well... once again someone set off a fire alarm in residence, not at any old time either, had to be two in the morning. Tee heee.... lucky me, I'd been sleeping since
In zombie movies, its a transformation of the human into some kind of monster, usually there's some humans left cause well, there would be no one to root for if there weren't some kind of hero killing them off for self preservation. These monsters live on the very basic levels, all they want is to feed... and what do they eat? Brains!! AHHH!! So they'll kill anyone to get to said brains and commit any kind of violent act. So zombies live based on one simple urge, and really, there's a kind of purity in that. Say if a zombie came over to your house, and sat on your couch and your son wanted to sit beside him, you wouldn't let him. Why? Cause you DONT TRUST THE ZOMBIE, especially a hungry zombie wanting some dinner. You know his inner desires, because they're easy to interpret.
Then when you look deep, deep down at the very basic levels of human nature, when you break down all the rules society has imposed upon us, for example in a state of emergency, and even religious rules (although I can't think of a reason why people would abandon them) everything would become chaotic. People would start acting like animals and bow to their basic necessities very quickly. We need to eat, we need to sleep to maintain some level of sanity, we have that wonderful desire for self preservation, and of course there's that ever-lovin' urge to procreate lingering in there somewhere (although I wouldn't call this a necessity as I've seen many a person live without it).
To me, wearing clothes, getting jobs, acting respectable, being productive... all in the name of the advancement of humanity is really just a lie. We're trying to be better than what we actually are. Than the primitive urges that lie deep down inside of us. Think, for example, if someone came to your door that you didn't know and asked to use your phone. I would think several things (maybe just cause I'm a paranoid person)
1. Do they REALLY want to use the phone or is there a hidden intention here?
2. Is there anyone else in the house to back me up if there is a hidden intention?
3. Are they capable of kicking my ass?
4. What IS they're hidden intention?
Etc Etc Etc...
Number four is what I would like to expand on. Because, I am honestly getting a little sick of hidden intentions. And yet, everyone usually will have an agenda, which is FAR less predictable than the zombie. It could be that the guy who wants to use the phone wants to rob me to get money to buy food (although if that we're the case, I'd gladly give him some food), he could be lookin' for love in all the wrong places, maybe he wants to call his girlfriend long distance, or his car could actually have broken down and he DIDN'T HAVE A CELL PHONE.. oh dear god no! no cell phone.. *tear* gawd I hate cell phones. Anyway, you see how there's a kind of limitless array of different intentions here. I may have meandered on my argument here, but I’ll break down what I’m trying to say:
- Zombies have basic needs which are obvious to everyone and they will use any means to get them.
- Humans have basic needs which we seem to think we’re better than, or we’d prefer to ignore while in ‘civilized society’.
- In a situation where the rules of society break down we finally bow to these basic desires, for instance someone may stab someone else for clean drinking water if in a situation where there is a limited supply.
- In that situation, we would become much like the zombies.
- What’s scarier… the zombies bowing to their most basic of interests so obviously predictable, or your fellow man whom you past every day, whom we happily inhabit the earth with, your fellow man who would turn on you in the right situation.
Sheala..
*The Zombie*
