Why Are Zombies Fun?

To me i find zombies fascinating, i always loved zombie movies, games, and stories. What draws me in and the same with my friends is what we would do in that kind of situation, we even talk about plans if anything like this does happen. Like what type of zombies would it be and which would we perfer, like the slow rotting type, the fast rage type, or the evolving monster type, we talk about the way they would work and what kinduv precautions we would take. Its fun because it would be a push, a change from normal society, the routine daily structure we've all come to know, walking about life day to day in a zombie like state. Its you and your strength against extinction, its a wide-scale epidemic that no one is safe from.. It frees you from the mundane and sets off a sublime feeling. I do have the books by Max Brooks World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide both i found very entertaining. I also love the Marvel Zombie comic series and what happens when a zombie apocalypse happen to my favorite super heroes, how they get infected and how they strive to survive. Recent films like Zombieland kinduv show what i would like to do in that type of situation. Maybe it brings out a carnal feeling being like a animal having to kill or be killed which makes it exciting, its something as a society we no longer have except in the forms of fantasy. I do find it entertaining how widespread the zombie aspect is reaching in todays society, like the new tv series The Walking Dead Coming out, new zombie movies like Resisdent Evil- which i kinduv hate-, new games like Dead Rising 2, or the fact of zombie modes in games like Call of Duty or Scott Pilgrim vs The World. Even my friends make zombie movies fun we go on zombie walks, I even have latex makeup and fake blood in my car for day we want to mess around.

Frankenstein

I never read Frankenstein before nor read the story behind it, closest thing i ever saw was Herman Munster.   From the beginning it was slow but was different from what i expected from a monster novel, It turned out to be more about Dr. Frankenstien and his past then the buildup to his monster. But once he did star construction of his creature the details were different than i previously had imagined from the movie version. He then abandons his dreams after sighting his monster and abandons the poor creature. The circumstances that lead up to williams accidental murder by the monster seemed sad as he is just trying to find companion. During the time Frankensteins monster watches the De lacey family he becomes educated like a wealthy person, but in his loneliness tries to connect with them but receives a harsh treatment which scars him even more and makes him want to seek out vengeance against his creator. Towards the end of the novel frankenstein monster kills Frankensteins friend after he ditches the body of his second creation before he animated it. Frankenstien comes back to is home marries elizabeth and then she is killed by his monster as well. The story started to tie itself together with the beginning finally I now knew why he was up in the North Pole, he was looking to find and kill his monster though he becomes sick and eventually succumbs to it and dies. Later the monster is found mourning his creator finding no relief in his death, that all his killing gave him nothing but hurt and misery. The end was not what i was expecting to this story as he then travels alone to destroy himself. The whole story was just saddening, with the loss of family and friends, alienation and the teen angst of the monster just trying to fit in and have a place in the world. For such a old story it brings up alot of moral questions still being ask today, along with similar issues. I belive this is why the story is still so strong.