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zombies are also really easy to kill, and Klosterman points to this as being a potential reason why zombies are growing in popularity (Klosterman 41). Klosterman continues to make a point of how other types of monsters, such as vampires, can create a personality in which we can start to like them; while zombies on the other hand, can’t talk and don’t really have much of a personality, therefore you can’t start to like them (Klosterman 41). Klosterman compares zombies with our everyday lives, the part of our lives that are so mind-numbingly simple, we’d rather be dead. He states we can relate to killing zombies because it’s like reading through emails, or filling out paperwork. We’d rather not do it, but we have to (Klosterman 41). Zombies …show more content…
While he doesn’t make his claim quite as upfront as King did, what Klosterman does do is provide us with cold hard statistics, to back up what he is saying; this satisfies the Logos portion of the argumentation style. He then continues to use his own experiences in the article as Pathos, this really helps us connect with Klosterman. Finally is Ethos, and this is one of his strong points. Klosterman uses plenty of statistics, and quotes other authors to help support his argument, and make it stronger. He even introduces a counter argument when he discusses the inhuman nature of Zombies, “You can’t add much depth to a creature who can’t talk, doesn’t think and whose only motive is the consumption of flesh. You can’t humanize a zombie, unless you make it less zombie-esque” (Klosterman 40). By introducing this counterargument and rebutting it, he further proves his point, and gives himself credibility, or …show more content…
It made it easier for me to grasp just how big this really was, and gave him some credibility. The problem starts to arise when Klosterman talks about people relating to zombies. More specifically relating to them in a sense that zombies represent the parts of their lives they hate, and wish they could shoot in the head. This is where his argument really starts to go downhill hill, this is a hasty generalization. While many people may hate doing these things, they could have other reasons for being interested in zombies, or maybe they aren’t interested in zombies at all. They could like all the blood and gore, or perhaps they enjoy all the action and fighting, and really enjoy that intensity that exists between the zombies and the humans. Whatever the reason it’s best not to make generalizations as to why a group of people might be interested in a particular thing. While Klosterman does seem to pick himself up from this mistake by bringing in another author’s work to support his ideas, what he says next really destroys his whole argument. He continues to state that while we can temporarily like a vampire, we cannot temporarily like a zombie. And this is where it all goes wrong, because in the movie, Warm Bodies they manage to do just this. They manage to get the audience to like the zombie and even manage to get him to fall in love. While this isn’t the best
Both White Zombie and “Dead Men Walking in the Cane Fields” represent the early zombie and both of them embody Cohen’s first thesis “The Monster is a Cultural Body” Both the story and the film have zombies and both of these works make their zombies appear scary with dead like characteristics, however the real reason why they are scary is that, at the time, they tried to change society and that scared people. The people that liked society the way it was didn’t want another group to gain power or righ...
Max Brooks explains in his article ‘’The Movies That Rose From The Grave’’ [2006], that zombies and the supernatural forces have impacted and have become popular in the world today. The first main idea that Brooks points out is the way society has changed the meaning and glimpse for the supernatural creatures like zombies causing them to become increasingly popular. To support this zombie movies have changed from darkness and mystery to violent and bloodier scenes therefore making them more prevailing. The second main idea that is discussed by Brooks is how the media has helped to increase the popularity of zombies, vampires, ghosts. Highlighted by the author particularity both ‘’resident evil,
In the article "Movies that Rose from the Grave" by Max Brooks, he delves deeper into the reasoning of where, why, and when zombie horror flicks
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.
James Parker essay “Our Zombies, Ourselves,” informs readers that the zombie has almost outranked the vampire, and why they’re so popular. This undead monster originated from a Caribbean folk nightmare and was adapted over time by, the Halperin brothers, William Seabrook and George Romero and numerous others. Much like the vampire, zombies owe their fame to the progressiveness of technology, allowing them to consistently invade various media forms. The zombie has infested countless tv shows, movies, video games, and books, throughout the 21st century. Zombies themselves are soulless corpses who were regurgitated back into the world of the living. This making them rejects from the underworld, this presents the zombie as rejected yet inexpungable. What makes the zombie so popular, however, is that symbolizes everything that is rejected by humanity. “Much can be made of him, because he makes so little of himself. He comes back, He comes back, feebly but unstoppably” (Parker). The zombie represents humanity itself as well as what is rejected by humanity. Much like individuals today, the zombie is burdened by life’s demands, converting to nothing but a rotting, groaning human shell that stumbles through life without a purpose. The zombie is symbolizer of the real world, and all things irrepressible, whereas the vampire is a symbol of an alternate world and all things
As said in the previous discussion regarding the second chapter of Better Off Dead: The Evolution of the Zombie as Post-Human, zombies and their culture are examined and broke down in order to understand their motives for the progression of zombies globally. Through different perspectives from individuals based around the world, the discussion of the zombie culture debates over the idea that zombies have not just evolved within the narratives that have brought them to life, but they have evolved in such a way that ultimately transforms the narrative itself. However, in this specific chapter, “They are not men…they are dead bodies!”: From Cannibal to Zombie and Back Again, Chera Kee breaks down the introduction of zombies into mainstream consciousness,
In this essay, I will be critiquing two articles “Monsters and Messiahs” by Mike Davis and “My Zombie, Myself: why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead” by Chuck Klosterman, to show the different fallacies along with the argumentized style that is being used. Both of this articles can be found in the book Monster A Bedford Spotlight Reader by Andrew J. Hoffman.
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
He believed early on that he wanted to be more than one thing and did not understand the concept of being one thing in particular. That is refreshing and honest. Rob also knew that his transition from music to filmmaking was inevitable. The trends of another generation would be an inspiration. The love of horror would still weigh heavy on the plot of his scripts. Rob said this when he was hired to make his first film, “To be on the Universal lot, eating my dinner on the front steps of the Munster’s house, ready to go back to work…. I didn’t want the days to end.” Zombie experimented with a lot of skeptical and horrific ideas that many would detour from. He knew the way he wanted things to go with his writing and the more true to his art form that he was, the less likely they could mainstream it into a high school horror movie. Zombie ultimately demonstrates how critical discourses of horror auteurism had been diverted by studios and
The zombie race is very different. It doesn't not have many abilities and is not advanced like humans. Their behavior patterns are different. They cannot stand cold or winter weather. Their behavior is very different and difficult to calculate. They usually stand around lingering and waiting to attack when they hear something. They follow noises.Some abilities that they do have is that they have excellent hearing and can walk but aren't blind.The also can smell human blood. Zombies are generally weak but don’t underestimate what they can do to a human.
...r can not be satisfied. The zombie is a consumer. Zombies are most often used as a metaphor these days for uncontrollable consumerism that plagues our generation. We blindly buy without thinking, either because of a low price, lust, or simply we just want more. We are guilty of “Zombie Consumerism”. Zombie consumerism is evident in George Romeros' film, Dawn of the Dead. In this movie, a shopping mall is where the characters take refuge and becomes the setting in which the humans stay in the battle of the zombies. They gorge themselves in free food and are delighted about having almost everything at their fingertips all to themselves. It sound's perfect. They can consume anything they want and they will be okay, forever. It is ironic then when there is nothing left and they must find new sources of shelter and food and resources, or become the resources themselves.
A plague that kills millions of people isn’t likely to bring them back to life, and even if it did, the zombies in the movie were depicted terribly. In the movie, once the undead came back they were civil and like everyone else, until they consumed human brains. Having the human brains trigger hostility is very unconvincing. Once something rises from the dead and has a “craving for brains”, it would automatically be hostile. However, in the movie Pride and Prejudice with Zombies, Elizabeth goes to a zombie church and meets a group of “civil” zombies. The whole idea of the zombies being “civil” until they consume human brains does not make sense. How can something be “civil” yet want to eat your
They use a lot of information that is overwhelming, and does not add a lot of validity to the point they were trying to make. Throughout the article, the authors take from various other zombie pieces, such as movies, books, and TV shows and use them to add to their ideas. In some cases, they also use other pieces and discredit them as a way to prove their own point. For example, they talk about the “Cyborg Manifesto” by Donna Haraway. This essay presents the idea of the cyborg, which is an organism that is part human and part machine. Throughout the essay, Haraway gives examples of where we see the cyborg throughout media, and how humans might be connected to it. The authors in “A Zombie Manifesto” stated how they were influenced to title their piece after her, but they go on throughout the essay constantly trying to prove the piece wrong. They argue that the idea Haraway is presenting is not truly what humans connect to, and the authors think their ideas are more relatable. They believe their zombie interpretation is more relatable than Haraway’s cyborg interpretation. The authors are trying to make their interpretation more valid by invalidating another interpretation. This makes the piece hard to agree with, for an interpretation is relative to each person, and tearing apart another interpretation is an unproductive way to persuade readers to agree with you and your ideas. Another reason the article is difficult to agree with, is the fact that it is very difficult to understand. With the piece being as persuasive as it is, the authors did not take the time to ensure the writing would be easy to understand for all. In reading the article, it felt as though the authors had a specific group of readers in mind and didn’t accommodate to others who might find interest in zombies. The article is written in such a way
Klosterman’s concluding thought to close his essay is the fact that one cannot really get rid of zombies. Even if some are killed, usually a huge group that follows. This is equivalent to the impossibility of humans never get rid of their “zombie” traits, but they should still keep fighting them. By comparing human traits to zombies, Klosterman proves how the world resembles a zombie apocalypse.
Imagine a world where real life zombies walked amongst us, would there be fear, and un ease or maybe you’ll be just slightly worried. Would your fear come from there pale complexions or their brain eating tactics? What if I told you real life zombies did exist. Today I am here to educate you on why iPhone zombies are much worse than actual zombies.