Klosterman Argumentative Analysis

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

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

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