Eric King Watts's Analysis

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This whole reading uses numerous metaphors to illustrate its idea. The author Eric King Watts unfolds his thoughts step by step. And all of his ideas begin with the book Zombie Survival Guide (ZSG). Watts emphasizes in the beginning that ZSG is not a book that suppose to be fun to read. By claiming this, he also establishes the seriousness of this article. First, Watts chooses to talk about the content in ZSG and also extends to the global zombie fever. He points out that “our newly intensified enjoyment of them (zombies) in literature, film, and television purportedly reflects a post-9/11 nervousness” (Watts, 2013, p. 2). To further explain his point of view, Watts mention a really important concept in the book, that ask us to keep our earplugs on, which indicates “the danger of hearing too much” (Watts, 2013, p. 3). At this point, Watts actually has already claims the key of this article, which is also mentioned in the conclusion, …show more content…

3). He mentions the “impossible” zombie relation several times in his lecture so I suppose what Watts trying to deliver hiding under the metaphor of zombie is that people in different races, classes, and cultures is hardly possible to co-existent. Just like what he mentions in the continuing paragraph, there is a “turning” which indicates that “the zombie figured a dreadful contingency—anyone can be turned into a mindless slave. But slaves can also revolt and be set loose” (Watts, 2013, p. 7). Which means people’s fear of zombies is actually their fear of this “turning” process. “Eaten can suddenly become the eater, health can become sickness, master made to kneel to slave” (Watts, 2013, p. 6). The changing of superior status and white people’s consciousness of imperial are what Watts trying to explain in this

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