The Zombie Apocalypse Revealing the Monster Essay

Death is the scariest part of living. Humanity has always been acutely aware of this horrible inevitability, and as a result of this almost near obsession with mortality certain practices, precautions, and even religions have been developed to ease the weary minds on death. Self- preservation, preparedness and survival motivate almost faction of human interest and behavior but becoming prepared for the conceivable anything and asking all the â€Å"what if† questions in the world still might not save humanity when analyzing how many devastating catastrophes can essentially wipe out life on this planet with ease. Not hard to imagine, mass extinction in history has happened at least five times estimated as far back as 440 million years ago at the†¦show more content†¦Haitian clergy believe that creating zombies or zombification is sorcery, while doctors believe it is a result of poisoning. Vodoo sorcerers use a powdery substance called â€Å"Coupe Poudre†, discove red by anthropologist Wade Davis when he traveled to Haiti. This substance Davis discovered, contained a mixture of toxins from a various cane toad, an irritant collected from a Hyla tree frog species and some contained small amounts of the deadly neurotoxin tetrodoxin produced by many organisms but most commonly found in the puffer fish. Tetrodoxin if ingested causes death by paralysis but if given in a smaller less lethal dose, the victims mimic a â€Å"dead like† state, reduce heart rate and metabolic activity put the subject in a completely paralyzed state, yet fully conscious. Davis concluded that the irritant first causes small wounds on the skins surface allowing the tetrodoxin to become released into the bloodstream. Once the victim presents with these symptoms they are usually pronounced dead and buried alive. A few days later the sorcerer would return to the grave and exhume the body. The sorcerer then administers another cocktail of Atrophine and Scopolamine, a tox ic hallucinogenic that causes delirium and disorientation. Vudon sorcerers would then enslave the victims and it is said that the zombification process was punishment for those who violated laws in a place during that time (Thomas). These may not be the zombies we all know andShow MoreRelatedZombie Movies And The Film Night Of The Living Dead 1970 Words   |  8 Pages Ever since the first zombie movie was created in 1932, there has been a constant rise of zombie appearances in popular media. Like with all monsters, the majority of zombie media aimed to represent a certain aspect throughout the society in question. Whereas vampires represented romanticism and Dracula represented how a certain social group was viewed during a certain time period, zombies in Romero’s â€Å"Night of the Living Dead† aimed to create a situation whereby a group of people had to survive