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Here Come The Zombies, Ghosts Across Europe, And Fact Or Fiction

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Imagination, the impulse to make sense of the insensible. This is shown in these texts: "Here Come the Zombies" by Kathiann M. Kowalski, "Ghosts Across Europe" by Joan Rockwell, and " Fact or Fiction? The Creatures of Scotland" by Christine Graf. These texts show how mythical creatures help humans make sense of the world. Mythical creatures help humans make sense of the world by making hit movies about zombies, telling how ghosts are really loved ones trying to get over the people they love passing away, and how fear can be used to control communities and keep them in line. Mythical creatures help humans make sense of the world because in the article "Here Come the Zombies"the author Kathiann M. Kowalski talked about how thinking about zombies can help us be more creative and can help students talk about what makes them different and what the consequences are. In paragraph 11 the author wrote, "It actually leads the students to think more creatively, because it suggests that the normal rules no longer apply,” he says." This evidence supports why I think …show more content…

In paragraph 4 the author wrote, "Such beliefs probably arise from the fact that people need time to adjust to the loss of someone important in their lives." This evidence talks about how people can see their loved ones after their death and how it was just them needing more time to cope with them being gone. Also in paragraph 5 the author wrote,"A century ago, such ghosts were blamed for minor accidents such as people tripping and falling or milk being spilled." This evidence tells how people used to blame the ghost for spilling the milk or for them spilling the milk and slipping on it and how they were blamed for minor

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