Chuck Klosterman My Zombies Myself Summary

In the article, "My Zombie, Myself: Why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead," by Chuck Klosterman, he explains to us how zombies have become popularized and why we're so appealed to them. He said, "Mainstream interest in zombies has steadily risen over the past 40 years," (Klosterman 423) and "Roughly 5.3 million people watched the first episode of The Walking Dead on AMC," (Klosterman 422). Klosterman also said, "When we think critically about monsters, we tend to classify them as personifications of what we fear," (Klosterman 423). Basically, he states that monsters have served to express our fears and zombies are used metaphorically. For example, we have a fear of being consumed (Klosterman 425). He compared zombies to the world but instead of being consumed by actual zombies, it's the world that's consuming us. He implies that dealing with life feels like dealing with zombies.

In the article Klosterman says, "A lot of modern life is exactly like slaughtering zombies," (Klosterman 423). Since our daily routines are repetitive, the author feels it resembles the way zombies are killed. He compares the way zombies die to the same tasks people complete day after day. Zombies are like the mindless,

Even though he tells us, "Do not assume the war is over, because it never is," (Klosterman 426), he also tells us that, "As long we keep deleting whatever’s directly in front of us, we survive," (Klosterman 425). The way Klosterman sees it is that we live to eliminate the zombies of tomorrow, (Klosterman 425). As Klosterman comes to a close he says that, "The zombies you kill today will merely be replaced by the zombies of tomorrow," (Klosterman 426). He concludes his article by saying, "This is the zombies’ world, and we just live in it," (Klosterman