Zombies (class notes)

     What is it about zombies that get's our attention. Why is it that we see them coming after us (slow or fast speed) and eating our brains. In most zombies films and books, zombies are the next thing that humans fear, and a chance to fight them off and be the hero.They could be created by some apocalyptic event or some scientific experiment gone wrong. But their is more to what zombies are. They represent many key things in the world and to how people are. It's also a way of testing us on survival, to test our strength and knowledge of how to defend ourself against the walking dead.

     Zombies is also a metphore of life. People will go through life, going through their life day after day with no emotion or care in the world. People will become zombies, not in the way of looking decay and gross. People will seem to act differently, like walking slow, not being focus to what they are doing and not having any emotion. In way, zombies "are our own dead self that has come back." There are other comparison's to zombies and people. The fact that it does deal with being alone and the dicission of choicing a side to be on. People, espically teens deal with these drama's and they are sometimes forced into a situation that's out of there control. Just like being a victum of a zombie attack, and you have no choice but to be with the group of zombies and eat people's brains. Zombies can also relate to a personal fear and that is the fear of losing yourself. It's important to remember who you are, because when that part of you is gone, you don't know what to do, who you are, and lost your original thoughts. When the part that makes up who you are is gone, the zombie side of you will be clueless and  follow the crowd and do what they do.

    In most movie's and books that has the characters face a zombie attack. It gives that character the chance to be a hero and save the day. It's their time to shine and get the glory of saving the world. In a situation of a zombie attack, it's best to come up with a survival and battle stradegy. It's the only thing that can possible save you and your friends. This kind of stradegy is a test that the characters must pass or it's game over for them and the world. This is most often viewed as a good v.s. evil battle, who is the monster and the hero.