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Fear Of Zombies

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Humans have always wondered what would happen to society if a disastrous event were to occur that would have the ability to wipe out the human race or put it in danger of extinction. We have created numerous theories of different natural disasters that can fulfill this requirement, including supernatural occurrences. Since these events are very unlikely to happen, we have created a way to portray these disasters as a form of entertainment for us to watch ranging from movies, television, and video games. We seem to enjoy watching actors play out in this disastrous scenario and see how they would be able to survive through it and save humanity. Zombies are one type of genre and supernatural event that people love to watch but also fear at the same time. One fear that society is afraid of that pertains to zombies is to lose their humanity and live in a world where you are always in danger of getting infected. One specific movie that involves this fear is World War Z. This movie shows us what happens when an uncontrollable virus breaks out on the world and there is no cure for it to save people from becoming zombies. Over the course of the movie, it shows to loss of the human race and humanity structure as a whole because of the outbreak. People …show more content…

While we enjoy watching them, we have an underlying fear of zombies becoming a reality in our own lives. Many people believe that they could be ready for such an event, but you can never be too sure when such chances of survival are against you. Even so, we cannot allow ourselves to lose our sanity and become savages of our own selves. We have to work together to fight them and the virus to save people as fast as possible. Nobody can really know for sure how humanity will react in this type of disaster, but we can make sure that we have the tools and methods to delay or defeat the supernatural forces and find our goals to succeed as a

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