Closed Prompts: 8 Zombie Apocalypse Survival Strategies (For Zombies)

To Ms. Holmes and the three people who are going to be reviewing this article; you will probably stifle a laugh, chuckle or maybe roll your eyes. But come on! When i read some of my peer's articles about the economy in Europe or a play or something that makes me *feel* like a zombie is gnawing on my brain, it kills me. You can tell how painful it was for them. It shows in the writing. So, i figured, maybe I'd write about something that I find interesting so that it doesn't seem like I was having a bone rebroken as I was writing it.

And lets face it, you'd rather read my article talking about zombies than the BP oil spill or gay marriage.

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There are several times in our lives when we go through it thinking about ourselves, how we feel while neglecting the views of others. In the article 8 Zombie Apocalypse Survival Strategies (For Zombies) by Chris Bucholz, we get the classical extinction via cannibalism from the zombie's side of the story. Bucholz shows the everyday zombie how to survive in a very entertaining way, using diction, language and detail to grab the (decaying) reader's attention and bring home the point that it is not impossible when the whole world is falling apart. Additionally, Bucholz also relates the life of a zombie to the everyday livings of the average human.   

The diction of the article is very distinct; it lacks a certain sympathetic tone, instead, it is replaced by a technical and objective inevitability. The article begins with “The first thing you'll notice after zombification is the Hunger.” Firstly, the term ‘zombification’ is used very casually like the word puberty. By using this term, it gives a certainty to the possibility of becoming a zombie. Additionally, the term “Hunger” is personified. Bucholz chooses this word and makes it something like the first stage of “zombification” causes the reader to realize how absolute the reality is and makes the reader feel like a zombie. There are no pitiful reasoning, no apologies or condolences about being turned into the undead, Bucholz attacks the survival of the zombie head on. By using technicality of the wording, the writer is able to put seriousness in a rather larger than life fantasy.

Bucholz uses language to bring the reader into the zombie apocalypse by choosing a second person point of view. Again, this reiterates the technicality of the article. Along with the point of view, the continuous usage of methodological and mundane language, however, there is an underlying humorous tone to the make believe article. There is much juxtaposition in the language and detail of Bucholz’s article like “The rich zombies will get richer, and if you can't be one of them, you'll want to at least be working for one of them.” He often choses two very contrasting details and uses it to bring to light the ‘humanity’ of being a zombie.  You would think that in an apocalypse, being rich or poor does not matter because it is survival that does but by bringing the two contrasting ideas, Bucholz shows the irony of it all thereby creating humor.

In this article, Bucholz uses diction, language and detail to enrich the writing by showing the seriousness of the situation thereby creating a funny and amusing article.

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Again. The time constraints are killing me. The third paragraph was rushed, can you tell?