Compare And Contrast Vampires And Zombies

The world is about to change and you are given a chance to pick your own destiny. Would you rather be in a vampire or zombie apocalypse? Zombies and vampires are different groups of monstrous creatures that charmed everyone’s imagination. Books, movies and articles are made about them and certainly took hold of man’s innermost interest. There is no known proof of both of their existence, but they surely exist in everyone’s fantasy.
In order to decide, it is best to compare and differentiate the two. One of the obvious differences between vampires and zombies is their appearance. Anyone can easily distinguish the two. Zombies are rotting, shambling corpses. Vampires on the other hand still look like a regular human and they can easily blend
in. However, almost all of them are portrayed in books and movies as charming and beyond attractive. One of the famous book and later on turned into a movie is called the Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer. The story is about a girl and a vampire that fell in love with each other. When that girl met her lover’s family she uttered, “I stared because their faces, so different, so similar, were all devastatingly, inhumanly beautiful” (Meyer, 113), which sums up everything we need to know about how they look.
The other two elements that are vital in differentiating the two are their diet and how to kill them.
Zombies are known to have “unstoppable craving for human flesh, especially brains” (Radford, 2012). Vampires wants just one thing, blood. Imagine fighting for your life against either of these fiendish monsters, how would you destroy them? Zombies are not too difficult to deal with, a simple gunshot to the cranium or a complete decapitation would quickly dispatch of the rotting undead, but weary of large mobs of zombies, they can be extremely difficult to deal with in numbers and can quickly overwhelm their prey. Isolating them and dispatching them one by one would be your best chance. Vampires on the other hand are totally different beasts to deal with. They are blessed with super human strength and blaring speed and agility; they are the apex predator. Before attempting to do battle with a ferocious vampire, it would be wise to arm yourself accordingly, a razor sharp wooden steak for impaling the heart, a vial of holy water and a necklace comprised of garlic for defense. “Traditionally, vampires fear religious symbols” (Clare, 2013). A vampire’s vulnerability is his heart; one clean penetration is all it takes to destroy him. The speed and agility can present a problem trying to impale the targets heart, that’s when the vial of holy water comes in to slow down the beast of the damned. The garlic necklace will come in handy and keep the demon at bay and will help minimize counter attacks against your frail vulnerable mortal
body.
Although the charming aristocrats known as vampires greatly differ from the shambling rotting corpses of the undead zombies, they do share some traits that are comparable. One of the similarities shared by both creatures is that they are both undead. According to oxford dictionary, undead means “a fictional being technically dead but animate” (Augarde, 1981). Both of them were also once human. The bite of the vampire and zombie can affect humans in a similar fashion. These lethal bites have been known to turn their victims into the very vile undead creatures as they are. Their diet might be different but they both prey on the living.
In deciding what world you want to live in, it is essential to know in which situation you are most likely to survive and how are you able to achieve that. Zombies and Vampires are creatures of the night that inject fear into our very hearts. Now armed with the knowledge regarding the similarities and differences of these vicious and hauntingly terrifying creatures, which would you choose to be in, the zombie or the vampire apocalypse. Choose wisely, for your life depends on it.