prepared. It also forces individuals to be smarter when it comes to where they are trekking and where to go with more precaution.